Attendance, Welfare and Punctuality Lead

Saint Gabriel's College, London, SW9 6UL

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 October 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: NJC SO2, points 27 to 29, pro rata , Term-time only (39weeks per year)
• Additional allowances:

  NJC SO2, points 27 to 29, pro rata , Term-time only (39weeks per year)

Attendance, Welfare and Punctuality Lead job summary

About the Role

The role plays a vital part in ensuring high standards of attendance and punctuality, fostering positive relationships with families, and supporting the school’s Christian ethos of inclusivity and academic excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead attendance and punctuality initiatives to secure 100% attendance across the college.

• Track, monitor, and report attendance and punctuality data, setting measurable improvement targets.

• Attend School Absences Panels and statutory legal intervention meetings for persistently absent students and liaise with external agencies, including Court panels.

• Foster positive partnerships with parents and carers to improve student engagement.

• Support Advisory Teams (Form Tutors) in maintaining positive attendance routines and adherence to school expectations.

• Adhere to the school’s positive behaviour approaches to create a positive and inclusive learning environment.

• Develop strategies to remove barriers to attendance and punctuality.

• Support onboarding for in-year admissions and reintegration for long term absent students.

• Represent the school with external stakeholders and prepare reports for Governors and agencies.

• Safeguard students’ health, safety, and wellbeing.

• Promote participation in extracurricular activities and uphold the Christian ethos of the school.

Qualifications

Required:

• Degree or equivalent, ideally with behavioural science or psychology components.

Desirable:

• Teaching qualification/ Postgraduate qualification (e.g., NPQ)

• Evidence of ongoing professional development

• Level 3 Safeguarding

Experience

Required:

• At least 2 years school attendance and welfare experience with measurable impact

• Experience supporting students academically and behaviourally in a school or similar setting

• Experience tracking performance and implementing interventions

• Safeguarding certification

Desirable:

• Experience in delivering high-quality education

• Evidence of measurable improvements in student outcomes

• Experience designing and delivering student support programmes

Contract: This is a full-time, permanent position.

Start date: January 2026

If you think, you have the skills, experience, and passion that we need, please do apply

How to apply:

If you think you have the skills, experience, and passion that we need, please do apply.

An application form is provided with the online advertisement or can be obtained from recruitment@saintgabrielscollege.org.

Closing date: Completed applications should be submitted by 12 noon, Monday 3rd November 2025, your personal statement should be no more than two pages.

Interviews: Week commencing 3rd November 2025

We would love you to come to visit our school - Please contact 0207 7933901/ recruitment@saintgabrielscollege.org.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the future of Saint Gabriel’s College, ensuring every student achieves their potential in a safe, inclusive, and inspiring environment.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our students and we expect all Governors, Staff, Volunteers and Contractors to demonstrate the same commitment. Saint Gabriel’s College and the Southwark Diocese Board of Education are committed to positively addressing discrimination in all forms and that all sectors of the community have fair and equal access and experience within employment. We welcome individuals of all backgrounds and communities, particularly those underrepresented in our workforce.

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

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.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Saint Gabriel's College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 594 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Saint Gabriel's College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saint-gabriel-s-college

Saint Gabriel’s College is a small inclusive Church of England secondary school where every member of the community is valued. All our students are encouraged to achieve excellence by working hard, continuously improving, growing spiritually and thinking of others.

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