Attendance Officer

James Brindley School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2AF

19 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  26 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.30pm This is built up of 28.75 + 3.78 banked hours (Banked hours are additional hours worked to enable you to take school holidays as paid leave)
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1-year fixed term contract
• Pay scale: Grade 3: £27,254pa (pro rata) - £33,698pa (pro rata) + SEN 1,723pa (pro rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We're seeking a proactive, compassionate, and highly organised Attendance Officer to support our Hospital Short-Term Provision (Home Teaching) service. This essential role bridges the gap between education and home for pupils who cannot attend school. You’ll play a crucial role in:

• Encouraging and ensuring pupil attendance at both in-person and online lessons delivered in the home.
• Supporting the Centre Leader with planning and scheduling lessons.
• Carrying out home visits to help families prepare for home teaching, including completing risk assessments.
• Building strong relationships with pupils, families, and staff to reduce barriers to engagement and promote a positive learning experience.

This is more than just an administrative post—you will be a key link in helping some of our most vulnerable learners reconnect with education.

What We’re Looking For

• A strong communicator who’s confident in working with families, children, and professionals.
• Experience in attendance, safeguarding, or family support work is highly desirable.
• Someone who thrives in a flexible, fast-paced, and people-focused role.
• Strong planning and IT skills for managing tutor deployment and lesson tracking.
• A real team player, committed to improving outcomes for children.

Why Join Us?

• A role with real purpose and visible impact
• Supportive leadership and professional development opportunities
• Flexible and varied working days – every week is different
• Be part of a dedicated team that believes education should be accessible to all

Apply today and help us ensure that every child gets the support they need to thrive – wherever they are.

What the school offers its staff

‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.

This is the Vision Statement of Think Differently Education Trust.

• Do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff?
• Are you a dynamic leader with expertise in Finance and operational strategy?

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.

Completed application forms are to be emailed to vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk. Please ensure the application form is signed if sending via email.

If your application is shortlisted, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam inboxes.

Online Search

As part of our recruitment checks, an online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates.  This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.

Commitment to safeguarding

Think Differently Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this. Please be aware that all posts are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check and any offer of employment is made conditional of this. You will also be required to register and pay for the DBS update service and ensure that documentary evidence is produced to ensure annual compliance and updates. You will also be required to provide written consent for the employer to access this information at any time.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About James Brindley School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 120 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: James Brindley School website
• Email address: vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/james-brindley-school-birmingham

Think Differently Education Trust is a specialist Trust which aims to provide a high quality education in a safe, supportive and aspirational environment for all children and young people unable to attend mainstream school because of health related or special educational needs.

We provide education for children and young people aged 2 – 19 who are in hospital or unable to attend mainstream school due to their medical conditions or special educational needs.

James Brindley Academy delivers education across 10 sites including teaching centres and hospitals throughout Birmingham.

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