Attendance Officer – Parental Engagement & Transition

Bradford Academy, Bradford, BD4 7QS

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  28 June 2026 at 6am

• Date listed

  15 June 2026

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: £25,610.45 - £26,461.70 Annually (Actual)

Attendance Officer – Parental Engagement & Transition job summary

The role combines core attendance officer responsibilities with a strategic focus on early intervention, ensuring that barriers to attendance are identified and addressed before patterns of absence become entrenched.

The postholder will work across both the primary and secondary phases, supporting learners and families through key stages of transition, whilst maintaining a strong operational presence in the day-to-day running of attendance systems.

A key aspect of the role is working directly with families, including undertaking home visits, holding structured conversations, setting clear expectations and agreeing targets to improve attendance.

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

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 Bradford Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 19
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 1682 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bradford Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bradford-academy

Bradford Academy ‘continues to be good. Relationships between adults and pupils and between pupils are cordial and open. This means that there is an atmosphere of mutual respect and care in the school. This has a very positive impact on learning and pupils’ progress’. Ofsted 2017

We have recently celebrated our tenth anniversary and continue to be judged by Ofsted as a ‘good school’. Having expanded our age range with Learners from the ages of 2 to 19, you will appreciate that this is no mean feat and we don’t sit still. We invest in supporting our Learners and our staff - we know that they are integral to our success.

Bradford holds a vibrant, diverse community and possesses unique character. Its diversity reflects Britain. The Academy plays an important part in preparing young people for life in our complex society. Learners are prepared to be active participants in their own communities through developing relationships and understanding the importance of exercising their voice. We hold this dear and believe it to be a major reason behind our success. We are developing leaders for the future; both staff and Learners. If you share our drive to make the school outstanding, make things happen and want to place your efforts where employees and students are known, valued and understood then we want to hear from you.

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