Role Job overview As part of the Academy Pastoral Team the Attendance and Welfare Officer will: Be accountable for all aspects of attendance across the assigned Key Stage. You will collaborate with Pastoral teams to ensure clear and robust systems are in place to both incentivise good attendance whilst challenging poor attendance through legal and other methods and strategies. Act as a role model in all attendance procedures, supporting the day-to-day operations of the attendance team and taking an active part in ensuring that students arrive at school on time, in the correct uniform and ready to learn every day. Challenge individual students whose attendance is below the National average, forming strong links with the parents and carers of students with persistent absence.