Grade: Band 5 Pts 9-14
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 36 Hours Per Week
Working Pattern: Term Time Only
Actual Salary: £23,344 - £25,302
Interview Date: Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Middleton Technology School is looking to appoint an Attendance Officer who will raise achievement and contribute to safeguarding through improved attendance.
You will:
* Manage pupil attendance records and monitor of pupil attendance.
* Manage attendance processes in line with statutory responsibilities.
* Maintain accurate attendance records and report on attendance and contribute to strategies that improve attendance.
* Deal with enquiries and queries from parents regarding attendance and punctuality.
* To liaise with staff, students, parents, colleagues across the Trust and multi-agency partners to ensure that attendance processes are accurate and fit for purpose.
* Proactively challenge students and parents where students are not present, not on time or not in lesson to ensure that all learning opportunities are maximised.
To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation and send completed applications to mtscgreenwood@middtech.com by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, 17 September 2025.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background check
The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.
Applicants are advised that by applying for this position they are declaring that they are not subject to any immigration controls or restrictions that prohibit them undertaking work in the UK, and that they are able to provide proof of their Right to Work in the UK if they are invited to attend an interview.
The school will carry out an online search as part of their due-diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023.
Applicants are informed that if appointed to this post their contract of employment will be with Great Academies Education Trust who is the employer, and not Rochdale Council.