Attendance Support Officer

Moorside High School, Manchester, M27 0AP

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 6 – Scale point 13-17 £25,238 - £26,938.38

Attendance Support Officer job summary

Attendance Support Officer

📍 Location: Moorside High School
💰 Salary: Grade 6 – Scale point 13-17 £25,238 - £26,938.38
⏳ Contract: Permanent - Full time 36 hours, working term time plus 5 days
📅 Start Date: Sept 2025

Moorside High School is seeking to appoint a committed and proactive Attendance Support Officer to join our dedicated pastoral and safeguarding team. As part of the Consilium Academies Trust, we are passionate about creating an inclusive and supportive environment where every student can thrive—and this role is vital to that mission.

About the Role

Working closely with the Safeguarding and Pastoral Team, the successful candidate will support our high expectations around attendance and help ensure every student is given the opportunity to succeed through excellent daily attendance.

Your work will include:

• First-day calling and follow-up home visits to students who are absent.
• Case recording and tracking of attendance interventions.
• Supporting targeted intervention planning alongside the Attendance Officer.
• Engaging with families and students to set, monitor and review attendance targets.
• Assisting in safeguarding and pastoral referrals related to attendance concerns.
• Providing first aid and acting as a key part of our safeguarding approach.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is motivated by making a real difference in young people’s lives, and who understands the link between attendance, outcomes, and future success.

About You

You will be:

• Passionate about supporting young people and improving their life chances.
• Skilled in engaging with students, families, and colleagues with warmth, professionalism, and persistence.
• Organised, detail-focused, and proactive in addressing barriers to attendance.
• Able to work flexibly and independently, with a strong sense of accountability.

Experience working in a school or safeguarding/pastoral setting is desirable.

Why Join Us?

At Moorside High School, we are proud of our inclusive ethos and strong sense of community. Our core values—Consideration, Aspiration, Resilience, Equality—are lived every day by our students and staff. As part of Consilium Academies, we benefit from a collaborative, supportive Trust that is committed to staff development, wellbeing, and professional growth.

Staff benefits include:

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• 34 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Enhanced sick pay and family leave schemes
• High-quality CPD and access to the Consilium Centre for Professional Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme, Vivup benefits, and salary sacrifice schemes

About Moorside High School

We are a thriving and ambitious 11–16 school located on a state-of-the-art campus. Our mission is simple: To ensure every student leaves us ready for their next successful chapter, whether that be higher education, employment, or training. Rated “Good” by Ofsted in 2022, we are now driving forward to become a truly exceptional school.

Join #TeamMoorside and be part of something special.

Applications and Information

For further information about the role please see attached recruitment pack including, job description and person specification.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to arrange a visit to Moorside High School, please contact laura.smith@consilium-at.com.

Closing date for applications is Monday 2nd June at 09.00am

Interviews will take place on a date to be arranged.

Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.

We look forward to welcoming a new team member who shares our commitment to excellence in education!

Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Moorside High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1160 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moorside High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moorside-high-school-manchester

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