Attendance and Admissions Officer

The Education Space; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Vicarage Primary School in London is seeking an enthusiastic administrator to join our supportive team. You will be responsible for pupil attendance, admissions and welfare, ensuring smooth administrative processes and positive outcomes for children and families.

The role requires confidentiality, good communication, teamwork and the ability to work independently with a can-do attitude. You will support safeguarding procedures, data reporting and liaise with families and school staff to maintain

Qualifications

• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
• Proactive and positive attitude with a team mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence in interactions with children, families and agencies.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children, families and multi-disciplinary agencies.
• High standard of literacy and numeracy.
• Strong IT skills and ability to undertake routine administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Administer attendance, admissions and welfare duties for pupils.
• Maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Produce and translate data and prepare reports for senior leadership teams.
• Work with multi-disciplinary agencies to support pupils and families.
• Ensure safeguarding procedures are followed and DBS checks are completed as required.
• Contribute to a supportive, diverse environment and promote equality of opportunity.

Skills

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Communication skills

Time management

IT skills

Literacy/Numeracy

Data preparation

Interpersonal skills

Stress management

Attendance issues experience

Education

Relevant admin qualification

Tools

Bromcom

IT packages

Job description

Vicarage Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated administrator to join our supportive and friendly team. The successful candidate will have responsibility for pupil attendance, admissions and welfare.

We are looking for someone:

• Passionate about supporting children and their families
• Able to contribute to and work as part of a team
• With excellent communication skills and a 'can do' attitude
• With good time management and the ability to work on their own initiative

Interviews and tasks: Friday 27th November 2026

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

A commitment to a multicultural, diverse environment and equal opportunities is essential. Vicarage Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applications will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and medical questionnaire. A disqualification declaration questionnaire may be required for this post.

Vicarage Primary School as part of the New Vision Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts are subject to satisfactory DBS, qualification and reference checks.

This role is not exempt from ROA 1974. A self-disclosure is required for this post, as well as an enhanced DBS certificate and barred list check.

Please note an online search will be conducted on all shortlisted candidates.

Key Requirements

• Ability to exercise confidentiality anddiscretion of sensitive matters.
• Maintaining a positive approach
• Good standard of interpersonal skills andconfidence.
• Ability to communicate effectively withchildren, families and multi-disciplinaryagencies
• High level of literacy and numeracy.
• High level of IT skills.
• Ability to undertake routine administrativetasks.
• Producing and translate data and preparereports for senior leadership teams
• The ability to work in stressful anddemanding situations for short periods isdesirable.
• Working with multi-disciplinary agencies
• Experience of working with children andtheir families on attendance issues
• A high standard of literacy, numeracy andIT skills.
• Knowledge of Keeping Children Safe inEducation, safeguarding and childprotection issues surrounding children andfamilies
• Knowledge of Bromcom and other ITpackages
• Knowledge of the Children’s Act 2004 andWorking Together in relation to childprotection and safeguarding children andyoung people
• The ability to undertake a wide range ofadministrative tasks using set procedures.
• Understand and promote Equality and Diversity Policy in the course of their work

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to equality of opportunity.