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Attendance Improvement Mentor

Oulton Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS26 8NT

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  24 June 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  11 June 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week. Monday - Friday from 8am-3:30pm each day.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: C1

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: Wednesday 24th June 2026 at 8am.

  Shortlisting will take place and candidates will be notified on: Friday 26th June 2026

  Interviews: Wednesday 1st July 2026

  
  

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

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 complete the online application form on the DfE website or 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 will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Attendance Improvement Mentor JD 2025.pdf - 76.1 KB (opens in new tab)

About Oulton Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 315 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oulton Primary School website
• Email address: hello@oulton.leeds.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0113 282 1344
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oulton-primary-school

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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