Senior Pastoral Lead – Attendance
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 2XG6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Term time plus three weeks
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC 26-30 FTE
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Role
This is an exciting position for a candidate who has a passion to transform lives and change society through education. A key role within our mission is to ensure we are inclusive so that all pupils can flourish and succeed at St Edmund Arrowsmith. We are looking to welcome a colleague who can strengthen our team and believes that our school can serve every child in the community. The right candidate for this role will be passionate about education and supporting all pupils to attend school; relentless in the pursuit of equality and justice for all. They will have excellent communication skills and the willingness to use those skills to ensure that every child has the chance to achieve, understanding that some pupils and families may require further support and guidance.
Our purpose is to be “School of Choice for the Community” enabling our pupils to ‘live life in all it’s fullness’.
Job Purpose
Provide strategic leadership and operational management of the attendance and admissions functions of the school setting high expectations for the students of St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy in all attendance matters. To work within the remit of the Trust Attendance Policy and procedures. Working with the Deputy Headteacher and in collaboration with other members of staff, to provide support and intervention strategies to ensure pupils attendance is excellent.
To line manage the attendance team to ensure all pupils are supported and barriers to good school attendance are removed.
Undertake general attendance duties as directed to support the needs of the school and to improve student attendance. To work alongside key school staff and staff within the Pope Francis Trust to administrate and support the reduction in levels of student absence.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer For All Staff
We recognise that employee wellbeing and work-life balance are essential to thriving in the workplace. The Trust places a high value on providing a range of benefits for all colleagues, beyond the essentials of receiving professional recognition, networking and CPD, commensurate financial reward and job satisfaction.
Please take a look at our website and social media channels to get a real sense of the support that we provide to all our employees, including our full staff benefits package: www.pfcmat.org/Staff-Benefits- Package/
All our schools will be delighted to have informal conversations with potential candidates before the closing date.
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 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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 757 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy website
- Email address
- l.worthington@seaca.pfcmat.org
At Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, our mission is to become the number one school of choice in the local area. It will be a school characterised first and foremost by our faith and strength of our Catholic community. We will be recognised for having an exceptional curriculum
that provides pupils with powerful academic knowledge and the character development they need to really 'Live life to the full'.
Arranging a visit to Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.worthington@seaca.pfcmat.org.
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