Attendance Officer

St Joseph's Catholic School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1QY

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2026

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,254.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) Term time only, pro rata

Attendance Officer job summary

St Joseph's Catholic School

"With God's love and inspiration, we aspire and achieve excellence"

Job Title: Attendance Officer

Responsible to: Deputy Head (Pastoral)

Start Date: November 2026

About the Role

As an Attendance Officer, you will play a vital role in supporting pupils, families and staff to ensure excellent attendance across the school. Working closely with the Pastoral Team, you will monitor attendance, identify concerns at an early stage and coordinate effective interventions to help pupils overcome barriers to attending school. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about improving outcomes for young people and making a positive difference to their educational journey.

Key Duties Include:

• Managing the day-to-day attendance processes, including first day calling, absence recording and communication with parents regarding attendance concerns.
• Monitoring attendance data and identifying pupils or groups whose attendance is causing concern.
• Producing detailed attendance reports and supporting early intervention strategies alongside the Pastoral Team.
• Leading School Attendance Meetings and liaising with external agencies where required.
• Working closely with parents, carers and staff to improve attendance and promote positive engagement with school.
• Maintaining accurate records on school systems including SIMS, CPOMS and ClassCharts.
• Supporting safeguarding and pupil wellbeing by identifying and reporting attendance-related concerns promptly.
• Promoting a culture where attendance is everyone's responsibility and helping staff understand attendance procedures and expectations.

What We're Looking For:

• A commitment to upholding the Catholic ethos and values of our school.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with pupils, families and staff.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills, with the ability to analyse attendance data effectively.
• The ability to work confidently, sensitively and professionally with confidential information.
• A proactive, resilient and solution-focused approach to supporting pupils and families.
• Experience of working with young people, parents or within an educational environment (desirable).
• Knowledge of attendance procedures, safeguarding and pupil welfare (desirable).

About us

St Joseph’s Catholic School is a co-educational, 11-16 Catholic voluntary-aided school in the diocese of Clifton and the county of Wiltshire. Our aim is to provide a caring educational environment where each person is valued and is given the dignity due to a child of God.

Everyone in our school is here for a purpose, to learn each day and to widen their knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding.

What we can offer you

• A supportive, driven and highly committed governing body and teaching and support staff.
• Pupils who are enthusiastic and keen to learn.
• CPD programme and ongoing professional development of the highest standard.
• Free onsite parking.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Local Authority Healthcare Cashplan - cover towards optical and dental, private consultations and therapy appointments.
• Access to a discount scheme that includes over 300 stores.
• Cycle to Work Scheme - allows eligible staff to purchase a bike/safety equipment. You do not pay income tax or national insurance contribution on the part of your salary which is “sacrificed” to pay for the bike or childcare vouchers.

Find out more and apply

You can find out more about this role and St Joseph's Catholic School by downloading our recruitment pack.

We actively encourage and welcome visits to our school before application. Please get in touch with Mrs K Snell, Operations Director, on ksn@sjcs.org.uk or 01722 335380.

Please complete our online application via MyNewTerm. CV's will not be accepted.

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All new staff within the school will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

The school has a designated senior member of the leadership team who is responsible for referring and monitoring any suspected case of abuse. All members of staff will receive training in line with our Child Protection policies.

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 St Joseph's Catholic School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 565 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Joseph's Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-school

St Joseph’s is a smaller than average school. The warm and welcoming atmosphere is matched by a strong focus on pupil progress and hence improving their life chances.

Our reputation within the community, following year on year improvements in results has resulted in us becoming oversubscribed and a school of choice for many parents.

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