Turner Free School is looking to appoint a highly reliable and efficient Attendance Officer. Your role will beto provide a specialist service to help the school raise achievement by improving school attendance and punctuality. You will be able to promote positive attitudes towards education and be responsible for all attendance matters. Please see the job description for full details of the role.
The ideal candidate must have:
* Excellent people skills, being able to respond appropriately to diverse and sometimes challenging situations.
* Ability to interact effectively and sensitively with young people
* Confidence when dealing with parents and external agencies
* Capacity to respond calmly and sensitively under pressure.
* High level of communication skills.
* High level of literacy skills.
* High level of IT skills with knowledge of Bromcom or Google Suite an advantage.
* Experience of working in a school, with a knowledge of school-based systems would be preferable.
Benefits of Working for Turner Schools:
We care about our staffs personal and professional wellbeing and are pleased to offer the following benefits:
* Fully funded access to Benenden Healthcare
* Outstanding professional development through our Turner Institute
* Regular wellbeing and social activities
* Counselling and mental wellbeing support
* Access to Mental Health First Aiders
* Cycle to work scheme
* Innovation Awards that encourage staff to put forward innovative ideas to make a difference to childrens experiences
* Trust Vision and Values awards to recognise staff contribution
* Free parking on all our sites with access to E chargers
Our staff tell us that the Trust is a supportive and motivational place to work, with real attention paid to staff wellbeing, workload and professional development. Further information about our Trust can be found on our website:
37 hours a week
Term Time + 2 additional weeks (to include INSET days)
The working hours would principally be 8.30am - 4.30pm but the ability to be flexible around this, sometimes starting and finishing later to accommodate meetings, would be ideal.
We reserve the right to close the advert early if a suitable candidate is found.
Information about the school
The Turner Free School is an academically ambitious and inclusive school for 11-18 year old pupils in the Cheriton area of Folkestone. In other words, it is a grammar-style school for everyone. As a smaller than average secondary school, all pupils are known and educated as individuals. The school has a knowledge-led curriculum, organised along the principles established by Professors Michael Young of the IOE and E.D. Hirsch of the University of Virginia, to ensure all pupils receive the knowledge they need to thrive in the modern world. In addition, to give pupils a leading edge for further education and employment, modern foreign languages are emphasised, with the aspiration that all pupils will achieve a working standard by the time that they graduate from the school.
As a free school the Turner Free School is a new Academy school; directly funded by central government and independent of Local Authority control. Like other free schools, the Turner Free School has a responsibility to expand the educational offer locally, to promote higher standards inclusively, to address local social issues and to ensure excellent value for the public purse.
The Turner Free School is part of Turner Schools, a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with eight schools in Folkestone, Dover and Canterbury:-
* Chartham Primary School
* Dover Christ Church Academy
* Folkestone Primary
* Folkestone Academy
* Morehall Primary
* Martello Primary
* St Stephens Infant School
* Turner Free School
We provide education through pre-school, primary, secondary and on to sixth form. Each academy is individual and responds to the needs of its local community to provide the best possible opportunity for its young people. We promote high academic standards, while ensuring crucial opportunities for personal and emotional development.
Turner Schools is committed to Transforming childrens futures…Empowering childrens futures…Strengthening communities.
To help us achieve this Turner Staff Walk the Turner Talk
They will:
* Speak and act with care: always show compassion and respect for children.
* Act boldly: be ambitious for yourself and the children and young people we serve.
* Learn from adversity: be evaluative, thoughtful and reflective.
* Challenge convention: be curious, welcome difference and unfamiliar thinking.
* Connect with others: support colleagues, parents and pupils to make a great team.
* Use your voice: offer different views and ask questions.
* Do what it takes: be relentless in pursuing the best for children.
* Ask for support: be open and honest when plans go awry.
* Dont give up: be calm, resilient and measured when managing challenges.
Turner Schools is committed to giving a powerful education to local families through schools where children thrive and knowledge matters. Turner Schools is committed to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to thorough recruitment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and an on-line search in order to identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available on line. Two references are required prior to commencement of employment.
Turner Schools is committed to treating all people equally and with respect, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation or social economic background. We therefore welcome applications from suitable candidates from all backgrounds as we are dedicated to creating and sustaining a workplace that values individuality and difference and celebrates the diversity of both staff and pupils.
We would welcome applicants to visit the school prior to application to experience the culture and ethos. Please contact if you would like to arrange a tour.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £23,054.00-£24,728.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Free parking
* On-site parking
* Private medical insurance
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 04/11/2025