Post: Attendance Officer Hours of Work: Full time Monday to Friday 8.40 – 15.40 32.5 hours per week Term Time Only plus 5 days Contract type: Permanent Salary including allowances: Grade 3 £27,254 - £33,699, (£21,748.48 - £26,891.54 Actual) and SEN £1722.00 pro rata Closing Date: 8.30am Monday 1st June 2026 Interview Date: TBC Start date of role: ASAP Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes About the School: Mayfield School is looking for an efficient, skilled and compassionate Attendance Officer to join our team. Our school is a special school for 315 pupils aged between 3 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including autism. Mayfield is a Unicef Rights Respecting School on a journey to achieve the gold award. The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. Successful applicants can be asked to work at either site depending on the needs of the school. This post will initially be based at the Heathfield Road site About this Role: Mayfield school is committed to meeting its obligation to encourage good school attendance through a whole-school culture and ethos. Promoting school attendance is a priority for Mayfield and the attendance officer will play a crucial role in raising the profile of attendance in school and improving school attendance. Mayfield ensures every pupil has access to the full-time education to which they are entitled. The impact of a full-time education reflects in a pupil’s academic, social and emotional progress and provides life skills in the preparation for adulthood. Mayfield adopts a holistic approach to attendance management which enables us to break down barriers and provide support that is tailored to meet the individual needs of all families. All interventions and support are implemented with the aim of promoting good attendance, reducing persistent and severe absence and building strong relationships with families to ensure pupils have the support in place to attend school and experience positive outcomes. The role will involve working alongside many different stakeholders within the school. This includes parents, carers, children and young people, class-based staff teams, the pastoral team and the Associate Heads of School with responsibility for safeguarding, behaviour and attendance. Opportunities for sharing good practice and networking with attendance officers from across the Trust will be provided. This role involves home visits and use of own car with business use insurance is required. We are proud to be part of Education Impact Academy Trust where "better never ends". We can offer: A collaborative and inclusive culture A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth. Employee Assistance Programme via BHSF - free totally confidential support, Access to discounts and offers via BHSF Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff or Teachers Pension Scheme for Teachers Teachers annual leave is in line with Teachers Pay & Conditions Onsite parking at all schools We are the only Trust to provide SEN Allowances to ALL roles who work with students, including Teachers, TA’s, Care Assistants, Pastoral Care, Guides, Drivers The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. To read a copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please click on the link below: Policies (educationimpact.org.uk) To read our policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders please click on the link below: Policies (educationimpact.org.uk) This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and 2023, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide: DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted. We will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitaes (CV’s) or accept them instead of an application form. If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.