Attendance Officer
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AA26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
27 August 2025
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Competitive
Attendance Officer job summary
Our opportunity for you
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form & QEMS is a popular oversubscribed academy in Tamworth with a very large and expanding Sixth Form. The academy was judged as GOOD by Ofsted in September 2022. You will be supported in your career through our extensive CPD programme including the opportunity to complete nationally recognised qualifications. We are committed to prioritising the wellbeing of our staff through a wellbeing committee by committing to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual to join an inspirational, hard-working team to support students across the campus. Would you value the opportunity to work in a modern, vibrant town with an historic heart?
If the answer is Yes, a position of employment at Tamworth Sixth Form/Landau Forte Academy QEMS is for you.
Job Details
Responsible to: Senior Attendance Office
Contract: Permanent (Term time + 3 days)
Hrs/wk: 23 hours per week (3 days – Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays)
Salary: Competitive
Closing Date: 9th June 2025 at 9am
Starting Date: 27th August 2025
Interview Date: w/c 23rd June 2025
Job Profile
Co-ordinate student attendance across the school
Daily student registration process
Link person between school and students/parents regarding attendance
Person Specification
A strong desire to work with young people in a support role
Effective communication and interpersonal skills with adults and young people
Able to work under pressure and use own initiative
Competent in using ICT
Active interest in young people, education and positive outcomes for young people
Good literacy and numeracy. Maths and English Grade 5 or equivalent
Committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of young people in line with the academy safeguarding policies and procedures
Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision
Tasks and duties
Daily registration of student attendance on MIS
Daily monitoring of attendance telephone and email accounts
Text parents following up absences
Produce daily list of absence students for Student Support Officers
First day calling to absent students
Produce statistics on a weekly basis of all students under the school attendance target Years 7-13. Supply reason for absence of all students under 90% - Information passed to Lead SSO for Attendance
Home visits to students with particular attendance concerns
Arrange attendance meetings for students and parents in school as part of the Attendance Panel Process
Support all staff Attendance meetings when required
Monitor lesson attendance throughout the day
Input paper lesson / Tutorial registers
Produce paperwork and gather evidence for Penalty Notice fines
Maintain Penalty Notice spread sheet
Maintain Leave of Absence spreadsheet
Inform both LA Admissions and LA Attendance of students either leaving for Home Education, moving home or changing schools
Respond by letter to Leave of Absence requests
Send letters home to parents of students under Academy target and 90% asking for medical evidence where applicable
Email staff and Line Manager regarding missing lesson / tutorial registers and any conflicting marks
Input trip information onto MIS
Give support in the training of attendance on MIS
Follow up unauthorised absence where no reason has been given
Provide attendance data to prospective employers/Further/Higher Education regarding attendance for pupils who have left school
Liaise with Alternative Provision providers about Student Attendance
Produce statistics regarding Lates
Produce information for Lates and issue Late detentions to students and notify parents
Produce the daily Fire Evacuation registers
What we can offer you
A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health
Landau Forte Academy QEMS & Tamworth Sixth Form
Landau Forte Academy QEMS joined the Landau Forte Charitable Trust in September 2011 and delivers education to 11-16 year olds. Landau Forte Academy Sixth Form is a purpose-built establishment providing Level 3 courses, both Advanced Level and BTEC, for the whole of Tamworth and beyond. The academies are located on a shared campus, but both operate from their own facilities, with Landau Forte Academy Sixth Form having new bespoke, accommodation, which opened in September 2011, with a new Sports Hall that opened in 2013.
If you would like to look around our Academy, please contact Mrs Smart esmart@lfatsf.org.uk
The local area
Tamworth is a historic town surrounded by beautiful countryside, located a short distance from Birmingham. The Academy is located close to the centre of Tamworth, with superb transport links. Tamworth boasts a range of historical sites and leisure attractions, including: Tamworth Castle; the Tamworth SnowDome and Drayton Manor Amusement Park. Within a 20 minute drive from the town, you can find yourself in the beautiful, open Staffordshire countryside or Birmingham‘s bustling city centre.
Tamworth is 10 minutes away from the M42, junction 10
Direct trains from Birmingham (10 minutes) and London (1 hour 15 minutes)
Birmingham and East Midlands Airports are 30 minutes away
Apply for this job
1. Complete the application form online at www.lfct.org.uk
or
2. Send your completed application form/covering letter via email to recruitment@lfct.org.uk or via post to:
HR Officer
Landau Forte Charitable Trust
Ashby Road
Tamworth, Staffs B79 8AA
All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
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 are not accepted.
About Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 380 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form website
School location
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