Attendance Officer

Amersham School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9HH

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Bucks Pay Range 3.16 £24,074 pro rata / £29,114 FTE
• Additional allowances:

  Bucks Pay Range 3.16 £24,074 pro rata / £29,114 FTE

Attendance Officer job summary

Job Title: Attendance Officer

Report to: Associate Deputy Headteacher

Main Purpose of the Role

The Attendance Lead will:

l Monitor and track student attendance and

punctuality on a daily basis.

l Identify patterns of absence and implement

timely interventions.

l Contact families regarding attendance

concerns and work collaboratively to improve

attendance.

l Produce attendance reports and analyse

attendance data to support decision-making.

l Support attendance panels, meetings and

student reintegration plans.

l Work closely with Heads of Year, the

Safeguarding Team and SEND department to

remove barriers to attendance.

l Liaise with external agencies, including the

Local Authority, where appropriate.

l Promote a positive culture of attendance

across the school community.

l Ensure compliance with statutory attendance

guidance and school procedures.

We Are Looking For Someone Who

l Has excellent organisational and administrative

skills.

l Can communicate confidently and sensitively

with students, families and staff.

l Has strong attention to detail and the ability

to analyse data.

l Is proactive, resilient and solution-focused.

l Can manage challenging conversations

professionally and constructively

l Has experience working in a school, pastoral,

safeguarding or administrative environment

(desirable).

l Shares our commitment to ensuring every

student can thrive and succeed

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 Amersham School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1050 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Amersham School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/amersham-school

Amersham School is a student centred, rapidly improving mixed 11-18 Community School of 920 students with 132 students in our thriving 6th Form.

Our students are encouraged to become well-rounded and broad-minded individuals and we support this through a diverse range of extra-curricular activities. As a Business and Enterprise specialist we focus on the development of skills which inspire and motivate our students to become successful and confident adults.

Amersham School looks forward to an exciting and promising future. Our students achieve good examination results at both GCSE and A Level. We are consistently one of the top performing Upper Schools in the County, making sure that our students have the personal qualifications and qualities to access Post-16 education and training. We are incredibly proud of our students and welcome the opportunity to work with and learn from those who share our dedication to innovation, improvement and success.

Please visit our school website where you will find a wealth of information about our vision and our mission statement ‘Live, Learn and Succeed – Together’ where our values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, responsibility and ownership, equality and co-operation alongside the establishment of a sense of community underpin our school environment.

Amersham School was rated a good school by Ofsted in 2016.

As employers, we are committed to your personal development. We offer a supportive and innovative environment to work within and opportunities for Professional Development which will allow you to further enhance your skilful practice.

Our staff members have free access to our fitness suite, onsite parking and will have the opportunity to take part in social activities. As a result of our success we are expanding our school and therefore are recruiting teachers to join our hard working, innovative and enthusiastic team.

You can find out more about Amersham School on https://www.amershamschool.org.uk/

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