16 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    11 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    24 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours a week, term time plus teacher training days Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

From 24609 GBP up to 27156 GBP per pro rata NJC local scale H14-H20-£28,624-£31,586 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

Wootton Park School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Attendance Officer to work with our DSL and Safeguarding team.

What the school offers its staff

We Can Offer YouExemplary learner behaviour and engagement.Supportive professional development following a coaching model.Excellent future opportunities for progression as we grow our Trust.An exciting, friendly and conscientious working environment.Employee Assistance Programme (Staff Well-being) scheme.Staff sport activitiesLGSS Pension

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.

About Us

Wootton Park School (WPS) is the founding school within our Trust and offers a first-rate and unique learning environment, ensuring high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of community participation and building a stronger society. As an all-through (4-19) school, we believe this brings a significant number of benefits to learners and staff, and we seek staff who share this vision with us.

In September 2022, we had our first Year 6 & Year 13 cohorts and are now operational in every year group. In 2020 we moved into our brand new £20 million state-of-the-art school building. In July 2019 we were judged to be outstanding in every category by Ofsted. Inspectors noted that “The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is of a consistently high quality” and that “Achievement is outstanding in the early years and at key stages 1 and 3". "Staff morale is exceptionally high" Ofsted 2019.We have achieved the Quality Inclusion Mark and the Wellbeing Award for Schools.

We are very proud of our school and are looking for like-minded professionals to join us on the next stage of our exciting journey. If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to support our team, we want to hear from you!

In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Northampton Free School Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Wootton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.

Closing Date: Monday 11th August 2025, 12noon

Interview Date: 14th August 2025Position

Start Date: ASAP (subject to safer recruitment checks)

We maintain the right to close the application process early or later if necessary. Applicants need to be available to interview in person.

To apply, please visit the school's website

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Northampton Free School Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the
shortlisting stage.

Our latest Safeguarding Policy is on our school website.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

About Wootton Park School

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 19
Education phase
Through
School size
1563 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Northampton Free School Trust, trading as Wootton Park School

This is an exciting time for the Trust as we realise our ambition to build on our existing outstanding school, Wootton Park School and develop the Trust to include additional outstanding schools in Northampton and the surrounding areas. Northampton Free School Trust currently comprises of two schools with a third proposed for 2027.

Our aspirational Trust aims to provides a first-rate learning environment and delivers high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of community participation and building a stronger society.

Our first academy in the Trust, Wootton Park School, opened in 2016 with fewer than 20 staff and now employs 200+.

In July 2019 Wootton Park School received our first Ofsted inspection and were judged to be outstanding in every category. Inspectors noted that “The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is of a consistently high quality” and that “Achievement is outstanding in the early years and at key stages 1 and 3". "Staff morale is exceptionally high" Ofsted 2019.

Our second School, Overstone Park Primary School, opens in September 2025 with 1 Reception class and will grow year on year.

A third School, Dallington Park School; a secondary school, is proposed to open in September 2027.

Our hope is that our journey models that of Wootton Park School in delivering consistently high quality outstanding education.

We are very proud of our school and are looking for like-minded professionals to join us on the next stage of our exciting journey.

If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to join us at this stage of our journey, we want to hear from you!

Please visit our school website for more information about our school and a virtual tour.

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