Attendance Officer

LGAT 10 - LGAT 14 (dependant on experience)

Salary - £30,213 - £33,610 pro rata

Actual Salary: £25,832.12 (LGAT 10) - £28,736.55 (LGAT 14)

37 Hours per week - Term Time only - 195 days

Permanent

About the Role

Waltham Toll Bar Academy is recruiting an Attendance Officer.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior colleagues, families, and relevant agencies to promote, facilitate, and enforce regular attendance across Academies.
• Support and enforce high expectations of attendance at the Academy.
• Ensure first day absence procedures are completed and are robust.
• Support Heads of Year with attendance and welfare issues.
• Help remove welfare barriers to learning and attendance, enabling students to make at least expected progress.
• Deal with issues in a positive manner, communicating actions to staff and parents as appropriate.
• Be proactive in supporting the school behaviour system if required.
• Support individual students to access school and lessons.
• Work in conjunction with the Pastoral Team, sharing duties and information as appropriate.
• Actively use and develop MIS to monitor and report on students' attendance.
• Liaise with outside agencies and attend meetings as appropriate.
• Assist with administrative tasks, e.g., maintaining accurate records.
• Attend meetings and reviews as necessary, contacting parents as required.
• Build relationships with parents and resolve issues, liaising with external agencies as directed.
• Be alert to safeguarding issues, log onto CPOMS, and pass on concerns as appropriate.
• Deal confidentially and sensitively with parents and students undergoing difficulties.
• Keep Heads of Year involved and informed of any problems which arise.
• Provide and coordinate ongoing support for individual students, e.g., support with bereavement, mental health, family dynamics, and friendships on a proactive and reactive basis.
• Monitor and support students as identified by Pastoral Officers.
• Support tutors as agreed/directed by Pastoral Officers.
• Ensure all staff contribute to raising achievement by improving school attendance.
• Improve and maintain the highest levels of pupil attendance, reducing unauthorised absence.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality.
• Provide mentoring support for pupils returning from exclusion to improve their attendance.
• Analyse data to identify issues and proactively take action to improve behaviour/attendance.
• Provide Administrative Support To The Principal.
• Specific and general admin for attendance.
• Manage suspension letters and administration.
• Liaise and meet with parents as required regarding attendance.
• Attend staff/Pastoral briefings as required.
• Acknowledge parental contact within 24 hours.