Attendance Officer

Knowsley Lane Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L36 8DB

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,030

Attendance Officer job summary

The Governors and Principal of our school are seeking to appoint an attendance officer who will be responsible for driving our attendance strategy across the school and be the link person between school and pupils/parents in relation to attendance.

The applicant requires someone with good written, verbal, organisational and IT skills to ensure deadlines are achieved.

The post holder will carry out a range of administrative duties, including:

• Driving the school’s attendance strategy
• Maintaining a body of evidence, including absence reports/referrals
• Analysing absence data to identify patterns
• Carrying out home visits to pupils with attendance concerns
• Meeting regularly with pupils’ families with concerning/declining attendance
• Attending senior leadership meetings
• Minute taking in meetings
• Producing letters/newsletters
• Recording and managing pupil attendance data and contact parents regarding pupils’ absence
• Completing and sharing information with external bodies

The successful candidate will require the following qualifications:

 

• GCSE Maths and English grades (4 – 9) or equivalent qualification
• Excellent ICT skills
• Ability to work under pressure and use own initiative with minimum supervision
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with adults and children
• Confident and competent in the use of all aspects of MS Office
• An active interest in young people and education
• A proven track record of good attendance

 

What we can offer you:

·        An inclusive and diverse school community

·        Friendly, motivated, committed and highly skilled staff.

·        Opportunities to work with colleagues from across Vantage Academy Trust

·        A firm commitment to your professional development

·        A supportive Leadership team.

·        A strong focus on staff wellbeing

·        Local government pension scheme enrolment

Starting Grade: D - 6 Actual Salary £15,036.77 per annum for part time and term time working.

Appointments made are subject to an enhanced DBS check and suitable references being received. References will be requested prior to interview.

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.

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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 Knowsley Lane Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 408 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Knowsley Lane Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knowsley-lane-primary-school

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