Attendance Officer
Harris Academy Clapham, London, SW4 8LD13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Term time only; actual salary £28,887.99 - £30,623.34 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £34,359 - £36,423
Pay scale
- Grade 5 (Inner London)
Additional allowances
Annual Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you have experience overseeing attendance at a school level? We are looking to appoint two Attendance Officers to join our dedicated academy team at Harris Academy Clapham.
If you are looking for a rewarding role and are committed to helping young people achieve their full potential, we would love to hear from you.
The actual salary for this role will be £28,887.99 - £30,623.34 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week).
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Qualifications to degree standard or equivalent
- Sound Knowledge of Microsoft software
- Knowledge of Management Information Systems for input and export of student attendance data, including training in relation to attendance and report generation
- Knowledge of attendance policies and procedures
- Knowledge of the range of agencies that work with students and their families
- Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course
- Knowledge of a range of attendance codes and when they can be used
- Knowledge of many of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Three years' experience of working in an inner-city school or educational establishment
- Experience of working with Academy welfare officer
- Experience of meeting with parents/carers formally and informally
- Experience of managing attendance systems
- Experience in a similar role
- Experience of working with young people, including those with challenging behaviour
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
The vision of Harris Academy Clapham is a simple one. From our opening in September 2020, our academy is a place where ‘everything is possible'.
The Clapham curriculum is designed to meet the needs, aspirations and abilities of every one of our students. Our aim is to improve their life chances and enable them to make a positive contribution to the city and world in which they live.
At Harris Clapham, the curriculum is delivered through high-quality teaching. This is codified in our research-informed approach to pedagogy, which we call the Clapham Way.
Through the Clapham academic, enrichment and pastoral curriculum we expect our students to develop powerful knowledge and the following values and character attributes that will enable them to achieve our vision that ‘Everything is Possible'.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, an Annual Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more aboutour benefitson our website.
Flexible working opportunities
Harris Federation is committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Our approach to flexibility includes a range of solutions, from tailored working hours to part-time arrangements, where appropriate, ensuring that we maintain our high standards of education while supporting the wellbeing of our staff. Whether you are a classroom teacher, support staff or part of our senior leadership team, we work together to find solutions that align with both the operational needs of the academy and your professional development.
Harris Federation and our academies are dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, where every member of staff can thrive and feel valued in their role.
Further information about the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- Assisting ALG in the management and development of attendance and punctuality policies
- Daily monitoring and follow-up of attendance and punctuality
- Participating on late desk and follow up detentions
- Contacting parents/carers of students absent at agreed time and recording reasons for absence if given
- Daily monitoring and early calls on the attendance of children in care or students on the vulnerable list
- Making home visits with the Academy welfare manager as required
- Sending letters to parents regarding attendance matters as requested by the Academy Welfare Manager
- Ensuring the smooth operation of the computerised registration system
- Ensuring daily attendance information is entered accurately onto the system
- Establishing the reason for absences including telephone calls, letters and home visits
- Preparing and distributing attendance and punctuality certificates
- Following up on poor attendance or punctuality
- Signing students in and out of the Academy outside normal start and finish times
- Liaising with the Educational Welfare Officer to ensure prompt, consistent and rigorous intervention with poor attendance
- Monitoring student attendance together with students' progress and performance in relation to targets set for each individual
- Dealing efficiently and effectively with referrals on attendance concerns
- Alerting appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and making recommendations as to how these may be resolved
- Communicating with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the Academy concerned with the welfare of individual students
- Meeting with LAC students weekly and pass on any relevant information regarding their welfare
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Harris Academy Clapham
- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 802 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0204 513 9350
The vision of Harris Academy Clapham is a simple one. From our opening in September 2020, our academy is a place where ‘everything is possible’.
The Clapham curriculum is designed to meet the needs, aspirations and abilities of individual students. Our aim is to improve their life chances and enable them to make a positive contribution to the city and world in which they live.
By this we mean that:
every student is supported to fully develop their academic and personal talents; we help students to go on and achieve their dreams and help others
we work with our families to support all our students, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities
we are a supportive part of the Lambeth community, working with our neighbours and others as best we can
every member of staff is supported in becoming the best that they can be, including their future career prospects and ambitions.
Through the Clapham academic, enrichment and pastoral curriculum we expect our students to develop powerful knowledge and the following values and character attributes that will enable them to achieve our vision that ‘Everything is Possible’:
Our key values
Endeavour for excellence
Learning to work hard and relish challenge.
Learning to never give up.
Learning to take sensible risks.
Learning to always strive for the best for themselves and each other.
Integrity and honesty
Always acting with kindness.
Treating others the way they would like to be treated.
Self-belief with a global view
Growing to have the agency to achieve their ambitions for themselves and the wider world.
A central core of our ethos is to fully develop students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural wellbeing. We ensure that our students understand their role in making the academy and their community a safer and better place. We do this in a wide variety of ways, including after-school activities, during lessons, school visits and working with a range of external organisations such as local and national charities.
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