Attendance Officer

Oak Wood School, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB10 9HT

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary NJC Points 18 to 20 Actual salary (£26,964 to £27,871)
• Additional allowances:

  Salary NJC Points 18 to 20 Actual salary (£26,964 to £27,871)

Attendance Officer job summary

Oak Wood School is looking to appoint a dynamic professional to lead the administration of attendance and punctuality across the school. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required, to ensure warm and supportive customer service to our students and their families.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for improving attendance and punctuality, liaising with parents/carers and tracking/mentoring groups and individual pupils. The ability to work independently is important as is the need to be able to deal with a busy workload and changing priorities. Excellent writing skills and an understanding of social media platforms and digital marketing is essential.

Oak Wood School was judged as a ‘Good’ school by Ofsted (May 2022) and is a truly inclusive, mixed, multi-ethnic 11-18 school that embraces all aspects of comprehensive education. A career at Oak Wood School is your chance to be part of a remarkable team that are working to ensure our students are prepared to be the well- rounded leaders of tomorrow.

“Pupils at Oak Wood School are polite, friendly and confident. They are part of a diverse community and get along well with each other. The school’s ethos is for pupils to dream, learn and grow. Staff here inspire pupils and develop their knowledge, understanding and character.” Ofsted 2022

We believe our best resources are our staff. There is a popular and thriving programme of professional development in the department and across the school, at all levels, and colleagues have the opportunity to develop personally and professionally through our membership of both the PiXL club and the Harrow Collegiate Alliance (HCA). The school also offers excellent promotion prospects and a comprehensive induction programme. Colleagues benefit from a commitment to staff well-being and are provided with several schemes to support them maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.

Situated on a large site close to Heathrow Airport and the centre of Hillingdon, Oak Wood School has much to offer:

• a commitment to the professional development of all its staff to become outstanding teachers and leaders
• staff wellbeing programme
• childcare and cycle to school vouchers
• excellent transport links (by train 45 minutes to central London), bus routes 427, 278 & U2, train (Chiltern Railways, Great Western Railway and Underground (Metropolitan & Piccadilly)
• on-site parking including electric charging facilities
• on-site catering facilities.

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 Oak Wood School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1287 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oak Wood School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oak-wood-school

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