Attendance Manager

Bournville School; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Educational support

Flexi perks

Wellbeing resources

Counselling available

Free flu jabs

Job summary

Bournville School in Birmingham is seeking an Attendance Manager to lead the Attendance Team and drive improvements in pupil attendance across all year groups.

You will analyse attendance data, run information evenings for families, liaise with SEND TAs and external agencies, and oversee the Attendance Officer, rewarding progress and supporting safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Outstanding communication skills for engaging with families, colleagues and external agencies.
• Ability to analyse attendance data to identify barriers and plan interventions.
• Experience leading attendance work and family liaison/ support roles.

Responsibilities

• Carry out attendance tracking, data analysis, home visits and information evenings.
• Lead whole-school attendance campaigns and quality assure their effectiveness.
• Signpost the importance of attendance across the school and in meetings.
• Liaise with families to create integration/action plans for improving attendance.
• Work with the SEND team to support pupils with low attendance and learning gaps.
• Manage the Attendance Officer and monitor their work.
• Celebrate pupil progress and share best practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Data analysis

Family liaison

Stakeholder liaison

Microsoft Office

Tools

MIS attendance system

Microsoft Office

Job description

Bournville School is a vibrant and diverse mainstream, non-selective comprehensive school for students aged 4–16. We have a fantastic opportunity for an Attendance Manager to join our dedicated team.

We are looking for an Attendance Manager to:

• Be responsible to the Vice/Assistant Principal for leading the work of the Academy Attendance Team

• Improve attendance by building solid links between families and the Academy to ensure parents are empowered to ensure their children attend school consistently

• Lead attendance and act as a Family Liaison/Support Worker

You will be able to identify the factors that are impeding good attendance. Outstanding communication skills are required, as this role can link in with outside agencies and charities and create sessions for parents within school to look at factors such as parenting (Malachi), Solihull Approach, sleep, bullying, SEND, illness and behaviour.

Joining a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement, you will:

• Carry out all attendance tracking, data analysis, home visits, information evenings, etc.

• Lead on whole-school attendance campaigns with staff and quality assure the effectiveness of these campaigns

• Ensure the signposting of the importance of attendance is visible across the school and on the agenda of every meeting

• Liaise with families and establish an integration plan/action plan for targeted students to improve attendance in light of any push/pull factors identified

• Liaise with the wider Pastoral Team, ensuring any pastoral support agreed in any integration plan is actioned and its effectiveness monitored

• Work with SEND TAs to support teachers in lessons to help find ways to fill in any learning gaps that any low attendance may have created for students with low attendance

• Maintain overall responsibility for managing the Attendance Officer and quality assuring their work

• Celebrate and reward students who make positive progress

• Develop and enhance the practice of others

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and maintaining daily attendance registers using the school’s MIS

• Administering the ELIT processes

• Monitoring attendance and punctuality across all year groups

• Following up absences promptly with parents/carers via phone, email, and letters

• Identifying and reporting attendance concerns, persistent absence, and patterns of lateness

• Supporting attendance panels, meetings, and interventions

• Ensuring all attendance procedures meet statutory requirements and safeguarding standards

• Liaising with tutors, Heads of Year, DSLs, and the Local Authority as required

To be successful, you will be:

• Passionate with an appetite for inspiring young people

• Hardworking and imaginative, with excellent organisational and time-management skills

• Experienced in using Microsoft Office programs

• Flexible and able to take both a proactive and responsive approach

• A dedicated team player who wants to work and engage with colleagues at all levels

About us

At the heart of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, Bournville School has been on a clear trajectory – making small daily steps that result in big changes. Located in the south of Birmingham, the Academy serves students from Reception to Year 11 from the wider community, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has a collective spirit and is committed to delivering an engaging curriculum, inspiring children to achieve and, ultimately, “enriching the lives and transforming the futures” of our young people.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust

At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we enrich lives and transform futures. Our four academies in and around Birmingham offer an outstanding quality of education, recognising that all our children are individuals and delivering exceptional pastoral care to ensure their happiness. Whilst we place strong emphasis on academic achievement, we take a holistic view of education and maintain exciting extracurricular programmes to create the well-rounded young adults of tomorrow. We’re also creating outstanding careers that could take you anywhere within our network – and take your future anywhere you want to go.

Benefits

When you join Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, you join a nurturing family where your professional satisfaction and personal happiness really count. You can expect heavy investment in your career development alongside an outstanding package of benefits, including:

• Educational support

• Flexi perks

• Salary sacrifice scheme

• Perkbox subscription

• Professional learning and regular training

• Counselling, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a Wellness Hub

• Wellbeing updates and stress management guidance

• Menopause awareness training

• Free flu jabs

• Access to fitness programmes, including yoga, HIIT and more

• Access to physical activities during our Trust-wide Wellbeing Week

• Diet and nutrition webinars

Closing date: 9.00am on 2 November 2026.

Interview date: w/c 9 November 2026.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974