School Standards & Improvement Officer: Attendance, Family & Community
Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Wakefield, WF1 2PF21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
2 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Term-Time only Plus 10 days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £37,280 - £39,862
What skills and experience we're looking for
School Standards & Improvement Officer: Attendance, Family & Community (Teesside)
Location: Based in Teeside supporting our local schools and communities
Are you ready to turn your best into normal? At the Outwood Family of Schools, we don’t just teach, we transform lives. We are looking for a visionary, high-calibre leader to join us as the School Standards & Improvement Officer for Attendance, Family & Community. This is a prestigious role for an expert practitioner passionate about driving the highest standards of student engagement and removing barriers to learning across our Teesside academies.
The Opportunity
In this strategic position, you will be the driving force behind attendance quality and family engagement. Working alongside school leaders and the Trust’s Strategic Attendance Lead, you will ensure rapid improvements in attendance levels and a significant reduction in persistent and severe absence.
Key responsibilities include:
- Strategy & Policy: Influencing and developing Trust-wide policies while ensuring the effective operation of attendance and punctuality strategies.
- Leadership & Coaching: Motivating and coaching school leaders and attendance teams to achieve "Ambition without limit."
- Intervention: Assessing needs and implementing creative, solution-focused actions to support students and parents/carers.
- Safeguarding: Identifying children in need of support and working with external agencies to safeguard vulnerable students.
- Legal & Statutory Compliance: Overseeing Local Authority procedures for Children Missing Education (CME), preparing reports for court proceedings, and acting as a witness if required.
About You
You are a specialist in attendance with a proven track record of impact at a leadership level.
Our ideal candidate possesses:
- Expertise: In-depth knowledge of DfE attendance codes, statutory frameworks, and safeguarding responsibilities and leading and attendance team.
- Analytical Skills: The strategic mindset to identify absence patterns and use education software to prepare complex data assessments.
- Communication: The ability to build partnerships with external organisations and communicate professionally with families and staff.
- Flexibility: A proactive approach and the ability to travel between academies within the Trust.
What the school offers its staff
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).
What will we do for you?
We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:
Secure Pay & Pension:Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Training & Progression:Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
Flexibility & Leave:Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff.(Holiday for part-time staff is calculated on a pro-rata basis)
Wellbeing & Perks:Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- m.smith@outwood.com
We are an award-winning multi-academy education trust with passion, purpose and people at our heart. We manage 41 transformative primary, junior, secondary and Post 16 schools up and down the North of England, from Redcar to Nottinghamshire, each celebrating very different identities but driven by a shared vision. Each academy is individually shaped around the community and children it serves.
Arranging a visit to Outwood Grange Academies Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email m.smith@outwood.com.
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