Attendance Manager

Cardinal Griffin Catholic College, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 4AW

26 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 October 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: £30,151.00 - £32,020.00 Monthly Term-time plus 2 weeks, Pro rata: £27,505.57 - £29,210.58

Attendance Manager job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Attendance Manager.

This is a unique opportunity to lead on and manage attendance across the school, ensuring that students are attending and barriers to learning are addressed and reduced. You will be dealing with daily absence and patterns across the school, supported by an Attendance Officer.

We invite candidates who can demonstrate their ability to offer excellent all-round student support and communication in a busy environment.

The ability to communicate effectively with our students and families and using your own initiative and being proactive is essential.

Cardinal Griffin is a fabulous school on a journey of rapid improvement where staff and students feel happy and safe and where support staff, teachers and learners have a close working relationship. We want to place Attendance at the heart of our work so that all can achieve their ambitions and aspirations.

Applications are welcome from non-Catholics.

Cardinal Griffin has a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS/Criminal Records check.

Further details and application forms are available from our website: https://www.cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk/

Closing date: Midday Monday 16th November 2026

Interviews: Week beginning 30th November 2026

To arrange a visit or if you have any queries, please contact Mrs Tomi Soniyi at T.Soniyi@cardinalgriffin.staffs.sch.uk

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require you to disclose all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application. Applicants will be subject to an online search if shortlisted. Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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 Cardinal Griffin Catholic College

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 732 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Cardinal Griffin Catholic College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cardinal-griffin-catholic-college-cannock

Are you looking for a new challenge in an innovative and supportive 11-18 Catholic school? Now part of the newly expanded Painsley Catholic Academy, the largest multi-academy in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is looking to recruit dynamic, forward-thinking and inspirational staff to join us on our journey to success. With a strong Catholic ethos that puts ‘love’ at the heart of its community, the school provides a haven where all can flourish. Situated just outside the town centre and easily accessed by train, bus or the M6, Cardinal Griffin Catholic College is proud of its strong community links and its beautiful grounds.

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