Attendance Officer

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  12 August 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  13 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,452.00 - £36,672.00 Annually (FTE) AS 21-25 FTE £33,452-£36,672 pro rata £27,673-£30,020

Attendance Officer job summary

Attendance Officer

We are looking to recruit an outstanding and committed professional to join our highly effective Attendance team that believes young people deserve the very best quality of education.

As part of a whole school approach for Attendance management, you will support all aspects of the school’s communication with parents and internal support from the Attendance Team and Vice Principal.

Communication is key to parental engagement which improves the liaison between staff, students and parental stakeholders.

The Attendance team is friendly and cohesive and works with teachers and other support staff, ‘going the extra mile’ to ensure that we provide the very best for our pupils and families. It is important to us that you buy-in to and share the ethos and vision of the school.

We want someone with very high expectations who is passionate about working with young people and is ambitious to see them achieve. You will be a resilient team player with a can-do attitude, will be flexible, organised and able to use your own initiative and problem-solve.

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong administrative and data analysis experience, demonstrating the ability to not only manage records accurately but also interpret data trends to proactively suggest forward-thinking attendance and punctuality strategies.
• Excellent communication and resilience skills, specifically showing proven experience in managing difficult, sensitive, or confrontational conversations with parents and carers.
• The candidate will work alongside an experienced Attendance officer and SLT Vice Principal in improving whole school attendance and punctuality.
• Training will be provided for the role.
• Chalk Hills is a dynamic forward-thinking academy with lots of opportunities for staff.
• Staff benefits include free tea and coffee throughout the day, free use of state-of-the-art
• School gym facilities, staff wellbeing events, free parcel collection and drop off, Perk box discount scheme and employee of the month scheme

JOB SPECIFICS

Start date asap

Salary AS 21-25 FTE £33,452-£36,672 pro rata £27,673-£30,020

Job role Permanent, Full time, Term Time +5 INSET days, 39 weeks per year,

37 hrs per week, Mon-Thu 7.45am-3.45pm Fri 3:15pm, 30 minutes for lunch

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding and welfare of children is paramount and all our staff share this view. Applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding and child protection checks including with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

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 The Chalk Hills Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1644 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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