School Admin & Attendance Support

Haveley Hey Community School, Manchester, M22 9NS

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Ends 31st August 2027
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £25,185 - £25,989
• Pay scale: Grade 3 Point 4-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Purpose:

The support the attendance officer and school administrator to

• Work with families, forming strong relationships to promote high levels of attendance
• Promote a positive attendance and punctuality culture to reduce levels of absence
• To provide general administrative support within school
• To cover break and lunchtime supervision of office staff.
• Handling incoming and outgoing communications. This includes answering phone calls, and responding to enquiries professionally and promptly.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To work closely with parents/carers, pupils and staff to support the improvement of attendance
• To support in the maintenance records of attendance on SIMS and use this data to identify and manage pupils/families with poor attendance/punctuality.
• To collate information with regards to the attendance of pupils who may be experiencing attendance difficulties in order to inform the school, governors, parents/carers and external agencies
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion when dealing with sensitive information, documents or conversations.
• To deal with and respond to enquiries from staff, pupils, parents and outside agencies.
• To undertake reception duties including to monitor and action all incoming communications including, telephone calls, post and the school email account.
• To schedule school visits for outside agencies, linked schools and parents.
• The postholder may be required to undertake pupil first aid/welfare duties including liaising with parents/carers and staff.
• To undertake home visits as designated by the school
• To complete relevant safeguarding training
• To keep up to date with SIMs training

The post holder may be required to perform duties other than those given above. These may vary from time to time without changing the general level of responsibility. Such variations would not justify the re-evaluation of a post.

Note

All staff are required to complete a 3 month probationary period during which time suitability for the post will be assessed.

What the school offers its staff

• A supportive, collaborative staff team
• Opportunities for professional development within a multi-academy trust
• A nurturing environment where you can make a real difference to children’s lives
• A secure, stimulating and ambitious school setting
• Employee Assistance programme
• Free parking
• Company Pension

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All posts must satisfy The Trust of their health and physical capacity, advice will be sought from Employee Health & Wellbeing at Wythenshawe Hospital.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Attendance Support - Job description & Person Specification.pdf - 447 KB (opens in new tab)

About Haveley Hey Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Haveley Hey Community School website
• Email address: HR@cosst.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/haveley-hey-community-school-manchester

Haveley Hey is a good school (Ofsted March 2019) with a caring and nurturing atmosphere that pupils, parents and staff are proud to be a part of. As part of the Children of Success Schools Trust (CoSST), working closely with our partner school, The Willows Primary School, our aim is to raise the aspirations and improve the life chances for our pupils and families in Wythenshawe.

Arranging a visit to Haveley Hey Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@cosst.co.uk.

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