Attendance Officer

Harlington School, Hayes, UB3 1PB

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026 or before if available

• Closing date

  12 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale 3, £29,436 fte (subject to pro rata)
• Additional allowances:

  Scale 3, £29,436 fte (subject to pro rata)

Attendance Officer job summary

We are seeking a proactive, organised and approachable Attendance Officer to join our dedicated pastoral team. This is a key role within the school, helping to ensure every student has the best opportunity to succeed through excellent attendance and punctuality.

Working closely with students, families, staff and external agencies, you will monitor attendance daily, identify emerging concerns, provide early intervention and support, and contribute to improving attendance across the school. You will build positive relationships with parents and carers, maintain accurate attendance records, and ensure that attendance concerns are addressed promptly, recognising the vital link between attendance, safeguarding, wellbeing and academic achievement.

Alongside attendance responsibilities, you will also support the school's admissions processes, including student admissions, transition arrangements and maintaining accurate records.

This role would suit someone who is highly organised, confident communicating with a wide range of people, able to work effectively under pressure, and committed to making a positive difference to the lives of young people. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have excellent administrative skills and share our commitment to helping every student be the best version of themselves, we would love to hear from you.

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

Harlington School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All job offers are provisional until such time as the school has undertaken appropriate safeguarding checks and is satisfied that successful candidates are suitable to work with children and young people.

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 Harlington School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1409 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Harlington School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harlington-school

Harlington School: A caring, forward thinking professional learning community, that develops exceptional educators and kind hearted, hard-working and well-rounded young people, all with a passion for enquiry and scholarship.

Harlington School’s ambition is to offer its students the best possible educational opportunities. We are a mixed, non-selective school for students between 11 and 19 years old. We expect our students to leave Harlington School with the confidence and qualifications to enable them to move onto university or a career of their choice.

To do this we:
• Have high expectations of commitment to learning from students, staff and parents.
• Have high expectations of conduct.
• Provide a safe, caring environment where respect and for others are taught and valued.
• Provide high quality teaching.
• Provide a curriculum that meets the needs of all students, whatever their ability.
• Provide a range of extra-curricular activities.
• Provide regular, careful review and assessment of every student’s progress and needs and tailored support for each child.
• Involve parents in every aspect of their child’s education and emotional well-being whilst at school.

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