Trust Attendance Improvement Manager
Star Academies, Blackburn, BB1 2HT19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £39,862.00 to £46,142.00 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
Star Academies is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Attendance Improvement Manager to join our skilled and dedicated Central Attendance Team. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in improving attendance outcomes for pupils across our trust and to make a lasting difference to children and families.
Working closely with school leaders and attendance teams, you will lead and model best practice, provide intensive targeted support to designated schools and drive rapid, sustainable improvements in attendance. Drawing on Star’s highly effective trust-wide attendance strategy — which has delivered some of the strongest attendance outcomes nationally — you will support schools to reduce persistent and severe absence and ensure pupils are in school, on time and ready to learn.
The role will be primarily based within the West Midlands and South region.
You will have:
- A strong track record of improving attendance and reducing persistent and severe absence.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- The confidence to lead, influence and support school leaders and teams.
- A child-centred, solution-focused approach balanced with a strong understanding of statutory frameworks.
- Flexibility to travel across trust schools and work remotely as required.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Full commitment to our vision and values.
What the school offers its staff
About Star Central
Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Talent Academy and our schools.
The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.
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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About Star Academies
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- info@staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0330 313 9800
Head office location
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