Role: Attendance OfficerLocation: Swindon Salary: £18,925 per annumContract term: Permanent Start date: ASAPHours: 35 hours a wee.....
Role: Attendance Officer
Location: Swindon
Salary: £18,925 per annum
Contract term: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Hours: 35 hours a week, term time plus 1 weekSwindon Academy is an ambitious school with a track record of continuous improvement. Our school ethos is rooted in our principles of Drive, Integrity, Scholarship and Contribution. As our students develop these attributes during their time with us, they move towards adulthood, better prepared to take on the challenges they will face. We want all of our students to flourish academically and personally in an aspirational and supportive environment.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic Attendance Officer to join our school. The purpose of the role is to coordinate and administer strategies to support and improve student attendance.
Key responsibilities:
checking all forms of parental communication to establish absence and accurately recording any reported absence and reasons
ensuring first response to absence, contacting home to establish reasons for absence where it has not been reported and refer to relevant staff within specified timescales
communicating attendance concerns to parents and carers
ensuring records, including registers, are accurate, updated appropriately and in a timely fashion
supporting and working with parents, carers and students through the implementation of strategies and interventions, to ensure regular school attendance
accurately keeping records of attendance procedures and interventions for referral to outside agencies for further intervention and/or prosecution
ensuring triggered electronic communication relating to attendance and punctuality are issued accurately and in a timely fashion
sending attendance and punctuality lettersacquiring and maintaining a working knowledge of the statutory framework relating to school attendance and other services to be able to offer informed advice
acting as a key contact for families, Leadership Team members, teachers, and external organisations, providing advice and guidance on attendance policies and procedures
arranging and attending attendance concern meetings, keeping accurate records of minutes and actions takenusing IT systems to monitor attendance, producing reports and maintaining records The ideal candidate will:
Be educated to at least GCSE level
Have ability to understand, interpret and follow systems, policies and procedures
Have relevant administrative experience
Have experience of using data/ information systems, spreadsheets and word processing
Have experience of working with young people (age 11 to 16) or within schools, working with students and parents
Have a clean driving licence and a car
Have experience of working successfully as part of a team which plans workload and has to respond to situations which arise
Have experience of day-to-day use of Microsoft Office (including Word and Excel)
Have ability to use initiative and problem solve
Good numeracy skills; able to analyse and interpret dataAbility to relate well to parents and prospective pupils.
Additional Information
Swindon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure (formerly known as an enhanced CRB disclosure).
For more information or to visit the school, please contact Karen Wright - Principal on email removed.
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.
Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Why choose us
We pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students.
Staff across the academies set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.
We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.
United Learning
Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.
