Pastoral Assistant (Attendance)
Harris Church of England Academy, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 6EA5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,894.00 - £21,894.00 Annually (Actual) Grade G, SCP11 (FTE £28,598) - Monday - Friday 8.30am-3.30pm - Term Time plus 5 days
Pastoral Assistant (Attendance) job summary
KEY PURPOSE
- To assist the Assistant Head (Attendance) in providing support for students, parents and teachers in order to raise standards of attendance, involving monitoring and intervention
- To support Heads of Year and the Attendance and Welfare Officer with home visits, meetings and interventions to improve attendance.
- To support SA and PA students to integrate fully in school, checking on wellbeing and ensuring the correct support is in place.
- To deal effectively with parents, monitor and deal with any issues identified as part of the non-attendance and recommend ways to improve the Academy’s procedures to support improvements for students’ attendance
- To be a role model in terms of behaviour and create a high awareness of the role within school
- To support duties at Break and lunchtime, ensuring high standards of behaviour are maintained by students
- Following the sanctions, rewards and behavioral policy.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
The appointee will be line managed by the Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Attendance
- To provide support to the Assistant Head (Pastoral) to encourage good attendance by monitoring student attendance and punctuality to registration and lessons
- Support tutors and the Attendance Officer providing reasons for absence
- To attend meetings with parents or the Education Welfare Officer (EWO), Assistant Head Teacher (Attendance) and provide information for formal attendance meetings
- To analyse and respond appropriately to attendance data
- To meet with students to understand barriers to attendance and proactively work with school staff to remove barriers for students.
- To ensure short term reasonable adjustments are in place and agreed with SLT to support better student attendance.
- To assist in reintegration of students post an absence.
Communications
- To utilise positive language with students, to engage with them to make improvements
- To acknowledge and reward improvements from students
- To be first point of call for response to concerns reported by parents regarding attendance
- To be available for pupils throughout the day
- To ensure that all relevant information is disseminated to staff
- To advise subject staff about issues relating to the year group
- To assist in the transition arrangements for all students who join after the commencement of the academic year
- To encourage and develop parental contacts with tutors and others as appropriate
- To liaise with outside agencies including social services, youth services, WAS, the police and child protection agencies.
Other Duties
- To be aware of child protection issues and liaise when necessary, with named staff and be part of the school procedures
- To attend case conferences and planning meetings providing reports and information as required
- To attend tutor meetings and other meetings as required
- To liaise with individual teachers, departments in relation to learning of individual and groups of pupils
- To work with pastoral and subject staff to put in place and assist with appropriate arrangements to ensure all students successfully complete coursework
- To promote a positive school ethos
- To support before and after school activities/clubs
- Act as first aider when necessary (training will be provided).
- Ensure confidentially at all times
- To be an exemplary leader in dealings with staff, pupils, parents and outside agencies
- Any other duties and responsibilities within the range of the salary grade
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Harris Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 874 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris Church of England Academy website
Harris Church of England Academy is a mixed, non-selective, Church of England secondary academy situated in Rugby, Warwickshire. There are approximately 720 students at the school between the ages of 11-16.
Harris Church of England Academy converted to academy status in 2014. It is part of the Diocese of Coventry Multi Academy Trust.
Headteacher
Mrs R Harrison
Values and vision
Harris Church of England Academy is more than just a place where students come to learn. It is also a place where a community develops and thrives. It is a place where we come together to support each other to achieve, whether it is in the classroom learning, on the sports field competing or on the stage performing, we know that success comes from us all working together.
Student progress will always remain a key priority because outcomes so often dictate future pathways and opportunities for young people.
Our educational vision is to create a community of lifelong learners who are anchored by a clear set of Christian values, passionate about realising their potential and have the capacity to contribute to their community, as well balanced and confident citizens. I have an absolute belief in the ability of all to achieve within a Christian ethos and to provide opportunities for young people to develop spiritually, morally, socially and culturally.
The ethos of the school is at the heart of everything we do, as education is not just about the academic results but about looking at the whole person. It is about teaching life skills to enable young people to succeed in whatever they choose to do. All that we do is underpinned by Christian values and mutual respect.
For our students, the vision will enable them to not only achieve their true academic potential, but also increase self-esteem, build resilience and self-belief in their God given talents.
Ofsted
"The school has a caring ethos and ensures that pupils are well looked after and kept safe."
"Leaders are preparing pupils well for a life in Britain."
"Pupils are proud of their school, which is calm and orderly at all times."
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