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Attendance Coordinator
Attendance Coordinator
Kettering Buccleuch Academy17/05/2024
Since becoming an academy in September 2009, Kettering Buccleuch Academy has seen many exciting changes. We are an all-through academy catering for students aged 4-18. We moved into our new, purpose-built building in January 2013. The academy continues to go from strength to strength, with happy and motivated staff, a supportive culture and plenty of opportunities for personal growth with our excellent staff CPD offer. We offer a range of benefits including our wellbeing and workload manifesto, Perkbox, covering lifestyle and retail benefits including childcare vouchers, a car lease scheme, cycle to work etc., subsidised meals and an on-site gym which is free for all staff to use.We welcome visits to our school so that you can experience the unique ethos of Kettering Buccleuch Academy for yourself. We are part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. The subject specialists, Group-wide intranet, own curriculum, and online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’. We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. Here at United Learning, we are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. Because we are a group, we can reward you better than any school could alone, and this includes your employee benefits. is some information about the benefits available to United Learning.
Job details
Job details
Salary£23,650.31 actual (£26,072 FTE)Contractual hours37.5BasisFull TimeRegionKetteringJob category/typeSupport StaffDate posted28/03/2024Job referenceREQ000498Attachments
Job description
Job description
Attendance Coordinator
Location: Kettering
Salary: £23,650.31 p.a. actual – based on 37.5 hours/week, 41weeks/year
Closing date: Friday, 17th May 2024
Required for : ASAP
Interviews: w/c 20th May 2024
The role
We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and organised individual to join the academy’s attendance team. This is an important post within the academy responsible for working with students and their families to support regular attendance at school. You will be committed to promoting high levels of attendance, reducing student absence and have a track record of working successfully with children, young people and families.
About You
Ideally, you will have a good understanding of the education system, particularly in relation to school attendance. A Grade C or above at GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics is essential, as is the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, as this role includes regular communication with parents. You will need to have a good understanding of Microsoft Excel to support in reporting and tracking attendance, and it would be ideal to have had experience of how to use Arbor and its reporting systems.
For more information:
For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact Stephen Fraher, Assistant Principal: 01536 515644 or email StephenFraher@.