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Attendance Manager

Fairfax, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7JT

This job expired on 18 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  18 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,246-£31,940

Attendance Manager job summary

Fairfax is an academy with traditional values, and an ethos built around hard work, high expectations and opportunity. Our aim is to ensure that our students leave the Academy prepared to succeed in the next stages of their careers, education and training.

We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities. We are looking for an Attendance Manager at Fairfax school to:

To be responsible to the Vice / Assistant Principal for leading the work of the academy attendance team.

To improve attendance by building solid links between families and the Academy to ensure parents are empowered to ensure their child attend school consistently.

To lead attendance and act as a Family Liaison/ Support worker

In return we will offer you:

• Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
• Perkbox example benefits;
• Discounts at nationwide retailers
• Gym discount
• Cinema discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
• A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. 

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of[1]offenders-act-1974

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

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This job post has expired.

About Fairfax

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1571 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fairfax website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fairfax

At the heart of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, Fairfax Academy has been on a path of continued improvement to become an Outstanding provider of education and wellbeing. With attendance above the national average and improved behaviour, Fairfax is a school that nurtures holistic development. We’re a large Academy with just over 1,500 students from Years 7 to 13, but we value creating a sense of belonging, with a House System that generates a family feel amongst our students – and we want you to be part of it.

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