Attendance Officer

Chestnut Grove Academy, London, SW12 8JZ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 November 2025

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: £32,247.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 6 point 18, Term Time only (38 weeks a year)

Attendance Officer job summary

Term time only (38 weeks a year), 36 hours a week (8am-4pm). Scale 6 point 18 Actual Salary £32,247 p.a

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Attendance Officer. This vital post will provide support and information on all issues relating to the raising of student standards in attendance and punctuality and will work collaboratively with our Assistant Attendance Officer.

Candidates must be able to evidence the ability to communicate effectively to students and staff and be able to demonstrate an understanding of the issues affecting students’ attendance and punctuality.

GCSE English and Maths are essential.

Chestnut Grove is a high performing, 11-18, multi-cultural school in Balham, South London, with a number of awards for its inclusive approach including UNICEF Gold Status (2022). Our motto is a ‘Creative Learning Community’, demonstrating a commitment to providing our students with an innovative and exciting curriculum.

The Chestnut Grove curriculum provides a rigorous, knowledge-rich, transformational education, encapsulated through our PROUD values, which prepares our students to succeed at university and lead fulfilling lives. It is the embodiment of our ethos of a creative learning community, which marries traditional values with dynamic approaches to teaching and learning.

As the lead partner in the Wandle Learning Partnership, we are able to offer exceptional opportunities for professional development.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 17th November, 2025 at 9am

ALL POSTS SUBJECT TO DBS CHECKS
Chestnut Grove is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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 Chestnut Grove Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1321 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chestnut Grove Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chestnut-grove-school

Chestnut Grove Academy is a high achieving, forward thinking, caring community. A tradition of academic rigour combined with creativity
characterises our ethos and we feel passionately that this is a winning combination.
We are proud of our students’ achievements. They are ambitious, talented and resilient and this has secured examination results which continue to go from strength to strength. We help them to achieve this through exceptionally high expectations and positive relationships.
We firmly believe that students achieve when they feel the genuine security of a community that supports learning and promotes social responsibility

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