Attendance and Attendance Officer

Newman School; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Venn Academy Trust is seeking a proactive Attendance Officer to join our school team. You will monitor daily attendance and punctuality, maintain records accurately and follow up unexplained absences to support pupils' education.

You will build positive relationships with pupils and families, analyse attendance patterns and work with pastoral and safeguarding colleagues to implement timely interventions and promote a culture of excellent attendance across the academy.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, organisation and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to analyse information, manage competing priorities and work calmly and discreetly.
• Experience in a school, attendance, pastoral, safeguarding or family-support role would be an advantage, but transferable skills are welcome.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily attendance and punctuality, accurately maintaining attendance records and following up unexplained absence.
• Build positive, respectful relationships with pupils and families, offering practical support and challenge where needed.
• Identify attendance patterns and concerns, prepare reports and support timely interventions.
• Work closely with pastoral and safeguarding colleagues, senior leaders and external agencies.
• Support attendance meetings, home visits and formal processes in line with school policy and statutory guidance.
• Promote a whole-school culture in which excellent attendance is understood, encouraged and celebrated.

Skills

Communication

Organisation

Record-keeping

Job description

We are looking for a proactive, organised and approachable Attendance Officer to join our school team. This is an important role with a direct impact on pupils’ education: you will help ensure that every child attends regularly, arrives on time and receives the support they need to overcome barriers to attendance.

About the role

Monitor daily attendance and punctuality, accurately maintaining attendance records and following up unexplained absence.

Build positive, respectful relationships with pupils and families, offering practical support and challenge where needed.

Identify attendance patterns and concerns, prepare reports and support timely interventions.

Work closely with pastoral and safeguarding colleagues, senior leaders and external agencies.

Support attendance meetings, home visits and formal processes in line with school policy and statutory guidance.

Promote a whole-school culture in which excellent attendance is understood, encouraged and celebrated.

About you

You will have excellent communication, organisation and record-keeping skills, with the confidence to hold sensitive and sometimes challenging conversations professionally. You will be able to analyse information, manage competing priorities and work calmly and discreetly. Experience in a school, attendance, pastoral, safeguarding or family-support role would be an advantage, but we also welcome applicants with relevant transferable skills.

What we offer

You will join a welcoming and supportive team committed to improving outcomes for children and families. We offer a thorough induction, relevant professional development, access to wellbeing support.

The school is a split site (Dinnington and Whiston), and although the role will be based primarily at one site, there is the expectation the role may work between the sites when needed.

The trust reserves the right to close the advert early if enough applications have been received

Our Multi Academy Trust is a group of inspirational and aspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Yorkshire whose main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding staff.

Venn Academy Trust is committed to achieving fairness and equality in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Our Trust is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants

Online searches will be carried out as part of Venn Academy Trust’s recruitment due diligence for all shortlisted candidates, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.