Attendance Leader
Bruntcliffe Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS27 0LZ10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
29 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only + 1 Working Week
Contract type
- Fixed term - TBC - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- PO1 (SCP 27-30) £39,481 - £42,123, Actual Salary: £34,107 - £36,390
What skills and experience we're looking for
Fixed term Maternity Cover
Bruntcliffe Academy is seeking to appoint an exceptional Attendance Leader to play a key role in improving student attendance and outcomes. The successful candidate will lead and manage the Attendance Team, working closely with the Assistant Principal for Attendance and Community to implement a consistent, robust and proactive attendance strategy across the Academy, with a clear focus on achieving ambitious attendance targets.
Potential applicants should have:
- Grade 4 (C) and above in GCSE English and Mathematics (or equivalent).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to build positive relationships with students, parents and staff.
- A clear understanding of strategies to improve student attendance.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer you:
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
- Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bruntcliffe Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1374 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bruntcliffe Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk
Bruntcliffe Academy is an increasingly popular 11-16 comprehensive school with approximately 1400 students on roll. The school is situated in Morley which is on the outskirts of the thriving city of Leeds, with a very good motorway access to all areas of the north of England and beyond.
The school joined the highly successful GORSE Academies Trust which has a national reputation for its excellence in 2015. Since this time, the academy has been on an upward trajectory in all aspects of its work. Bruntcliffe Academy in 2018 received a Good judgement from Ofsted, with Outstanding grades for Teaching and Learning, Leadership and Management and also Personal Development. We are proud to be one of the highest performing schools in the country with students securing outcomes in the top 10% of schools nationally in 2023.
A collection of like-minded individuals, members of staff all choose to work at Bruntcliffe Academy because they believe in making a difference to young people’s lives. Members of staff work collaboratively across the academy as well as in Partnership with colleagues from across The GORSE Academies Trust to develop new and innovative approaches around teaching that will inspire students and cultivate a lifelong love of learning.
Bruntcliffe Academy is typified by students who enjoy learning; you will find the students to be polite, well-mannered and respectful at all times mirroring our high expectations of them. Bruntcliffe Academy aspires for all students to leave us at the end of their secondary school journey as well-rounded citizens who are articulate and confident with a strong sense of social responsibility.
If you would like to know more about The GORSE Academies Trust, please visit;
Arranging a visit to Bruntcliffe Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bruntcliffe.leeds.sch.uk.
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