Attendance Improvement Mentor
Oulton Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8NT11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week. Monday - Friday from 8:40am-3:40pm each day.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,929 and £35,982
Pay scale
- C3
What skills and experience we're looking for
At Oulton Primary School, we think for ourselves and care for each other and we are proud to be an inclusive school. As a school, we celebrate everybody’s individual abilities, strengths, and learning journey. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a strong candidate to join as a member of our pastoral team in the role of Attendance Improvement Mentor.
This is a vital new role and serves as a key point of contact for Parents/Carers, colleagues and external agencies when a pupil is absent from our school.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will uphold the school’s vision and values, to ensure excellent outcomes for our children promoting punctuality and great attendance for all.
Key Responsibilities include
Ensuring all systems and processes used to monitor and record attendance are fully utilised across the school
Supervision and support of staff in order to maintain absences and lateness at an acceptable level
Working in partnership with pupils, parents/ carers, colleagues, and external agencies to identify attendance issues, implementing the appropriate support and referral strategies
To be successful in this role you will be someone who has
An understanding of attendance monitoring and general office procedures and practice
Excellent organisation and planning skills, able to work on your own initiative and within existing teams
Experience of using Microsoft Office Suite and school ICT systems
The ability to engage with pupils and their families to create strong links with school to uphold policies that promote student welfare
Closing noon on: Friday 7th March 2025 at 9am.
Shortlisting will take place and candidates will be notified on: Monday 10th March 2025.
Interviews: Friday 14th March 2025.
What the school offers its staff
- We do demand a lot but our children deserve the best, so we need the best people to bring their enthusiasm, experience, skills and commitment to Oulton.
We can offer…
- A happy school community where children are eager to learn
- A modern, stimulating learning environment both inside and outside
- Opportunities and support to develop and enhance your career
- Supportive, committed governors, staff and parents/carers, within a close but diverse community
Commitment to safeguarding
Oulton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Please make sure you download the SCHOOL application form, and email completed forms to address given. Due to our stringent safeguarding policy, CVs will never be accepted. All posts are contingent on enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory references.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Oulton Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 311 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Oulton Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hello@oulton.leeds.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 282 1344
Oulton Primary is a recently refurbished school that boasts an attractive spacious working environment. Re-opened in June 2012, the multi-million pound, architect-designed building is fit for education in the 21st century. It includes a room for Extended Services, sensory room, pastoral base, multiple intervention rooms, spacious library, breakfast club area, purpose-built classrooms and a large sports hall.
Arranging a visit to Oulton Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hello@oulton.leeds.sch.uk.
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