Educational Welfare Officer

Arrow Vale High School, Redditch, B98 0GF

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

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: £25,228.00 - £30,377.00 Annually (Actual)

Educational Welfare Officer job summary

Educational Welfare Officer

Full-time role (12-month initial contract, with potential / expectation to become permanent)

37 hours per week - Term Time Only + 10 days

Scale 5 - SO1 £25,228 - £30,377 (actual salary) Grade dependant on experience

We are seeking a dedicated Education Welfare Officer to play a key role in improving school attendance and supporting our families.

The successful candidate will work closely with students, parents, and school staff to identify barriers to attendance, implement effective interventions, and ensure every child has access to education.

Working alongside our Student Support Team (which includes SEND and Safeguarding), you will implement the school’s attendance procedures and take appropriate action to address specific attendance issues. This role will support the improvement of our whole school attendance and reduce persistent absence levels.

This is a full-time position offered on an initial 12-month contract, with the clear expectation of continuation, subject to successful performance. This opportunity is open to applications from both candidates with extensive experience or alternatively, with a passion and motivation for working with young people and their families. Full training will be provided where necessary.

This is an extremely exciting time to join us. As a Trust founded by The Royal Society of Arts, our exceptional schools work together to create learning that is inspirational for all. We have a particular passion for academic success generated through creative teaching and learning, and skills development, that best prepares students for the world beyond school.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Niall Brennan, Associate Vice Principal.

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 Arrow Vale High School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 856 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Arrow Vale High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/arrow-vale-rsa-academy

Outstanding Ofsted rating, excellent CPD opportunities and highly experienced and supportive departments - just some of the reasons why RSA Academy Arrow Vale is the place to work...

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