Attendance Officer

Watling Academy, Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025 (or earlier)

• Closing date

  6 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 2024

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: £25,979.00 - £28,770.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary – £22,279 to £24,672 (pending pay award for 2024)

Attendance Officer job summary

ATTENDANCE OFFICER

Commencing – January 2025 (or earlier)

Salary – £25,979 to £28,770* FTE

Actual Salary – £22,279 to £24,672*
*pay award pending for 2024

Term Time Only – Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Are you motivated by the challenge of improving student attendance? Do you have the communication skills to engage effectively with parents, students and staff?

The Role

Watling Academy is seeking an organised and efficient Attendance Officer to join our team and assist in supporting and improving student attendance. As an Attendance Officer, you will:

• Implement strategies to support and improve student attendance, promoting regular and punctual attendance through both formal and informal processes.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of statutory frameworks related to school attendance, offering informed advice to parents, carers, staff and external organisations.
• Act as a key contact for attendance matters, providing guidance to families, school leadership and external organisations on attendance policies and procedures
• Accurately record, report and monitor student absences, ensuring a prompt response by contacting home when students are not reported absent but fail to attend school.
• Produce attendance improvement plans for students with frequent absence to support their return to regular attendance at school.

About Watling Academy

Watling Academy is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ secondary school situated on the western edge of Milton Keynes, encompassing the Whitehouse and Fairfields developments. Opening in September 2020, our school is a new and vibrant learning community for students aged 11-18. We are excited to open the Watling Academy Sixth Form to our first cohort of Year 12 students from September 2025, which will provide further educational opportunities. Our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Kindness embody the ‘Watling Way’ and are integral to the way we interact, learn and grow together as a community.

For more information about our school, please explore our website: www.watling.academy

Learn more about why you should join us by downloading the attached Watling Academy Recruitment Pack

About The Denbigh Alliance

The Denbigh Alliance Trust is driven by our mission of Care, Education and Opportunity. We prioritise care by ensuring that no student or staff member ever feels anonymous. Everyone is recognised, valued and supported, creating a strong sense of belonging within our community. Our commitment to education is reflected in our proven track record of academic success, consistently outperforming both Milton Keynes and national averages. We offer opportunity through supportive and dynamic learning environments, where every student can thrive and be well-prepared for future success in higher education or employment. For staff, we offer extensive opportunities for professional development and progression within our growing network of schools, empowering you to advance your career within a united, forward-thinking Trust.

As a Maths Hub, Computing Hub and SCITT, we are recognised as leaders in raising educational standards both within our Trust and in the schools we support. We are proud to appoint motivated, highly qualified staff who thrive in a culture where collaboration and the spirit of partnership are central to everything we do.

How to Apply

Due to our commitment to safer recruitment practices, we can only accept applications through My New Term. Please do not submit CVs.

The Denbigh Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

E-mail: hr@thedenbighalliance.org.uk

Acting Headteacher: Mrs Helen Fry

Closing date for applications: 6th November 2024, 9am

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Watling Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1203 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Watling Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watling-academy (opens in new tab)

Watling Academy is a purpose-built secondary school in its second year of operation, located within the Whitehouse development on the western expansion area of Milton Keynes. The Academy will have 1800 students when at full capacity. Watling Academy is part of the Denbigh Alliance MAT.

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