Attendance Support Officer

Northfield School and Sports College, Billingham, Teesside, TS22 5EG

8 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37.5 hrs/wk, 8.00am - 4.00pm, term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - One year contract from agreed start date
• Pay scale: Grade H point 14 - 17, £25,200 - £26,464 (actual pay)

What skills and experience we're looking for

To continue the school’s drive to improve pupil attendance by further increasing capacity in this area, we wish to appoint an enthusiastic, suitably qualified, proactive and professional colleague to join our attendance team in the role of an attendance support officer.

Main duties and responsibilities –

• Work proactively to make positive relationships with individual and groups of pupils and their families, in collaboration with the Attendance Manager and Guidance Teams to improve the attendance of those pupils who are persistently absent, particularly those who are disadvantaged.

• A significant amount of the working day will involve home visits and knocking on doors to help pupils get into school.

What the school offers its staff

• an enthusiastic, talented and supportive team
• a newly built and superbly resourced teaching and learning environment
• excellent opportunities for CPD
• a staff health and well-being programme
• a warm, friendly and positive working environment where everyone is valued

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

The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The posts are subject to enhanced disbarring bureau service disclosure.

Applying for the job

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Attendance Support Officer Job Description Nov 25.pdf - 551 KB (opens in new tab)

Attendance Support Officer Person Specification Nov 25.pdf - 339 KB (opens in new tab)

About Northfield School and Sports College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1541 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northfield School and Sports College website
• Email address: HR@northfieldssc.org
• Phone number: 01642 557373
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northfield-school-and-sports-college

Northfield School has been providing high quality education for the young people for over 45 years. With our latest transformation now complete, pupils have state of the art facilities to thrive in.

We are a values led school; our three core values being respect, honesty and resilience. These core values, along with staff having the highest expectations of every student underpin our desire to ensure that we are able to inspire confident learners, who will leave Northfield with a really good level of knowledge, skills and experience to thrive in an ever- changing world.

The school’s website contains a considerable amount of information and our pupils and staff regularly update its content. Please visit our website to find out even more about developments or access up to date information about Northfield.

Arranging a visit to Northfield School and Sports College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@northfieldssc.org.

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