Attendance Support

Bradford Forster Academy, Bradford, BD4 8RG

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Required 2nd November or soonest thereafter until July 2027

• Closing date

  8 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: Salary NJC 11-17 Actual Salary £24,427- £26,927 per annum

Attendance Support job summary

Attendance Support

Start Date: Monday 2nd November 2026 or soonest thereafter until July 2027

37 Hours Per week Term time plus 1 week

Actual Salary range: £24,427 - £26,927 per annum

Bradford Forster Academy is an 11-16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing Christian Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford. The Academy opened on 1 September 2015 and now has capacity for 1050 students on roll in years 7-11. The school is forward-thinking, providing high quality CPD and there is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of growing diverse schools within the Trust.

We are seeking to appoint a talented, inspirational, creative and ambitious individual with relevant experience who can make a sustained and substantial contribution to the growth and development of the Academy. You will be self-motivated, exceptionally well-organised and a good team worker.

The successful candidate will:

Work alongside key staff and external agencies to promote whole academy attendance strategies

Work with students and families to improve levels of attendance

Build strong relationships with key families to overcome barriers to attendance and improve levels of engagement with the academy and with education

Have excellent communication skills

Have excellent inter-personal skills

Be able to keep calm under pressure

We can offer you:

An attractive, very well-resourced working environment

Supportive colleagues

Employee Pension Scheme with WYPF

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Closing Date: Thursday 8th October 9am

For full details, application details with information pack, please visit our website:

https://bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk/

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

‘Everyone working in or for our school service shares an objective to help keep
children and young people safe and promote each child’s welfare by
contributing to:
• providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn
and develop in our school setting, and
• identifying children and young people who are suffering or likely to
suffer significant harm, and taking appropriate action with the aim of
making sure they are kept safe both at home and in our school setting’

BFA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its students.

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 Bradford Forster Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 892 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bradford Forster Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bradford-forster-academy

Bradford Forster Academy, which opened in September 2015 as a new 11-16 Church of England Academy, as part of the new Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust. We currently have 1033 students on roll from years 7 to 11 and Summer 2020 saw our first cohort of students successfully completing their time with us and going on to take up a wide range of local and national Post-16 courses and positions.

Bradford Forster Academy is an exceptional school with high aspirations and ambition for our young people.

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