Attendance Officer required to join a highly successful, cohesive and friendly team at a fantastic Girls School in Barnet, North London. The School has a great reputation for staff well being and have a happy, driven and dynamic workforce.
1. Attendance Officer
2. November 2024 start
3. £22,196 - £28,659
4. Full time, permanent role
5. Outstanding School
6. Term time only (with additional weeks of work offered if interested)
7. Parking available on site
8. SIMS or BROMCOM experience desirable
The Role - Attendance Officer
As an Attendance Officer, you will provide a specialist service to help raise achievement by improving attendance and punctuality. The promotion of positive attitudes by pupils and their families towards education and ensuring that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities, particularly where there is persistent absence.
Key Responsibilities: Attendance Officer
9. To contact parents if an explanation for absence is not received
10. To notify the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) of any concerns regarding individual pupil attendance
11. To respond appropriately to pupil requests for leave during the school term
12. Ensure that prompt, consistent, and rigorous intervention with poor attendance is robust
13. Have responsibility for monitoring the attendance of most vulnerable students
14. Meet with school staff, pupils, and on occasion parents to establish the reasons for non-attendance/poor punctuality and agree a plan with appropriate strategies and timescales to tackle the issues.
15. Manage the process of addressing poor attendance
16. To follow up referrals relating to school attendance in accordance with the attendance policy
17. To communicate with parents/carers or local authority as required