Attendance Manager
Tong Leadership Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 6NRThis job expired on 23 January 2026 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 March 2026
Closing date
23 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Term Time plus 4 weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £39,862.00 to £46,142.00 per annum (pro-rata £37,252.85 to £43,121.79 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.
You will have:
- Degree or significant demonstrable experience in improving attendance in a school setting.
- Experience of working in an administrative setting.
- An understanding of the societal challenges facing young people and how these can impact on low attendance and aspirations.
- The ability to use MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel and Outlook, as well as Explorer and databases.
- The ability to prioritise, work efficiently and accurately, particularly under pressure, to deadlines and using own initiative.
What the school offers its staff
Tong Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art secondary school in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader. We were graded as ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted during our most recent inspection in October 2023.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tong Leadership Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 799 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- Human.Resources@tong.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 01274 681455
Tong Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 1600 place, 11-18 secondary school, which includes a 250 place sixth form. Tong joined the Trust on 1 December 2016. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
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