Attendance Officer

English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Hartlepool, TS25 4HA

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To commence as soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  23 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,434.00 - £37,280.00 Annually (FTE) Term Time + 3 days £29, 443 - £31,877 (Actual Salary)

Attendance Officer job summary

English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College is looking to appoint an Attendance Officer on a temporary basis until August 2027. As an Attendance Officer, you will play a crucial role in promoting excellent attendance and punctuality across the school, ensuring that every pupil has the opportunity to achieve their full potential. This role is ideal for someone who is organised, detail-oriented, and passionate about supporting pupil engagement and wellbeing.

You will be responsible for monitoring daily attendance, identifying patterns of absence, and working closely with pupils, families, and staff to address barriers to regular school attendance. Your duties may include maintaining accurate attendance records, following up on unexplained absences, conducting home visits, and supporting the implementation of attendance improvement strategies.

Collaboration is key—you’ll liaise with pastoral teams, safeguarding leads, external agencies, and local authorities to ensure a coordinated and supportive approach. You’ll also contribute to the development of school policies and initiatives that promote a culture of high attendance and punctuality.

This is a rewarding and impactful role that requires excellent communication skills, discretion, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. Your work will directly support pupils’ academic progress, wellbeing, and long-term success.

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 English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1472 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/english-martyrs-catholic-school-and-sixth-form-college

The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and Directors of Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust wish to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic Deputy Headteacher to join a forward thinking, collegiate and ambitious senior team. The role is to commence September 2023.

We care for the whole person and care uniquely for each student ensuring each individual is happy and emotionally supported. We are a faith community that acts with compassion, justice, honesty, self-belief, respect, responsibility, confidence and resilience. Our students embody these virtues and are a credit to their families and to our school.

Ofsted Dec 2022 said 'Leaders from the trust have made significant changes to leadership. to ensure that school improvement continues'. This would be an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Leader looking for a new challenge or an experienced Assistant Head who is looking to develop their career.

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