Attendance & Safeguarding Officer

Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3PL

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 12:30pm

• Date listed

  30 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,2698 - £22,359 Actual Salary per annum

Attendance & Safeguarding Officer job summary

Attendance and Safeguarding Officer

Required from asap

Part time (30 hrs per week)

Term time only

Permanent

Salary Grade E point 13-19 (£29,064-£32,061 FTE per annum)

£20,2698 - £22,359 Actual Salary per annum

Robert Shaw Primary & Nursery School is seeking to appoint a dedicated, resilient and caring professional to provide support and guidance to our pupils to ensure they reach their full potential.

The Attendance and Safeguarding Support Officer will work alongside key school staff and multi agencies within the Local Authority to reduce the risk of harm to pupils and to improve their attendance. They will take a supporting role within Safeguarding processes at the school and a lead role in implementing the attendance procedures.

• Improve levels of attendance for all pupils

• Reduce student absence and to engage with families to support them to ensure they fulfil their legal responsibilities.

• Promote a positive attendance and punctuality culture at the school.

• Play a vital role in the safeguarding of all pupils.

• Act as Designated Senior Person for the school, attending multi-agency meetings as required.

• To work with vulnerable children.

• We warmly welcome applications from those who are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and thrives on challenging themselves and others to keep on improving. Our working relationships are positive, supportive and forward looking.  

You will:

• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and protocols.

• Knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and legislation in relation to education and     child welfare/protection

• An understanding of inclusion within formal/informal settings.

• Be able to identify barriers to learning for individual children and provide them with a range of strategies for overcoming these barriers.

• Work effectively with a range of partners including class teachers, SENCOs and senior leaders in order to address the needs of individual children.

• Be aware and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.

In return we offer:

• A collaborative and supportive team of talented professionals.

• A commitment to professional development opportunities in order to enhance your ability to develop and improve provision.

• The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children.

• Motivated, friendly and hardworking children.

• A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven 

• towards continuously raising standards.

• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

• Calm and purposeful learning environments

• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community 

• A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school

• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://recruit.sampeople.co.uk/Jobboard/Trust/transformtrust

Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Mrs Karen Coker at Robert Shaw Primary & Nursery School  

Email: headteacher@robertshaw.nottingham.sch.uk Telephone: 0115 9155765

Closing date for applications: Monday 23 February 2026 @ 12.30pm

Interviews will be held on: Tuesday 03 March 2026

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 9300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus. 

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant safeguarding training including Safeguarding Children in Education
All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children

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 Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 432 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/robert-shaw-primary-and-nursery-school-nottingham

Robert Shaw Primary is a 420 place school and a 52 place Nursery in Nottingham City, it was opened in 1950 and serves the local communities of Ainsley, Aspley and Beechdale.
At our most recent OFSTED Inspection in January 2014 we were judged to be in the “Requires Improvement” category. Since this inspection we have been working extremely hard to address the priorities raised in the Inspector’s report and make progress towards being the Good school we aspire to be. We are a vibrant, multi-cultural school in Nottingham City, and we are dedicated to providing the best education for all of our children.
The Governors and staff work hard with the community of Robert Shaw School, in order to foster our ethos of mutual respect and to make British Values integral to all that we do.
The children in our school describe Robert Shaw, as like a big family where everyone looks after each other.
Our motto is ‘We strive to improve in all that we do’ and this is the belief that we instil in all of our children, and staff. By providing a stimulating and challenging environment, we provide all children with the equal opportunity to reach their personal and educational goals.

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