Attendance Officer / SEND Manager
Wishmore Cross Academy, Woking, Surrey, GU24 8NE13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 2:12pm
Date listed
27 June 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
- £29777.00 - £32076.00 per annum
Attendance Officer / SEND Manager job summary
Wishmore Cross Academy
Alpha Road, Chobham
Woking, Surrey, GU24 8NE
SCP 19 - 23 (£29,777.00 - £32,076.00) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 37, 40 weeks
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Start date: September 2025
We are looking for a highly organised, proactive, and compassionate professional to take on a dual role as Attendance Officer & SEND Manager - a key position at the heart of our school's student support systems.
This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in both whole-school attendance and the success of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
About the Role
As Attendance Officer, you will:
* Promote and drive high levels of student attendance across the school.
* Track, monitor, and analyse attendance data.
* Support students with poor attendance through targeted interventions.
* Liaise with parents, staff, and external agencies to reduce persistent absence.
As SEND Manager, you will:
* Support the SENDCo and SLT with the operational and administrative delivery of our SEND provision.
* Maintain accurate, up-to-date SEND records.
* Collect and analyse SEND data to support strategic planning.
* Act as a key point of contact for staff, families, and external professionals.
What We're Looking For
* Excellent organisation and time-management skills
* Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
* A solutions-focused, student-centred approach
* Experience in attendance, SEND, or school administration (preferred but not essential)
* Confidence in using data systems and managing confidential information
About Wishmore Cross Academy
Wishmore Cross Academy, part of Lift Schools, is a special school in Chobham, Surrey for boys aged 7 to 16 years who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties.We can admit up to 82 pupils which means that class sizes are small and we work very closely with our students to ensure they get the most out of each day with us. Set in beautiful grounds, we provide high quality CPD to all staff routed through the instructional excellence model.
Closing date : 13th July 2025
Who is Lift Schools?
We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
* Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Commitment to safeguarding
Prior to employment all staff (paid or voluntary) are DBS checked for their suitability to work with children and young people. For more information on the Disclosure Barring Service, please click the link below.
Once the member of staff joins our school, they complete online Safeguarding training provided by Educare and sign an online AET Code of Conduct. Refresher training is provided every academic year by either one of the safeguarding team or an outside provider.
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 Wishmore Cross Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 16
- School size
- 65 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wishmore Cross Academy website
Wishmore Cross is a school for boys aged 7 - 16, and all of our pupils have EHCPs (Educational Health and Care Plans) which detail their Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH).
We work as a school to understand our pupils, their diagnosed and hidden needs, educate ourselves and them around these needs; and support our pupils to find their best, stable selves so that they can function independently and achieve in the world.
Our pupils may have histories of a difficult engagement with education, and our staff team works tirelessly to build secure, key worker relationships, so that we can change our pupils’ ideas of what their schooling can and should be like.
We are a school undergoing transformation and change, and are looking forward to a site that has been completely redecorated, a site that provides for our pupils sensory, occupational therapy and mental health needs, and a site that stimulates them to engage and learn in various ways.
We also work with our Local Authority to support the speech, language and communication needs that are associated with our pupils’ SEMH needs - hoping that we will teach our children to be able to tell us how they feel, understand others’ perspectives and relearn how to manage themselves and their actions when their emotions feel overwhelming.
A fair proportion of our school body joins us at Year 6 and stays with us till Year 11, but we also take in-year admissions in partnership with our Local Authority (Surrey County Council), working to make these transitions as smooth as can be.
We look forward to building more partnerships with our parents and families, within our local community and with borough and county educational services, so that our pupils can make the most of their school years.
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