School Attendance Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £21,565 i £26,604 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Chatham, Kent |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Teem Recruitment LTD |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | MDR-SAO-Cha |
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My client is looking for an Attendance Officer to work at a School around the Chatham area. This is a Full-time Permanent role to start in September 2025, and it will be working Term-time only.
Salary: NJC C1 £21,565 – £26,604 pro rata, [£25,183 – £31,067 FTE] + £1,491
Job Purpose:
The Attendance Officer will work alongside key staff in the academy to promote excellent attendance, reduce levels of absence and work with students and families to maintain and promote high levels of attendance. To provide additional administrative support and reception cover
Duties & Responsibilities:
• To Implement the schools Attendance Policy.
• To promote and support high levels of attendance.
• To promote a positive attendance and punctuality culture.
• To work closely with parents/carers and students to improve levels of attendance.
• To ensure all registers are completed daily with appropriate codes and no missing marks or unexplained absences remain.
• To check and remind necessary staff to complete registers.
• To contact parents/carers via text message or telephone call every morning when registers are closed, regarding any unexplained absence and record reasons given.
• Follow up weekly with parents/carers by letter or telephone to resolve any unexplained absences.
• Sending attendance record letters according to the attendance policy.
• To complete on/off roll forms, part-time timetables and return these to the local authority.
• Following closure of registers, print “Emergency Evacuation” registers.
• To ensure distribution of official registers in the event of fire/fire drill or emergency evacuation.
• To monitor the attendance of vulnerable students and liaise with SLT, Parent/Carer Partnership Manager.
• Liaise with the Safeguarding Team regarding any child protection concerns.
• To collate information with regard to the attendance of students who may be experiencing attendance difficulties in order to inform the academy, any external agencies and parents/carers.
• To liaise with and provide reports to the external agencies in support of their work following up attendance concerns with parents/carers and attend attendance meetings with the parents/carers.
• Attend home visits regarding attendance.
• To provide LAC student attendance data as and when required to the appropriate Local Authority.
• To inform relevant Local Authority of any student exclusions.
• To complete exclusion paperwork and sent to relevant local authority, parents/carers, Chair of Governors and update records on SIMS.
• To assist and check records prior to the Student Census to ensure school attendance is accurate and up to date.
• To produce data analysis of attendance records.
The establishment is committed to safeguarding, ensuring the safety and welfare of young people. Employment is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Check out our other vacancies on our website Home - Teem Recruitment!
For this role you need to be a UK resident and eligible to work in the UK
TEEM Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
Salary: NJC C1 £21,565 – £26,604 pro rata, [£25,183 – £31,067 FTE] + £1,491
Job Purpose:
The Attendance Officer will work alongside key staff in the academy to promote excellent attendance, reduce levels of absence and work with students and families to maintain and promote high levels of attendance. To provide additional administrative support and reception cover
Duties & Responsibilities:
• To Implement the schools Attendance Policy.
• To promote and support high levels of attendance.
• To promote a positive attendance and punctuality culture.
• To work closely with parents/carers and students to improve levels of attendance.
• To ensure all registers are completed daily with appropriate codes and no missing marks or unexplained absences remain.
• To check and remind necessary staff to complete registers.
• To contact parents/carers via text message or telephone call every morning when registers are closed, regarding any unexplained absence and record reasons given.
• Follow up weekly with parents/carers by letter or telephone to resolve any unexplained absences.
• Sending attendance record letters according to the attendance policy.
• To complete on/off roll forms, part-time timetables and return these to the local authority.
• Following closure of registers, print “Emergency Evacuation” registers.
• To ensure distribution of official registers in the event of fire/fire drill or emergency evacuation.
• To monitor the attendance of vulnerable students and liaise with SLT, Parent/Carer Partnership Manager.
• Liaise with the Safeguarding Team regarding any child protection concerns.
• To collate information with regard to the attendance of students who may be experiencing attendance difficulties in order to inform the academy, any external agencies and parents/carers.
• To liaise with and provide reports to the external agencies in support of their work following up attendance concerns with parents/carers and attend attendance meetings with the parents/carers.
• Attend home visits regarding attendance.
• To provide LAC student attendance data as and when required to the appropriate Local Authority.
• To inform relevant Local Authority of any student exclusions.
• To complete exclusion paperwork and sent to relevant local authority, parents/carers, Chair of Governors and update records on SIMS.
• To assist and check records prior to the Student Census to ensure school attendance is accurate and up to date.
• To produce data analysis of attendance records.
The establishment is committed to safeguarding, ensuring the safety and welfare of young people. Employment is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Check out our other vacancies on our website Home - Teem Recruitment!
For this role you need to be a UK resident and eligible to work in the UK
TEEM Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.