Attendance Officer
| Posting date: | 20 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 3QA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 23d06c2d-2a6d-457c-83bf-bbb0fefba6ee |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in attendance, education welfare, or pastoral support
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Confidence in using data to inform decisions
- Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education
- Ability to speak fluent English (as required by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016)
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
- Be part of forward-thinking, supportive teams
- Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable young people
- Benefit from excellent staff development and wellbeing initiatives
- Work in schools that value individuality and inclusion
Further details about the role
Are you passionate about supporting young people and improving school attendance? Join the committed teams at Lindsworth School and Kitts Green Academy as our new Attendance Officer and help shape brighter futures through engagement and inclusion.
About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and empathetic professional to lead attendance strategies across our school community. This dynamic role involves:
school community. This dynamic role involves:
- Coordinating attendance improvement plans across multiple settings
- Developing pupil motivation initiatives and engagement activities
- Conducting home visits and mentoring pupils and families
- Liaising with senior leaders to set attendance targets
- Producing reports for internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Ofsted, EWS)
- Supporting safeguarding through attendance review and child protection meetings
- Promoting inclusive practices by supporting families and removing barriers to learning
About Lindsworth School - “One size fits NONE”
Lindsworth School is a provision in which all staff work together to support students in developing their academic and social skills whilst encouraging growth in their emotional and mental health wellbeing. The school had a very successful Ofsted inspection in December 2024 and we encourage all candidates to read the report prior to applying https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/25/1036322.
Lindsworth School is a mixed day/residential special school meeting the needs of 142 students, and rising, from Year 4 to Year 11 who have been assessed as having social, emotional, and mental health difficulties. Many students have medical diagnoses including ADHD, ASC, PTSD, PDA, ODD and Attachment Disorder. They have also experienced significant disruption to their education due to multiple school moves, fixed-term and permanent exclusions and prolonged periods of part-time or no placement in a school.
Apply Now
Download further details and access the application form at https://www.lindsworth.co.uk/.
Closing Date: 12.30pm on Friday, 3 October 2025
Please submit all completed applications to
recruitment@lindsworth.bham.sch.uk
Applicants completing an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by Friday, 10 October 2025. If you have not heard from the school by then, kindly assume that your application wasn’t successful.
Our Safeguarding Commitment
As part of our safeguarding procedures and due diligence, an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted applicants. Any incidents or issues identified from the search will be explored with the applicant at interview.
Our schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Rehabilitation of offenders: this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected,’ so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance).
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for the role.
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.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience in attendance, education welfare, or pastoral support
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Confidence in using data to inform decisions
- Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education
- Ability to speak fluent English (as required by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016)
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
- Be part of forward-thinking, supportive teams
- Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable young people
- Benefit from excellent staff development and wellbeing initiatives
- Work in schools that value individuality and inclusion
Further details about the role
Are you passionate about supporting young people and improving school attendance? Join the committed teams at Lindsworth School and Kitts Green Academy as our new Attendance Officer and help shape brighter futures through engagement and inclusion.
About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and empathetic professional to lead attendance strategies across our school community. This dynamic role involves:
school community. This dynamic role involves:
- Coordinating attendance improvement plans across multiple settings
- Developing pupil motivation initiatives and engagement activities
- Conducting home visits and mentoring pupils and families
- Liaising with senior leaders to set attendance targets
- Producing reports for internal and external stakeholders (e.g. Ofsted, EWS)
- Supporting safeguarding through attendance review and child protection meetings
- Promoting inclusive practices by supporting families and removing barriers to learning
About Lindsworth School - “One size fits NONE”
Lindsworth School is a provision in which all staff work together to support students in developing their academic and social skills whilst encouraging growth in their emotional and mental health wellbeing. The school had a very successful Ofsted inspection in December 2024 and we encourage all candidates to read the report prior to applying https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/25/1036322.
Lindsworth School is a mixed day/residential special school meeting the needs of 142 students, and rising, from Year 4 to Year 11 who have been assessed as having social, emotional, and mental health difficulties. Many students have medical diagnoses including ADHD, ASC, PTSD, PDA, ODD and Attachment Disorder. They have also experienced significant disruption to their education due to multiple school moves, fixed-term and permanent exclusions and prolonged periods of part-time or no placement in a school.
Apply Now
Download further details and access the application form at https://www.lindsworth.co.uk/.
Closing Date: 12.30pm on Friday, 3 October 2025
Please submit all completed applications to
recruitment@lindsworth.bham.sch.uk
Applicants completing an online application form must also submit a signed copy of their application either at the point of being called for interview or as soon as possible after the closing date.
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by Friday, 10 October 2025. If you have not heard from the school by then, kindly assume that your application wasn’t successful.
Our Safeguarding Commitment
As part of our safeguarding procedures and due diligence, an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted applicants. Any incidents or issues identified from the search will be explored with the applicant at interview.
Our schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Rehabilitation of offenders: this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected,’ so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance).
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for the role.
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.