Trust Attendance Lead

The Beacon School, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 1AG

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Leadership 2 - £70,275 - £74,000

Trust Attendance Lead job summary

At GLF Schools, our vision is for every child to shape their future through an excellent education. Guided by our mission that everyone is known and noticed every day, and our ambition to be sector leading with strong local roots, we place excellent teaching at the heart of everything we do. We are always inclusive so everyone feels valued and supported, and maintain a whole-child focus because character, wellbeing and breadth of experience matter.  

Your Opportunity 

As Trust Attendance Lead, you will lead GLF’s trust-wide strategy to improve attendance across all phases, from our Nursery settings through to our 6th Forms, reducing persistent absence and closing attendance gaps for disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils, ensuring every school has the systems, support and accountability needed to help every child attend, belong, achieve and thrive. 

What we are looking for 

• Proven leadership experience driving improvement across multiple schools, with a clear focus on equity, inclusion, excellent teaching and strong pupil outcomes. 
• Expert knowledge of attendance, inclusion, safeguarding and family engagement, including the whole-child factors that enable children to attend, learn and thrive. 
• Highly analytical, able to use attendance, VYED, ABIE target, vulnerability and contextual data to identify barriers, shape timely support and evaluate impact. 
• Confident in setting, monitoring and challenging progress against ambitious attendance and inclusion targets, including ABIE targets, so that data leads to practical action and improved outcomes for children and young people. 
• Skilled at influencing, challenging and supporting school leaders. 
• Passionate about improving outcomes for every child. 
• Confident leading change, shaping policy and embedding best practice. 
• An exceptional communicator who builds trusted partnerships with schools, families and wider services. 
• Resilient, proactive and motivated by making a difference every day. 

Join the GLF Schools Community 

As part of GLF Schools, you will join a community shaped by a clear strategy and a shared ambition for every child to achieve and thrive. Our work is supported by Community Strengthening, with schools driving local improvement, and Sector Shaping, helping to lead the system and try new things. First and foremost, our People are the foundation of all we do, and this role will work through that foundation by building capacity, confidence and shared accountability across our schools. 

• A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,500 colleagues and over 19,000 pupils 
• Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness 
• 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England 
• We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity 
• Committed to ensuring every child and young person attends, belongs, achieves and thrives 

GLF Schools Employment Offer 

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish 

• Access to our highly competitive Pension Scheme 
• Flexible working options 
• Generous holiday allowance 
• Work life and family friendly policies 
• Employee wellbeing initiatives 
• Access to a staff benefits portal 
• Community and collaboration working model 

The Details 

Start date: 4thJanuary 2027 or asap 

Hours: Full time, Permanent 36 hours a week, 52 weeks a year

Salary: Leadership 2 - £70,275 - £74,000 (flexibility for an exceptional candidate)      

Close date: 4th October

Interview date: Friday 9th October / Monday 12th October 

 

If you would welcome an informal conversation about the role before applying, or ahead of interview, please contact Becky Jones, Director of SEND, Inclusion and Vulnerable Groups, details of which can be found on the job description. 

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

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.

About The Beacon School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 959 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Beacon School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-beacon-school

The Beacon School is part of the thriving GLF Schools Multi-Academy Trust, dedicated to serving our local community. Our core purpose is to ensure exceptional student progress and well-being, and as a member of our teaching staff, you will be supported in achieving this goal. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of an outstanding curriculum, working alongside our team to create engaging and innovative learning experiences. In addition to your teaching responsibilities, you'll have access to a broad range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities, allowing you to inspire students beyond the classroom.

At The Beacon School, we believe in the importance of staff well being and professional development. You'll join a strong and supportive staff body with numerous opportunities for collaboration and growth. Our school culture emphasises teamwork and camaraderie with regular staff social events fostering a sense of community.

Upon joining the Beacon School, you will:

Join an exceptionally warm and welcoming team of staff.
Teach students who want to learn.
Be supported by a highly experienced team in the Faculty.
Have access to an excellent programme of CPD.
Have the opportunity to be coached and/or become a coach.
Be able to collaborate and develop your career alongside other colleagues from across the 42 GLF Schools.
Receive a laptop and the use of IRIS technology to help you shape your teaching.
Have recognition of previous school continuous service.

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