Attendance Manager

The Totteridge Academy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Totteridge Academy in London is seeking an Attendance Manager to drive improvements in attendance across the academy and address attendance concerns promptly.

You will lead attendance interventions, liaise with families and agencies, and work to remove barriers to engagement, safeguarding and wellbeing, contributing to students' highest potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in attendance management or safeguarding preferred.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong judgement and ability to coordinate multi-agency working.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements in attendance across the academy and address attendance concerns quickly and effectively.
• Lead attendance interventions and coordinate day-to-day attendance provision.
• Support families and work with colleagues to remove barriers to attendance and promote engagement.

Job description

Attendance Manager

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Term Time Only (39 weeks per year)

About the role:

As Attendance Manager, you will be responsible for driving improvements in attendance across the academy and ensuring attendance concerns are identified and addressed quickly and effectively.

You will lead attendance interventions, support families, coordinate multi-agency working and oversee day-to-day attendance provision. The role requires excellent communication skills, sound judgement and a strong understanding of the connection between attendance, safeguarding and student wellbeing.

Working closely with students, families and colleagues, you will help remove barriers to attendance, promote positive engagement and ensure every student has the best possible opportunity to achieve and thrive.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is passionate about improving outcomes for young people and making a meaningful difference to students and families within our school community.

About us:

As one of London’s leading secondary schools, The Totteridge Academy has earned national recognition for its high expectations and exceptional achievement. Situated in Barnet, North London, it is a highly popular, co-educational, non-selective 11-18 academy with over 1,000 students, reflecting the school’s continued growth and strong demand for places. The Totteridge Academy has an unusually warm, inclusive and aspirational culture: an ethos of continuous improvement that has created a vibrant, purposeful community where students feel supported, challenged and inspired to achieve their best.

About United Learning:

United Learning is a big group of schools - with over 75,000 pupils and more than 10,000 staff. We seek to improve the life chances of all the children and young people we serve and make it our mission to bring out 'the best in everyone' - pupils, staff, parents and the wider community.