Attendance Mentor

Sir William Ramsay School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP15 7UB

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  28 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,152.00 - £19,471.00 Annually (Actual) Salary Range: Bucks Pay Range 3, £18,152 - £19,471 annual actual (Full time equivalent: £28,129 - £30,174)

Attendance Mentor job summary

Sir William Ramsay School

Part of the Insignis Academy Trust

Attendance Mentor

25 Hours per week, 44 Weeks per year

Fixed Term (1 year)

Salary Range: Bucks Pay Range 3, £18,152 - £19,471 annual actual

(Full time equivalent: £28,129 - £30,174)

Closing date for applications: Friday 19th September 2025 at 12 Noon

Start date: ASAP

Are you a highly motivated person who is passionate about helping young people thrive? Are you committed to helping our students achieve their full potential? Do you want to join us on our journey to becoming an outstanding school? If so, this could be the job for you.

The position

We are seeking to appoint an energetic, enthusiastic and inspirational Attendance Mentor who will work to assist pupils to overcome the barriers they and their families face with regard to attending school.

They will work within the school and community to create a bridge between home and school for those students to attend. A major part of the post will be to build positive relationships with parents and carers. The attendance mentor will mentor students to explore alternative ways to increase access to education for them.

It is essential that the person for this role must have a full clean driver’s license as they will be responsible for driving to students’ homes in vehicles provided by the Trust. They will be contracted to work from 7:30am - 12:30pm and full training and uniform will be provided.

The school

Sir William Ramsay school (SWR) is a co-educational secondary school with a pupil admission number of 195 for years 7 - 13. SWR has a SEN Department that caters for a variety of special needs. They have two additionally resourced provisions (ARP’s): one for Hearing Impairment and one for Physical Disabilities. The school joined Insignis Academy Trust in March 2024. SWR are developing a culture that is routed in the values of being Respectful, Ambitious, Reliable and Resilient. These are the expected characteristics of an SWR student and form the foundations for future success.

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices and the successful candidates will be required to undertake the completion of satisfactory checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, medical report, confirmation of qualifications and documentation to prove Right to Work in the UK.

Closing date - Friday 19th September 2025 at 12 Noon

We encourage and value candidates who have varied lived experiences and inclusive mindsets, either due to their engagements in the world or due to their protected characteristics (as set out in the Equalities Act 2010). We are committed to continued development of a community that is representative of the environment in which we work and in nurturing an equitable society.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Sir William Ramsay School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1033 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sir William Ramsay School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-william-ramsay-school-hp15-7ub

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