Are you looking to join a school that offers excellent career development opportunities, where you will make a positive difference to young people’s lives and future everyday?
We are looking for an Attendance manager. This a fantastic opportunity to join our dedicated Attendance Team and play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of our systems. Your work will be fundamental in improving attendance and providing high-quality support to our students, staff, families and other agencies.
If you are reading this and you are excited then take a leap and get your application sent off today. We would love to hear from you and would welcome your application.
Job Title: Attendance Manager
Location: Northampton
Salary: NJC Scale Grade I Points 21 – 26
Start Date: June 2025
Contract Type: Permanent
About Our School
At Abbeyfield School, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, aspirational, happy, and hard-working community. We strive to provide the best education, empowering pupils to become young adults with the best qualifications possible. Our mission is to educate, keep pupils safe, and promote their personal development. Pupils are expected to attend school daily, look smart, be ready to learn, and follow our routines: Right Place – Right Time – All the Time.
About You
As an experienced Attendance Manager you will be responsible for setting the school direction for culture with an initial focus on high attendance and punctuality. To improve school attendance by strategically directing the attendance team who will focus on effective working with students, families, pastoral support teams and other agencies. Also ensuring the school admissions are compliant and coordinate all aspects of student admissions process.
Promoting and upholding the values and ethos of the school and Creative education Trust.
Requirements
To apply, you must hold:
* GCSE A-C English & Maths
* Organised, proactive, and thoughtful, enabling effective operations.
* Extensive experience of working within school attendance
* Experience of working with young people and families
* Experience of line managing a dynamic team
* Evidence of continued professional development and expectation of continuing willingness to develop own professional skills.
About Creative Education Trust
Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14,500 children and young people.
We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.
CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development
CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.
We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.
Next Steps
Application Closing Date: Monday 9 June 2025
Anticipated Interview Date: w.c 9 June 2025
Please submit your application through our website using the direct online application method. If you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the Line Manager of this position, please contact our HR Manager Kelly Burdett at: kelly.burdett@abbeyfieldschool.org.uk who would be happy to assist in arranging this.
Essential Information
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
We reserve the right to interview before the publicised closing date should suitable applications be received for this post. #J-18808-Ljbffr