Attendance Officer

Gooseacre Primary Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 0NU

29 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 September 2024

• Closing date

  25 August 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,114.00 - £25,119.00 Annually (FTE) £13596 - £15321 Actual Term Time Only Salary

Attendance Officer job summary

Gooseacre Primary Academy are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Attendance Officer to join our thriving team. This is a new role within our pastoral team, and is a vital link to ensure that student attend in order to succeed. No two days are the same in this fast paced role.

This is an ideal position for someone who is a team player, has a positive attitude and understands the importance of providing a safe learning environment. The successful candidate will need to be able to show an unrelenting focus on doing what is in the best interests of every pupil.

Purpose of the Role:

• - To be a key player in driving improvement of attendance and punctuality at Gooseacre Primary Academy to be in line or above national expectations, by working within a team to implement successful strategies.
• - To implement and embed systems to support the Academy in raising attendance, investigating persistent absences and improving punctuality.
• - To fulfil administrative functions associated with the role.
• - To work with staff, pupils and their families to promote high levels of attendance and challenge any non-attendance.
• - To support with Reception duties such as dealing with visitors, phone calls, staff and pupil queries and providing lunch cover for the Receptionist.

About Us

Gooseacre Primary Academy is committed to ensuring that each child is developed to their full potential in all aspects of education, not solely just attainment. The qualities and dispositions of Happiness, Curiosity, Scholarship, Tenacity and Respect are key to what we believe and what we must encourage and develop.

If you would like to join us on our journey we would love to hear from you - please get in touch to arrange a visit to the academy or to find out more about the role.

In return, we can offer you:

• - Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• - Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• - A dedicated and supportive team, who hold high expectations for our pupils
• - Continued professional development and training opportunities
• - A strong culture of collaboration and support
• - Free on-site parking.

Interested in applying?

Please take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role, and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions - info@astreagooseacre.org

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

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About Gooseacre Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 342 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Gooseacre Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Welcome to Gooseacre Primary Academy

Gooseacre Primary Academy is located in Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire, close to Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. We currently have over 300 pupils on our roll and ten classes in the school: Foundation Stage 1 and 2, three Key Stage 1 classes and seven Key Stage 2 classes.

The school has seen a remarkable pace of improvement in recent times and in June 2020 Ofsted judged us to be “a good school”. We are proud to have achieved this status for a second time, which is due to considerable dedication and effort from the whole team of staff and wider academy community. We are committed to maintaining our rate of progress. We will build on our strengths, ensuring good practice is embedded into the school and drive forward new initiatives to enhance our performance further.

We are delighted to now be a part of the Astrea Academy Trust. The Astrea vision enables individual academies to flourish with real autonomy, whilst also ensuring a strong ethos of support and collaboration.

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