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  • Closing date

    7 October 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    23 September 2024

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

£26,584.00 - £28,477.00 Annually (Actual)

Attendance Officer job summary

Attendance Officer

Job details

Salary: Gr 3b Point 16-20. Actual £26,584 - £28,477

Hours: 36.5 hrs/pw Term Time Only plus 3 weeks

Contract type: Full Time: Permanent

Reporting to: Director of Behaviour and Safeguarding

Responsible for: Pastoral Assistants; TAs (where appropriate)

Duties and responsibilities


Administration

Ensure daily attendance registers are accurate and complete, and follow up with staff members about any incomplete data

Follow up on any unexplained absences with parents/carers, escalating issues as appropriate in line with school procedures Initiate and oversee the administration of absence procedures, for example, letters home, attendance clinics and engagement with local authorities/other external agencies and partners

Manage attendance returns for the school census

Manage attendance returns to the Local Authority

Manage the process of issuing penalty notices to parents

Maintain accurate records of communications with parents/carers and relevant interventions

Build and refresh knowledge of the school’s MIS (Arbor) and other relevant systems

Monitoring and reporting

Produce and interpret attendance reports for school leaders, identifying key statistics, reasons for absence and any patterns of concern

Track attendance of vulnerable groups of pupils and share information with school leaders

Identify pupils that need additional support to improve their attendance

Work with school leaders to identify appropriate interventions to improve attendance for particular groups or individual pupils

Lead daily or weekly check-ins to review progress and the impact of support/interventions

Work with school leaders to develop and revise the school’s attendance policy

Implement children missing education (CME) procedures when appropriate

Provide regular reports to attendance organisations to raise awareness of emerging at-risk pupils

Present to the school Senior Leadership Team as and when required

Working with parents/carers

Coordinate meetings with pupils and parents/carers to implement interventions and track progress

Build positive relations with parents/carers to encourage family involvement in their child’s attendance

Identify, and where possible, mitigate potential barriers to attendance in partnership with families

Carry out home visits, where necessary, to address attendance concerns for individual pupils

Professional development

Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support from the school

To provide CPD to staff, ensuring they understand and implement effectively attendance and safeguarding procedures

Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures

Other areas of responsibility

Safeguarding

To be a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead for The Warwickshire Academy

To attend Child in Need and/or Child Protection meetings when directed to do so by the DSL

Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies

Be alert to when persistent absence becomes a safeguarding concern and early help may be required

Work with the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns where necessary

Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Pastoral Duties

To support the Pastoral Team with incident responses

To support teachers with the pastoral needs of students

To undertake work experience visits

To monitor key pastoral and behaviour systems and escalate this with staff where these are not being used effectively

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.

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About The Warwickshire Academy

School type
Free School, ages 9 to 19
School size
51 pupils enrolled
Age range
9 to 19

School location

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