Attendance Co-ordinator

The Bishop of Winchester Academy; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is seeking an Attendance Co-ordinator to join a supportive team and lead attendance improvement across the academy. The role requires building strong relationships with students and families, delivering timely attendance data, and contributing to safeguarding and welfare priorities.

Working in a thriving Church of England school, you will operate during term-time plus two weeks (41 weeks) at 37 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Good administration skills and experience in education or strong interest in working with young people.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students and families.
• Commitment to safeguarding and welfare of children.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily attendance and punctuality, ensuring accurate recording in line with statutory requirements.
• Build positive and professional relationships with students, parents and carers to promote good attendance.
• Work collaboratively with pastoral teams, safeguarding colleagues, SEND, Family Engagement and other Academy staff to improve attendance outcomes.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the Academy's attendance strategy.
• Complete attendance administration efficiently and accurately.
• Ensure all registers are completed as expected, so every student can be accounted for every lesson.

Skills

Administration skills

Experience in education environment

Relationship building

Job description

Are you looking for a career in a thriving, friendly and supportive environment where staff welfare is a priority? Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people in a role that really matters? If so, The Bishop of Winchester Academy wants you!

We are seeking an Attendance Co-ordinator to work as part of a team, sharing responsibility for improving attendance, promoting positive engagement with education and delivering an effective attendance service across the Academy.

This is a Term time only plus two weeks (41 weeks) contract, working 37 Hours per week,

You must have good administration skills and have experience of working within an education environment or a strong interest in working with young people. You will want to “make a difference”, and you will be resilient and hard working with high expectations. This role is responsible for maintaining and improving our student attendance record, so you must be capable of building positive relationships with students and their families.

As an Attendance Co-ordinator you will be welcomed into an exceptional team of professionals to:

• Monitor daily attendance and punctuality, ensuring accurate recording in line with statutory requirements
• Build positive and professional relationships with students, parents and carers to promote good attendance.
• Work collaboratively with pastoral teams, safeguarding colleagues, SEND, Family Engagement and other Academy staff to improve attendance outcomes.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of the Academy's attendance strategy.
• Complete attendance administration efficiently and accurately.
• Ensure all registers are completed as expected, so every student can be accounted for every lesson.

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.

We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

• Generous employer pension contribution at 23.6% basic salary
• Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
• Excellent teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
• Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
• Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria.