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Attendance Officer

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Posting date: 24 June 2025
Salary: £100 to £110 per day
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 July 2025
Location: Wandsworth, London
Company: senploy
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 181687

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Summary

Attendance Officer - SEMH School | Tooting, Southwest London

Prospero Teaching is recruiting an Attendance Officer to join a specialist SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) school in Tooting, Southwest London. This is a full-time, long-term role supporting pupil attendance and engagement across the school.
- Role: Attendance Officer
- Start Date: September 2025 (Immediate start/trials available)
- Contract Type: Long-term with the potential to become permanent
- Working Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
- Location: Tooting, Southwest London
- Pay: Competitive, dependent on experience
- Parking: On-site parking available

This specialist SEMH school supports boys aged 5-19 with a range of social, emotional, and mental health needs. The school provides a therapeutic, supportive, and structured environment, tailored to help pupils re-engage with learning.
- Monitor and track student attendance data daily
- Follow up on absences through calls, emails, and home visits where necessary
- Work closely with staff, parents, and external agencies to improve attendance
- Maintain accurate records and produce regular attendance reports
- Support safeguarding procedures in relation to student absence
- Experience in school administration, attendance, or pastoral roles
- Excellent communication, organisation, and IT skills
- Understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality procedures
- Calm, confident, and empathetic approach - especially in challenging situations
- Experience working in SEN, SEMH, PRU, or alternative education settings is highly desirable
- Right to work in the UK
- Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (Child & Adult Workforce)
- Two recent and relevant references

If you're passionate about supporting vulnerable pupils and improving school attendance, this is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference in a specialist SEMH setting.

Please share this opportunity with anyone who may be interested.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people is responsible for safeguarding and protecting their welfare.

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