Attendance Administrator

East Midlands Education Trust; Heighington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff well-being

Career progression

CPD opportunities

Mental health support

Pension scheme

Free onsite parking

Cycle to work

Job summary

The Joseph Whitaker School in England is seeking an Attendance Administrator to support the senior and pastoral teams. The role focuses on improving attendance and delivering high-quality administrative support across the school. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK and undergo DBS checks.

The position is permanent, term-time only (39 weeks), 37 hours per week, with start date as soon as possible. The school offers a strong team environment, CPD opportunities within the East Midlands

Qualifications

• Experience in school administration preferred.
• Ability to supporting attendance improvement and clerical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level administrative support to senior and pastoral teams with a focus on improving attendance.

Job description

Permanent, Term Time only, 39 weeks a year, 37 hours per week (8am-4pm Monday - Thursday, 8am-3.30pm Friday)

Salary Range: Scale 4, Points 9 - 12 £27,254 - £28,598 (Actual Salary £ 23,704.81 - 24,873.79)

Start date: As soon as possible

The Joseph Whitaker School is a popular oversubscribed school of 1380 students with attainment levels above the national average at both GCSE and post 16. We were inspected in March 2019 and the school was again judged as being “good”. It is worth reading the Ofsted letter as this gives a true flavour of our school.

We are seeking to appoint an Attendance Administrator to assist the senior and pastoral teams. The role requires providing a high level of administration support, with focus on improving attendance.

As a School We Offer

• a strong team environment that takes staff well-being seriously
• a dedicated Senior Leadership Team who want to see colleagues progress and flourish in their careers
• support from the wider Trust including numerous CPD opportunities
• access to Schools’ Advisory Service, offering mental health and wellbeing support to staff
• Generous employer contribution to Local Government and Teacher Pensions Scheme
• Free onsite parking
• Cycle to work scheme

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post, will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Monday 7 September 2026.

Interviews being held on shortly afterwards.