Attendance Assistant
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL5 2AF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | f14dfc74-1687-4390-8968-a5858f20b708 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Thank you for your interest in joining our school. We're proud to have been rated 'Good' by Ofsted and are working to become a national leader in education. At MAP, we are driven by a clear and ambitious core belief: every student who joins us has the potential to get to and through university. While we recognize that this may not be the right path for all of our students, we firmly believe that having this option is a hallmark of a successful, high-quality education—one that enables our students to excel in top careers and live their best lives. We combine academic rigor with a joyful learning experience, ensuring our students gain the knowledge, experiences, and support needed to achieve their dreams.
We are looking for an Attendance Assistant to work within our attendance team to promote excellent attendance amongst students, reduce absence levels and work alongside students and families as required. You will be joining a dynamic and friendly team, who all work together to improve the educational outcomes for our students. The main purpose of the role is to make contact, both on the phone and through home visits of non-attending students each day to ensure they are not missing school unnecessarily.
Previous experience in managing attendance within a school setting is advantageous as are good levels of spoken English, GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent and excellent organisational skills.
What the school offers its staff
We prioritise staff well-being, offering work-life balance, professional development, and collaboration through the Ted Wragg Trust. We are proud to have nationally recognised for our commitment to staff wellbeing and workload reduction. Benefits of working as a teacher and leader at MAP include:
• Scheduled ‘Golden Time’ where staff can work from home
• Centralised behaviour system
• Extensive CPD offer
• Support as part of the Ted Wragg Trust
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Thank you for your interest in joining our school. We're proud to have been rated 'Good' by Ofsted and are working to become a national leader in education. At MAP, we are driven by a clear and ambitious core belief: every student who joins us has the potential to get to and through university. While we recognize that this may not be the right path for all of our students, we firmly believe that having this option is a hallmark of a successful, high-quality education—one that enables our students to excel in top careers and live their best lives. We combine academic rigor with a joyful learning experience, ensuring our students gain the knowledge, experiences, and support needed to achieve their dreams.
We are looking for an Attendance Assistant to work within our attendance team to promote excellent attendance amongst students, reduce absence levels and work alongside students and families as required. You will be joining a dynamic and friendly team, who all work together to improve the educational outcomes for our students. The main purpose of the role is to make contact, both on the phone and through home visits of non-attending students each day to ensure they are not missing school unnecessarily.
Previous experience in managing attendance within a school setting is advantageous as are good levels of spoken English, GCSE in English and Maths or equivalent and excellent organisational skills.
What the school offers its staff
We prioritise staff well-being, offering work-life balance, professional development, and collaboration through the Ted Wragg Trust. We are proud to have nationally recognised for our commitment to staff wellbeing and workload reduction. Benefits of working as a teacher and leader at MAP include:
• Scheduled ‘Golden Time’ where staff can work from home
• Centralised behaviour system
• Extensive CPD offer
• Support as part of the Ted Wragg Trust
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.