Attendance Support Assistant

Rednock School, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4BY

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  21 June 2026

• Closing date

  2 July 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  21 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3 pro rata (£8,736 actual)

Attendance Support Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about making a difference to young people’s lives? Do you have the drive and determination to help every student access learning, in your role as an Attendance Support Assistant?

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensuring morning registers are accurate
• Making telephone calls
• Following up absence reports

What we’re looking for:

• A dynamic and determined Attendance Support Assistant
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and ICT skills
  
• Patience, resilience, sensitivity, and a commitment to good practice
  
• A determination to help students reach their full potential
  

What we offer:

• Opportunity to champion attendance and unlock student potential
  
• Supportive and friendly team environment
• Standard school benefits, including pension scheme and professional development opportunities
  

The role is 1-year fixed term, 15 hours per week across 5 days, term time only, starting  in September. The salary is £8,736 per annum (Grade 3 pro rata). 

The closing date for this position is 08:00am Thursday 2 July 2026, however, early applications are encouraged as we may interview and appoint before the deadline if suitable candidates apply. Thank you for your interest in the role and our school. To apply, please complete an application form and a covering letter outlining how your qualities and experiences have prepared you for this role. We look forward to hearing from you.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you! Any unsolicited CV’s will be sent at the recruitment agency’s own risk and will be interpreted as ‘gifts’ and we have no liability to you for any fee or otherwise. We reserve the right to engage with candidates directly having not, in any way, entered into your terms and conditions for this vacancy. By submitting an unsolicited CV to us, or to any member of our staff, you accept these terms as the default position. If we require your assistance with any vacancy we will contact you.

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

Rednock School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Rigorous checks will be undertaken of the successful applicant's background credentials including enhanced DBS checks.

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 Rednock School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1232 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Rednock School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/rednock-school

We are a highly successful 11-18 School with over 1200 students situated in Cam, Dursley, enjoying spectacular views over the local hills. The most recent Ofsted inspection, January 2018, judged that Rednock School continues to be a ‘good’ school. All students are welcomed into Rednock School and encouraged to achieve their full potential, following a personalised pathway to success. Rednock is an inclusive school where every student matters.
We offer excellent CPD for all staff as well as bespoke support for new staff and NQTs. We have nearby links to the M5.

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