Welfare & Attendance Officer

Ashlawn School, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 5ET

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Subject to vetting

• Closing date

  23 October 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: NJC12 to NJC17 £29,542.00 - £32,046.00 FTE £25,885.02 to £28,024.81 actual salary

Welfare & Attendance Officer job summary

Ashlawn School is recruiting a Welfare & Attendance Officer who will be an integral member of our support staff team, working with us to formulate and realise our ambitious strategic vision for a world-class education.
Your specific remit will be to work closely with the Admin Services Team Leader to actively monitor pupil attendance and welfare. You will be a positive and proactive individual with prior experience of school attendance. You will be a flexible team player, who responds well to the unique challenges and quickly changing environment of our large secondary school.

Job Purpose:
• To work with the Admin Services team Leader and Warwickshire Attendance Service (WAS) to monitor, support and challenge families so that attendance at Ashlawn School is World Class.
• To carry out home visits to ensure every child is safe and well.
• To monitor requests for holidays and liaise with the Admin Services Team Leader and WAS regarding fines.
• To undertake work in accordance with any rules and regulations relating to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children.
• To work collaboratively with the Administration team.
• To lead and develop rewards and trips and enrichment opportunities to support the personal development of students.

Main Roles & Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the Admin Services Team Leader:

● To work with the Admin Services Team Leader and pastoral team to monitor and support pupil attendance, including the management of the staged letter process in accordance with the Attendance Policy.

● To ensure the school meets the attendance target of 95% for all students where possible

● To work in line with Working Together to Improve School Attendance – August 2024

● To carry out home visits in accordance with the ‘Missing from Education’ flowchart

● To monitor, track and report the punctuality of all students

● To monitor, track and report the truancy of all students

● To contact parents/carers or wider stakeholders as directed

● To answer the phone energetically and with enthusiasm, managing and directing calls effectively

● To deal with difficult or challenging parents/carers, de-escalating and ensuring that the school’s polices are followed at all times

● To carry out general administration duties as required

● To actively contribute to the wider culture and ethos of the school.

● Any other duties deemed reasonable by the line manager.
This job description sets out the duties and responsibilities of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.

The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all children and young people.

Staff, Performance Management and Professional Development

To work with your line manager in order to ensure you fulfil the expectations of the annual performance cycle.

Premises and Administration
To ensure that the office environment is safe, well maintained and in keeping with the School Health and Safety policy, reporting any concerns directly to the Site Services Officer.

Safeguarding

To be aware that all staff are responsible for the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children

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.

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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 Ashlawn School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1564 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ashlawn School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashlawn-school-rugby

We are a school where excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We believe passionately in education and we know that Ashlawn provides the very best educational experience for all its young people.

We are a happy school where high standards and expectations lead to outstanding academic results for all our students. Respect for each other and high standards of behaviour are values which we all share and for which we are all responsible.

Our colleagues are committed to providing an inspirational environment where our students are engaged and enthused, and where learning enables all young people to realise their academic potential and acquire the skills and values they need for life’s journey. Whilst academic success is important, we recognise that there is more to education than exam passes; confidence, adaptability, learning skills, creativity and resilience are all necessary life skills. Success is celebrated in all aspects of school life as we recognise the needs of each individual and where everyone really does matter.

As a bi-lateral school, Ashlawn is the perfect blend of tradition and innovation. We are a forward-thinking and exciting centre of learning with excellent results and our young people are proud to belong to a school which offers the range of opportunities that our unique curriculum affords. Our record of success is reflected in our A level and GCSE results and we are committed to providing the highest standards of provision.

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