Attendance Lead

Wellfield Academy, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2TP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  8 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,047.86 - £28,535.97 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 SCP 11-19 FTE £28,142 - £32,061

Attendance Lead job summary

Join Our Team at Wellfield Academy.

Wellfield Academy is seeking to appoint an ambitious, proactive and committed Attendance Lead to champion high levels of attendance and punctuality across the academy. This is a pivotal role for an individual who is passionate about removing barriers to learning and ensuring every student has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

The successful candidate will lead on the academy's attendance strategy, using data-driven approaches to identify trends, implement targeted interventions and secure sustained improvements in attendance. Working collaboratively with students, families, staff and external agencies, they will build positive relationships and provide effective support to overcome barriers to regular school attendance. The Attendance Lead will play a key role in fostering a culture where attendance is everyone's responsibility and every day counts.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience in attendance, pastoral support, safeguarding, education or a related field.

Has a strong understanding of strategies to improve attendance and engagement.

Is confident in analysing and interpreting data to inform interventions and drive improvement.

Possesses excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship-building skills.

Is highly organised, resilient and able to manage challenging situations with professionalism and sensitivity.

Shares our commitment to ensuring every young person can thrive, achieve and succeed.

HOW TO APPLY

Please complete our online application form (via My New Term) in full, along with a personal statement to support your application and outline the relevant experience you can bring to Endeavour Learning Trust.

All applications must be submitted by 9:00am on Wednesday 8th July 2026.

If you require any further information please contact our Heads PA, Eleanor at e.duncan-jameson@wellfieldacademy.org

SAFEGUARDING

Endeavour Learning Trust 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 and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Wellfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 524 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wellfield Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wellfield-academy-leyland

Wellfield Academy is an ambitious, growing and thriving school. At our school, students experience inspirational and challenging teaching, excellent pastoral care and a genuine belief that every child can succeed. The successful candidate will join us at an incredibly exciting time for the school. We are one of just a small number of schools nationally to be chosen for the Department for Education’s Schools Rebuilding Project, which will see us move into a brand-new state of the art school in the coming years. In addition, our fantastic reputation in the local community has secured a significant growth in the number of students attending Wellfield. The number of families choosing Wellfield as their first-choice secondary school has more than trebled in the past three years and we are excited to welcome more staff into the Wellfield family as a result.

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