2 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2024 or as close to as possible

  • Closing date

    13 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    26 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,114.00 Annually (Actual) Grade E Scale Point 4

Attendance Officer job summary

Purpose of Post

To monitor and report on whole-school attendance data, analysing data to identify key areas of concern. To work closely with pupils, staff, parents and carers to reduce levels of absence, and act appropriately when persistent absence becomes a safeguarding issue.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure daily attendance registers are accurate and complete, and follow up with staff members about any incomplete data.
  • Support the office with the follow up on any unexplained absences with parents/carers, escalating issues as appropriate in line with school procedures Initiate and oversee the administration of absence procedures, for example letters home, attendance clinics and engagement with local authorities/other external agencies and partners.
  • Manage attendance returns for the school census.
  • Manage the process of issuing penalty notices to parents.
  • Maintain accurate records of communications with parents/carers and relevant interventions.
  • Build and refresh knowledge of the school’s MIS and other relevant systems

Hours

14 hours per week

4 mornings per week, 8.30am to 12pm

38.2 weeks per year (1 Safeguarding training day in September)

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 are not accepted.

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About Kingsley Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
401 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

School location

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