Attendance Officer
Full Time
We’re looking for a calm, organised and proactive Attendance Officer who can help boost attendance, support student welfare, and play a key role in making sure every child gets the best chance to succeed.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be the friendly, steady presence behind the school’s attendance systems, making sure nothing slips through the net. Your day-to-day will include:
1. Keeping SIMS up to date with accurate absence and punctuality information
2. Supporting students and families through attendance challenges
3. Handling daily attendance tracking and intervention cycles
4. Carrying out home visits or meetings when needed
5. Working closely with staff, parents and the Local Authority
6. Helping to encourage positive attendance across the school community
7. Preparing reports and statistics for SLT, the Education Welfare Officer and external partners
8. Supporting safeguarding and promoting student wellbeing
9. Providing first aid support when required
10. Supporting whole-class supervision during short-term teacher absence
You’ll thrive in this role if you’re someone who:
11. Loves building positive relationships with families and staff
12. Can stay calm under pressure in a busy environment
13. Enjoys problem-solving and putting plans in place
14. Understands safeguarding and takes student welfare seriously
15. Can handle sensitive conversations with empathy and professionalism
16. Works confidently on their own as well as part of a wider team
What you’ll bring
17. Strong administrative skills and sharp attention to detail
18. Confidence using SIMS or similar school systems
19. Knowledge of attendance legislation, or the willingness to learn
20. A friendly, approachable manner with students and parents
21. A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and fair access to education
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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