Attendance Officer
Aldridge School - A Science College, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0BG13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
6 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours TTO + 5 Inset Days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5 (SCP 9 – 17) Actual Salary: £21,606 - £24,856 (FTE: £25,119 – £28,770)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a dynamic and forward-thinking person to the role of Attendance Officer. This is an exciting role with a core aim to build and implement strategies to help identify and remove any barriers to attendance. The successful post holder will be working closely with pupils, staff, parents, and carers to reduce levels of absence and be a fundamental part of the behaviour team.
The successful candidate will be very well supported in what is a strong and well-resourced pastoral team and the role provides the opportunity to take the lead on new initiatives.
Applications should be made using the mercian trust recruitment portal and set out how your experience and expertise match the requirements of job description and person specification.
Deadline for applications will be 9am on 14th October 2024.
Interviews will take place on either 17th or 18th October, Further information will be shared at the time.
What the school offers its staff
Aldridge School is an academy in The Mercian Trust.
The Mercian Trust brings nine very different and individual schools together as a single Multi-Academy Trust or MAT.
The nine schools are unique in their identity and united by their ambition to offer the best possible future for their students.
We are a comprehensive school of over 1500 students situated near the centre of Aldridge village. We believe that it is our responsibility to work to meet the needs of every individual student, challenging them to achieve their best, supporting them to become responsible young adults and preparing them for their next steps into the world of work or further education.
Aldridge School is a good school (Ofsted 2022). It is a school which is proud of its traditions and successes which have been achieved through hard work and high expectations. We encourage our students to be Respectful, Responsible, Resilient and Ready to learn in order that they will be happy and successful at school and in the wider world beyond.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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.
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About Aldridge School - A Science College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1593 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
We are a comprehensive school of over 1500 students situated near the centre of Aldridge village. We believe that it is our responsibility to work to meet the needs of every individual student, challenging them to achieve their best, supporting them to become responsible young adults and preparing them for their next steps into the world of work or further education.
Aldridge School is a good school (Ofsted 2022). It is a school which is proud of its traditions and successes which have been achieved through hard work and high expectations. In particular, we encourage our students to be Respectful, Responsible, Resilient and Ready to learn in order that they will be happy and successful at school and in the wider world beyond.
Aldridge School has a dedicated, talented and conscientious team of staff who work together to provide a high standard of teaching, excellent pastoral care and professional support services. Our broad curriculum is designed to meet national expectations, be relevant and interesting, support our students in achieving the best possible standards in external examinations and to equip them with the skills they need to be successful in adult life.
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