Attendance Mentor
The Mandeville School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8ESThis job expired on 11 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 June 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
THE MANDEVILLE 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 11th July 2025 at 12 Noon
Start date: September 2025
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
With just over 1,000 students on roll we are a popular school in the heart of Buckinghamshire. We’re fortunate to be based in a diverse, supportive and ever- changing community in Aylesbury and our students are respectful, hardworking and eager to succeed, borne out by our high attendance figures.
We’re an ambitious school and have embarked on an exciting journey of improvement where we are progressing through the hard work of our enthusiastic, loyal and committed staff. Our sharp focus on teaching and learning means we’re relentlessly striving to become better as a school.
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.
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.
Closing date – Friday 11th July 2025 at 12 Noon
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
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.
About The Mandeville School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1001 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Mandeville School website
School location
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