Attendance Improvement Officer
Ellis Guilford School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 0HT17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year (term time plus inset days, plus two weeks extra) Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,598 to £32,061
What skills and experience we're looking for
Passionate about making a difference for young people? Join Ellis Guilford as an Attendance Improvement Officer and play a vital role in supporting our students to attend, engage, and succeed. Working at the heart of our school, you’ll build strong relationships with students, families, and staff, helping to overcome barriers to attendance and promote positive outcomes across the whole school community. This is a rewarding opportunity to have a real impact where it matters most.
Visits to the school before interview are strongly encouraged.
Job Title: Attendance Improvement Officer
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Actual salary £25,859 to £28,991 per year (NJC Grade E 12-19)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, 37 hours a week, 41 weeks a year
About you:
You are a confident, organised and proactive professional with strong IT and data‑handling skills, including experience using school systems such as Arbor to produce accurate reports and monitor attendance.
You have a clear understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection, and can communicate effectively with students, parents, school staff and external professionals.
Calm under pressure and solution‑focused, you are able to work independently, resolve conflict, overcome communication barriers and support students facing challenges that affect attendance.
You bring empathy, resilience and initiative to your work and are committed to improving attendance and outcomes for all students.
What the school offers its staff
About Our School:
The Ellis Guilford School is a growing and thriving, larger than average, Secondary School with a clear mission ‘to ensure that the children attending our school have a better chance of success than if they attended any other school’. We deliver a broad curriculum, including emphasis on the creative subjects, to support our children to become confident, independent and balanced individuals, allowing them to excel. Under the guidance of the Principal, Miss Gemma Johnson, we are fortunate to have a highly dedicated staff of over 180 adults that care for our children and work relentlessly to provide an excellent standard of education.
Graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2023, Ellis Guilford School is at an extremely exciting point in its development journey. We strive for ‘EGScellence’ in all that we do!
About the Attendance Team:
Join a proactive and supportive Attendance team at Ellis Guilford School. You’ll help drive improvements, bring fresh ideas, and work closely with students, families, and staff to promote positive attendance and engagement. Supported by clear systems, collaboration across the school, and ongoing development, you’ll be part of a dedicated team making a real difference to students’ outcomes.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website: https://www.ellisguilfordschool.org.uk/vacancies
Application closing date: Sunday 24th May 2026
We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, If you'd like to arrange this, or a confidential conversation with our Principal, please contact the Principal's PA on principal@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. We will hold interviews as soon as we have received enough applications from suitably qualified applicants. If a successful appointment is not made, then we will repeat the process.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Principal’s PA on principal@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk if you would like an update on your application and details of a potential interview date.
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility. All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Creative Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines.
Applying for the job
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About Ellis Guilford School
- School type
- Academies, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ellis Guilford School website
- Email address
- recruitment@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0115 913 1338
Ellis Guilford School is a mixed secondary school, catering for children between the ages of 11 and 16 years and located in Old Basford, Nottingham.
Since November 2018 we have been part of the Creative Education Trust. This has enabled the school to rigorously pursue rapid improvement for the children we teach.
The school boasts many facilities, and we strive to provide an inclusive and expansive education for all of the children in our care.
Sports fields including 5-a-side football pitches;
Multi-Use Games Area marked up for netball and football;
Astro Turf perfect for football;
Dance studio complete with sound system and mirrored wall;
Hall complete with a stage;
Interactive whiteboards in classrooms;
Modern and open-plan library with wide range of reading materials
Creative Education Trust inspires and enables young people to build successful lives on foundations of learning, resilience, and employability. We believe that a rewarding educational experience and the highest possible qualifications are the best way to ensure social mobility for young people.
Creative Education Trust is a growing multi-academy trust educating over 13,000 children in England. It was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial cities and coastal towns: areas of economic disadvantage and with a history of academic underachievement. We transform these schools by integrating a knowledge-rich curriculum with skills and creativity.
Creative Education Trust defines creativity as the ability to find connections between the things we know and turn these connections into new ideas and action. The academic arts and PE, practical subjects and life skills all need this creativity, and creativity is valued highly by employers. Our staff and expert advisers use imaginative methods for linking knowledge across subject boundaries, fostering personal development and resilience, and developing practical skills that prepare
students for their transition to adult life and employment.
Arranging a visit to Ellis Guilford School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ellisguilfordschool.org.uk.
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