School Attendance Officer - Reed : Job Details

Role: Attendance Officer (Primary)

Location: Featherstone, Wakefield

Hours: Full-time (Mon-Fri)

Salary: Competitive

I am recruiting for a School Attendance Officer to work for a primary school based in Featherstone (Wakefield). This is a great role for someone who is wanting to support children in them returning to school in an effective way whilst following all school policies and procedures.

What’s the day-to-day responsibilities of an attendance officer?

• To manage daily attendance processes effectively, ensuring that students are promptly registered and first day absence notifications and calls are made in a timely manner to ensure the safeguarding and welfare of students.
• To work with the Leadership team and pastoral teams to manage effective short-, medium and long-term attendance strategies in-line with both local and national attendance processes.
• To work closely with the Attendance and Wellbeing Officer, and Wellbeing team to produce reports, data and analyse intervention to support with their work
• To ensure the effective administration of attendance systems and procedures in-line with local and national expectations
• To produce reports on attendance, lateness and ongoing trends and the impact of attendance strategies but analysing this data to act where needed.
• To ensure all daily routine attendance processes are completed in a timely manner, including inputting data, distribution of registers and first day absence notifications.
• To follow up reporting both internally and/or externally as appropriate and notifying Designated Officers of absences related to vulnerable students.
• To do home visits to the students where necessary.

What are the required skills and qualifications needed for this role?

• Thinking of effective initiatives for pupils to return to school.
• Full working knowledge of relevant policies, including child protection / codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.
• Understanding of working with students with additional needs.
• Experience interacting with children of primary school age.
• Car Driver (desirable), if not then good access to public transport.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Current Enhanced DBS on the update service or willingness to apply for one through Reed Compliance

To apply for this role you MUST have the folloiwing:

• Right to work in the UK.
• A clean UK driving license.
• Valid enhanced DBS on the Update Service (we can support in gaining this if not held).
• Experience and knowledge of working with pupils in a UK school setting.