Attendance Officer

Kirton Academy, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire, DN21 4NN

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  16 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,068.00 - £32,933.00 Annually (FTE) Actual: £21,079.07 - £24,732.68

Attendance Officer job summary

Attendance Officer

Kirton Academy

Permanent

32.5 hrs per week, Term Time + Inset days (195 days)

Kirton Academy are looking for a professional and motivated Attendance manager. They will work in collaboration with all members of the Pastoral team and Administration to drive up levels of attendance to ensure each individual child is safe, happy, involved, attending and able to perform to their potential.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To support and enforce high expectations of attendance at the Academy.

2. To ensure first day absence procedures are completed and are robust.

3. To support Heads of Year with attendance and welfare issues.

4. To help remove welfare barriers to learning and attendance, enabling students to make at least expected progress.

5. To deal with issues in a positive manner, communicating actions to staff and parents as appropriate.

6. To be proactive in supporting the school behaviour system if required. For example by a presence in corridors at lesson changeovers, break times, end of lunchtimes, end of the school day.

7. To support individual students to access school and lessons.

8. To work in conjunction with the Pastoral Team, sharing duties and information as appropriate.

9. To actively use and develop MIS to monitor and report on students attendance.

10. To liaise with outside agencies and attend meetings as appropriate.

11. To assist with administrative tasks e.g. maintaining accurate records.

12. To attend meetings and reviews as necessary, contacting parents as required.

13. To build relationships with parents and resolve issues, liaising with external agencies as directed.

14. To be alert to safeguarding issues, log onto CPOMS and pass on concerns as appropriate.

15. Deal confidentially and sensitively with parents and students undergoing difficulties.

16. To keep Heads of Year involved and informed of any problems which arise.

17. To provide and coordinate ongoing support for individual students e.g., support with bereavement, mental health, family dynamics and friendships etc on a proactive and reactive basis.

18. To monitor and support students as identified by Pastoral Managers.

19. To support tutors as agreed/directed by Pastoral Managers.

20. To ensure all staff contribute to raising achievement by improving school attendance.

21. To improve and maintain the highest levels of pupil attendance reducing unauthorised absence.

22. To maintain appropriate confidentiality.

23. Provide mentoring support for pupils returning from exclusion to improve their attendance.

24. Analyse data to identify issues and proactively take action to improve behaviour/attendance.

25. To provide administrative support to the Principal:

a. specific and general admin for attendance.

b. manage suspension letters and administration.

c. liaising and meeting with parents as required regarding attendance.

d. Attending staff/Pastoral briefings as required.

e. Acknowledging parental contact within 24 hours

For more information please email HR@lincolnshiregateway.co.uk, or telephone 01507 502297.

Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In line with our safer recruitment practices and statutory guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education, all applicants must be willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Additional pre-employment checks will also be carried out including online/social media check, satisfactory references and any other appropriate checks necessary in order to assess the suitability to work with children.

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.

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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 Kirton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 394 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kirton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kirton-academy

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