Attendance Improvement Officer

Stratford Upon Avon School, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9DH

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: The post is for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 41 weeks per year. The actual timings will be by agreement with the line manager.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Starting salary for a full-time post £32,578 to £35,570 per annum, starting point depending on experience and qualifications. Actual salary £28,944 to £31,602 per annum based on hours and weeks worked as stated, subject to any continuous service.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and proactive Attendance Improvement Officer to join our busy team. The post holder will play a key role in monitoring, managing and improving student attendance across the school. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing attendance processes, identifying patterns of absence, and working closely with staff, students, parents and external agencies to support improved attendance outcomes. This position is critical in helping the school meet its attendance objectives and fulfil statutory responsibilities set by the Department for Education and the local authority.

The Attendance Improvement Officer will work primarily within the main office alongside their line manager and the wider administrative team, each with their own areas of specialism, and as part of the broader Administrative Support Team, which also includes school admissions, reprographics and reception.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to safeguarding, accuracy in record-keeping, and continuous improvement of the systems and procedures that support effective school attendance practice.

What the school offers its staff

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and requires a children’s barred list check.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Post is subject to an Enhanced DBS

Applying for the job

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About Stratford Upon Avon School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1935 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Stratford Upon Avon School website
• Email address: recruitment@stratfordschool.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stratford-upon-avon-school

This is no ordinary school. There are many excellent schools around, but they all have a very different feel. We are a lovely school with a genuine ‘feel good factor’ throughout. Our mission is summed up by 3 words, Engage, Enthuse & Inspire, which underpin what we’re all about. As a result, visitors are invariably struck by the energy/enthusiasm of our staff & the excellent relationships evident with students. There has never been a better time to work at Stratford upon Avon School.

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