Attendance Assistant

Overview

Your primary goal will be to improve attendance levels and reduce persistent absence in line with academy targets. Working under the supervision of the Education Welfare Officer, you will be the heartbeat of our attendance monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all registers are completed and maintained with daily accuracy, including data for on‑site and off‑site activities.
• Maintain the academy’s Attendance Management Information System and manage daily automated contact with parents regarding absence or lateness.
• Act as a key point of contact for parents and carers, offering both support and challenge regarding student absence, and send out appropriate correspondence.
• Conduct “late gate” duties, register students who arrive late or leave early, and relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner.
• Identify concerns and highlight attendance issues to senior leadership and Learning Managers, providing the data necessary to monitor punctuality and attendance trends.
• Produce and maintain engaging displays around the academy to promote attendance awareness.
• Comply with child safeguarding procedures and liaise regularly with the Designated Child Safeguarding Person.

Qualifications

We are looking for a highly organised individual with excellent communication skills who can work effectively with students, staff, and parents.

Benefits

• A comprehensive induction and training process
• Automatic enrolment into a defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
• Flexible family‑friendly policies from day one
• Enhanced occupational benefits such as maternity, adoption and parental leave with no qualifying period
• Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (increases with length of service)
• A range of working patterns available depending on the role
• Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:
• Specialist information on a wide range of work‑life issues
• Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
• Legal guidance
• Financial guidance and debt counselling
• Child and dependent care support and advice
• Support for managers
• We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy, along with menopause champions based in our academies.
• Free onsite parking
• Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
• Access to various discount sites

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