Attendance Support Officer
Leeds East Academy, Leeds, LS14 6HA20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- C2 (Actual Salary £25,203 to £26,721)
What skills and experience we're looking for
To monitor attendance across the collated key stage in conjunction with the Attendance Leader, identifying and prioritising focus areas.
To produce and send letters regarding attendance and punctuality.
To provide high-quality administration in relation to (but not exclusively) to Penalty Warning Letters, referrals to the Local Authority and communication with parents.
To maintain the monitoring of the progress of legal Orders, including Education Supervision Orders, Parenting Orders School Attendance and any legal orders.
To monitor the process of monitoring letters and fines (Fast Track Process).
To manage attendance meetings at the family home and academy, discuss and support with attendance issues. Complete and record School Attendance Panel meetings including the outcome.
To attend and provide information for meetings regular Pastoral team and the attendance meetings with relevant members of the pastoral team e.g. Behaviour and Attendance Managers.
To conduct daily home visits in academy vehicles including the minibus. Start and maintain attendance case files and track the progress of targeted students.
Conduct and record welfare checks in line with academy protocol.
To plan and agree on strategies to target improvements in attendance for specific students.
What the school offers its staff
Part of White Rose Academies Trust - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure continued strides for the school and the community that it serves.
We are securing our vision for World Class by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists and passionate leaders with the shared goal of transforming future prospects for the next generation in West Yorkshire.
The trust currently employs over 500 members of staff and is responsible for educating and developing almost 4,000 students between the ages of 3 to 16. The trust consists of three secondary schools - Leeds City Academy, Leeds East Academy and Leeds West Academy, and also welcomed its first primary school Alder Tree Primary Academy on 1st December 2020.
We believe the trust is a highly desirable place of work for an ambitious professional, who will be joining one of the most supportive and talented teams in the country.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. Applications are welcome, irrespective of
sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Leeds East Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1051 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leeds East Academy website
- Email address
- wrat-hr@whiteroseacademies.org
Leeds East Academy is an over-subscribed 11-16 academy that has recently achieved the title of UK Parliament School of the Year. We are a vibrant, diverse and welcoming academy community who are committed to securing our highly ambitious vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ for every single member of our wonderful school. Over the last three years the school has been on a rapid journey of transformation which has resulted in significant improvements in attendance, progress, and behaviour. We received a ‘good’ judgement in our 2019 Ofsted inspection and every member of our community is determined to convert this to outstanding and beyond at our next inspection.
We are proud to be an academy who forms part of the High-Performance Learner international community and our vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ is underpinned by the principles of High-Performance Learner. The principles simply foster the belief that every child can and will perform highly and are able to excel both academically and personally within the right climate and culture. We have worked closely with our academy community to develop a culture and climate in which both staff and students can flourish.
Our academy is committed to delivering an outstanding education to each and every one of our students. We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.
White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.
Arranging a visit to Leeds East Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email wrat-hr@whiteroseacademies.org.
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