6Th Form Attendance & Administration Officer

Reeson Education; City Of London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education recruitment agency is seeking a 6th Form Attendance & Administration Officer to enhance student attendance and provide administrative support. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, strong IT proficiency, and experience in attendance management. This full-time role involves working closely with students, families, and school staff to foster a positive educational environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in attendance duties, including data entry and analysis.
• Prior knowledge and some understanding of SIMS.
• Broad knowledge of the workings of an attendance office.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist attendance service to raise achievement.
• Implement the school's attendance and punctuality policy.
• Record and analyse attendance records.
• Communicate with parents about attendance issues.
• Ensure compliance with weekly school returns.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Competency in IT and using it to analyse data

Excellent administrative and organisational skills

Ability to understand and implement educational strategies

Demonstrated courage to make a difference

Tools

SIMS

Excel

Job description

6th Form Attendance & Administration Officer

Location: Hillingdon, North West/West London, United Kingdom. Salary: £22,196 – £28,659 per year. Start date: November 2025. Contract type: Fixed Term, full time. Hours: full time. Conditions: 2 term contract (temp to perm) with possibility for additional weeks. Parking available on site.

Overview

6th Form Attendance & Administration Officer required to join a highly successful, cohesive and friendly team at a fantastic School in Hillingdon, North West/West London. The School has a great reputation for staff well‐being and enjoys a happy, driven, and dynamic workforce.

Key Responsibilities

As an 6th Form Attendance & Administration Officer, you will provide a specialist service to help raise achievement by improving attendance and punctuality. The promotion of positive attitudes by pupils and their families towards education and ensuring that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities, particularly where there is persistent absence.

• Apply the school's attendance and punctuality policy.
• Support the school in meeting its objectives on the School Development Plan.
• Assist in delivering pastoral and attendance support to students by maintaining, recording, monitoring and analysing attendance records.
• Promote good attendance to students and families through the use of school systems and procedures, both in school, through written and verbal communication.
• Record students who are late to school and issue detentions for lateness; record detentions set and follow up on non‑attendance to detentions.
• Conduct the Sixth Form Sign out desk between 10‑11:30 and 12:20‑1:30 each day to assist with signing out of students and accurate recording of their attendance on SIMS.
• Monitor and record which students have achieved % attendance and no late marks, and distribute this information to the Sixth Form team.
• Input data to the Inventory machine to block cards for students who can’t sign out.
• Monitor and enforce the sign out policy, ensuring that students only receive sign out privileges when the requirements are met.
• Record those who have poor attendance and report the information to the Sixth Form team.
• Allocate students to intervention sessions when their attendance drops below 90 %.
• Collaboratively work to improve the rate of ‘outstanding’ attendance of students to school and their punctuality.
• Keep appropriate staff up‑to‑date with information.
• Attend and participate in regular meetings and act as minute taker.
• Attend and assist with A level results day and enrolment day in August.
• Attend parent evenings.
• Maintain productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model upholding the School Values.
• Provide feedback to staff, parents and students in relation to attendance.
• Communicate with parents about their daughter's attendance by issuing letters in line with school policy and other forms of communication.
• Maintain constructive relationships with parents/carers when exchanging information, meeting with families, facilitating their support for the daughter's attendance, access to learning and supporting home, school and other service links.
• Update attendance records for pastoral leads.
• Be first aid trained and be part of the whole school First Aid Rota.
• Comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Complete specific daily responsibilities of the job, recorded by your line manager.
• Complete duties during the school week as directed by your line manager.

Experience

• Experience in attendance duties, including data entry, data analysis and Excel.
• Prior knowledge and some understanding of SIMS.
• Broad knowledge of the workings of an attendance office.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Competency in IT and using it to analyse data.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Ability to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help students to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning.
• Demonstrated courage and conviction to make a difference.

About Reeson Education

Reeson Education is England’s Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the core values of honesty, integrity and excellence. We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike. At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of London.

Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults.

Please note that all daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07 %.