About the team
The Statutory Attendance Support Team are a strong established team with statutory responsibilities and expertise in relation to school absence. They are a core part of Hertfordshire’s strategy supporting the DfE agenda in making school attendance everyone’s business.
The team works with children, young people, families and schools supporting, removing barriers and ensuring access to education.
The role sits within the Statutory Attendance Support Team which covers responsibilities for school attendance, penalty notices, school aged employment and children in entertainment.
About the role
This role is here to fulfil the Local Authority’s statutory duties and responsibilities relating to school attendance.
1. To represent the Local Authority in the Magistrates and Family Court including being the prosecuting officer for cases of non-school attendance and acting as Responsible Officer for children subject to Education Supervision Orders.
2. To offer support, guidance, and advice to schools to reduce severe and persistent absence in accordance with Department for Education requirements by means of a programme of targeted whole school support meetings.
3. To improve whole school attendance by rigorously tracking local attendance data and working strategically with schools.
4. Working in partnership with school Senior Lead Teams and pastoral staff to pla...