Attendance Officer
Bohunt School Worthing, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
A.S.A.P
Closing date
15 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 July 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
- £25,186.00 Annually (FTE)
Attendance Officer job summary
Attendance Officer
£25,186 FTE £21,892 Actual (paid 45.2 weeks)
Term time only (39 weeks), 37 hours per week
Hours 8:00am - 4:00pm daily (including a half hour break)
We are seeking to recruit a well-organised, professional and committed individual who will be responsible for monitoring and improving attendance across the school. You will be working directly with the Pastoral team.
If you are passionate about working in a busy, inspiring school, enjoy variety in your role and thrive on working in a busy environment this is a great opportunity for you. The successful candidate should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, relate well to young people and possess Maths and English GCSE Grade C or above (or equivalent).
Are you able to:
- Work flexibly and on your own initiative?
- Communicate effectively with a friendly and helpful disposition?
- Work calmly under pressure?
The ideal candidate will have:
- Good communication skills
- A flexible working attitude - to be adaptive to the changing demands of an education setting
- Able to organise own workload in the context of varied tasks
- Effective time management and organisation skills
- Good record keeping and attention to detail
- Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative
- Enthusiasm and show initiative
- Able to prioritise a changing and demanding workload with conflicting deadlines
- Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
- Numerate and able to communicate effectively on the telephone and in person
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work under pressure
- Respect confidentiality and safeguarding protocols
- Supportive and welcoming
You will be working in a small, highly motivated team of colleagues. We encourage staff CPD in all roles and you will have the opportunity to gain experience as the role progresses and develops with your contribution. If you want to, with hard work, you can really make your mark in this role.
For further details please see our website www.bohuntworthing.com or email Karen Calder at recruitment@bohuntworthing.com.
TO APPLY: Please read the job description, letter to applicants, school information and dress code and apply online today.
Closing date: Wednesday 15th July midday
Interview date: A.S.A.P
Start date: A.S.A.P
*Interviews will be held as soon as suitable candidates are available, so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Bohunt School Worthing
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 900 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
I am very proud to welcome you to the community and family that is Bohunt School Worthing (BSW). Our purpose built, modern and innovative Academy school opened in September 2015 to Year 7 and 8, and has since grown into a vibrant and successful 11-16 comprehensive school in the heart of the Worthing community, where all our young people and staff genuinely enjoy, respect and achieve.
As part of the Bohunt Education Trust we deliver a shared vision where the highest expectations, opportunities and innovative teaching combine to develop young people who are ‘game changers’. Where every child has the potential to be the best version of themselves.
Our school is built on the firm foundations of high expectations for all, with a creative and personalised curriculum that extends learning both in the classroom and through a wide range of enriching experiences and opportunities.
This is uniquely blended with the firm conviction that all our young people are at the heart of all we aspire to achieve. We are committed to and experienced in developing confident, ambitious and skilled young people who will relish their role in making a positive difference to their communities; whether local, national or global. BSW young people should be well equipped for any challenge.
Our positive and collaborative ethos is underpinned by the belief that all members of our school have the potential for excellence. We are an inclusive place of learning where all young people, visitors and staff, of all gender types are recognised and welcomed and where all young people that require additional support, are cared for. We are committed to raising aspiration and dedicated to supporting the development of, confidence, self-belief, academic reading & numeracy skills and well-being vital for success within our everyday lives. This means everyone at BSW will be able to achieve and thrive, celebrating both whole school and individual successes, academic or personal together.
I am delighted to be able to welcome you to our school and encourage you to review our website or contact us for further information
Bohunt School Worthing is based in a central location in Worthing; a coastal town on the South Coast in West Sussex. With easy access to the A27; centrally between Chichester and Brighton, and also the A24 and the A23. We are well served by public transport, with a train station within walking distance and a bus route on our doorstep.
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