Attendance Officer
Cottingham High School, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, HU16 5PX20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
30 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
10 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £20,611.00 Annually (Actual) Term time plus five days - 30hrs per week across five days (maternity cover)
Attendance Officer job summary
Cottingham is part of The Consortium Academy Trust. We are ambitious about the future - creating learning environments and excellence in teaching and learning that provide our children and young people with the best chance at a successful future. Coupled with this is the commitment, care and investment in our people, who we believe are our greatest asset. If you are a team player who is looking for a varied and interesting new career opportunity within education, then we want to hear from you!
About the Role
As our Attendance Officer, you will play a key role in promoting excellent attendance. You will monitor student attendance, maintain accurate and up-to-date records, and work closely with colleagues and families to support young people in attending school regularly and achieving success. You will also work closely with pastoral staff and leaders, ensuring they have access to key data and information to support improved attendance.
About You
The successful candidate will have experience of liaising effectively with colleagues, families and external agencies to achieve a common goal. Candidates will also be educated to GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths grade C or above and have a strong knowledge of ICT systems to allow extraction of relevant information for reports and analysis.
What WE can Offer YOU
In return for your skills and experience, we provide a supportive and friendly environment to develop and thrive. We offer all staff access to an excellent pension (TPS/LGPS); a generous annual leave entitlement with additional shutdown days over the Christmas period; staff development opportunities; free onsite car parking; and a supportive induction programme.
For an informal discussion about this post, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Steve McKelvie, Deputy Headteacher via 01482 847498. For further information and how to apply for this position please visit the www.cottinghamhigh.net
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, please do not hesitate to contact our People Services team via vacancies@consortiumtrust.co.uk
You can complete the “Additional Requirements” section of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process.
The Consortium Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An appointment will be made subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure, in line with the usual terms and conditions of employment at The Consortium Academy Trust.
We reserve the right to close this listing early therefore early applications are encouraged.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Consortium Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An appointment will be made subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure, in line with the usual terms and conditions of employment at The Consortium Academy Trust.
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 Cottingham High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 826 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Cottingham High School has fantastic students, supportive parents, passionate teachers and enormous potential: this is an exciting time to join our school. 99% of our parents would recommend our school to another parent. (Parent View April 2019) In May 2017 Ofsted judged the school as good in all areas and the upwards trajectory of our student outcomes continues to evidence this. The class of 2018 delivered our best results ever at GCSE: 72% Basics, and P8 of 0.22 (top 30% of schools nationally). Our Post 16 outcomes placed us in the top 15% of all schools nationally with an ALPs of 3. One parent commented (September 2018) ‘I cannot thank you and the other staff who've supported my son enough. I will be eternally grateful that you all saw my son’s potential, believed in him and have encouraged him to want to achieve.’
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