BOA Group is seeking to appoint an Attendance Officer, working alongside the wider staff and leaders to provide excellence across the Group. The role will be primarily based at BOA Digital Technologies Academy with travel to other BOA locations as required. The post holder will work with students, parents/carers and colleagues across the Academy to continuously improve school attendance at all key stages, ensuring accurate reporting and data management and working within the pastoral team to intervene and support students and families to attend school. The Group believes that all young people deserve to become world-class learners - to learn, enjoy, succeed and thrive in a first-rate educational environment with excellent facilities, outstanding teaching and the most up-to-date resources available to them. You will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills. If you share the Academy Trust’s vision and ambitions, possess a strong desire to work within an ethos of creative collaboration and partnership and want to have a positive impact on young people, families and the community then we would be delighted to hear from you. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults To be responsible for the administration of pupils late to school, recording lateness data on the school Arbor system and producing reports of daily figures. Check that electronic registers have been entered and follow up missing registers with individual members of staff Check pupil absence and follow up using agreed systems, check on children at risk of truanting, initiate and carry out periodic truancy checks. Be available to staff and parents for meetings about individual pupils, provide regular updates and data as requested, including home visits. Liaise with key staff and other support services to improve attendance rates, keep up to date with current technology and oversee the training of staff in attendance and registration issues. Work with new staff to ensure that school systems of registration are adhered to and participate in the development and implementation of school reward systems in relation to attendance. Ensure that registration systems are developed and correctly administered and report on the quality of the registers. Make contact with feeder primary schools during the transition period and gain any relevant information about pupil attendance. Produce and interpret statistical data relating to attendance patterns of groups within the school (e.g. for parents’ evening, school census etc) To contribute to the development and implementation of attendance and punctuality policies and procedures. Be the first contact for all attendance issues in the school. Liaise with the Education Welfare Officer, pastoral leaders and LSU Manager to track attendance and take the necessary action to promote good attendance. To work with identified cohorts of pupils to improve attendance and/or punctuality. Attend and participate in meetings as required, participate in training, other learning activities and performance development as required, assist in the supervision, training and development of staff. Log and keep safe mobile phones removed from pupils Assist with Pupil/staff and visitor inquiries Log and send behaviour sanctions to parents via text and email, and respond to any queries Follow the rewards system and issue certificates and plus points To produce daily, weekly and termly KPI statistics and information for the Headteachers report To maintain appropriate records, prepare assessments and reports; and provide statistics as required. Work with parents to help them understand and fulfil their responsibilities in relation to school attendance Liaise with all relevant agencies responsible for Pupils’ welfare