Attendance Officer

Grove Academy, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2SR

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2025

• Closing date

  7 August 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  16 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £36,508.00 - £40,958.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary will be pro-rated

Attendance Officer job summary

This role is term time plus two week.

We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Attendance Officer to play a key role in improving student attendance and engagement across the school. This role is vital in promoting a positive culture of attendance and ensuring the school meets statutory attendance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage daily student attendance, ensuring registers are accurate and compliant with statutory guidance.
• Act as a key point of contact for attendance matters, working closely with parents/carers to follow up on absences and lateness.
• Identify patterns of poor attendance and work proactively with students, families, and staff to improve engagement and attendance outcomes.
• Coordinate targeted interventions for students with persistent absence, including arranging meetings, action plans, and follow-up support.
• Conduct home visits where appropriate to strengthen relationships with families and address barriers to attendance.
• Work collaboratively with safeguarding, pastoral, and senior leadership teams to respond to welfare concerns linked to attendance.
• Liaise with external agencies, including the Local Authority and other support services, to ensure appropriate support and compliance with attendance regulations.
• Support formal attendance processes, including the preparation of documentation for penalty notices and other enforcement actions where necessary.
• Maintain accurate attendance records and produce regular reports to support monitoring and strategic decision-making.
• Promote a positive culture of attendance and punctuality across the school community.

What We Offer

• A brand-new, state-of-the-art school building with excellent facilities.
• A friendly and supportive staff team who genuinely enjoy working together and supporting our students.
• The opportunity to work with a diverse and vibrant school community.
• A strong commitment to professional development, with opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your role.
• A laptop and reliable IT support to help you do your job effectively.
• Access to our on-site staff gym.
• Free on-site parking.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date if a suitable candidate is found.

Grove Academy is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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 Grove Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• Size: 990 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Grove Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grove-academy-sl1-2sr

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