Attendance Officer

Greenshaw High School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development and career

Generous pension scheme

Blue Light Card

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym discounts

Free eye tests

Cycle to work scheme

Being part of a great team

Job summary

Greenshaw High School in Sutton, South West London, is seeking an Attendance Officer to manage daily attendance records, monitor registers and support safeguarding through early intervention.

Working in the Attendance Team, you will collaborate with the Attendance Lead and Attendance Support Worker to deliver a graduated response, identify patterns of concern and engage families to secure sustained improvements, with a maternity cover until July 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar attendance role with a proven track record.
• Experience with school attendance systems, preferably Bromcom.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Managing and maintaining accurate attendance records using Bromcom, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and school policies.
• Monitor daily attendance registers and promptly follow up on any unexplained absences.
• Prepare, analyse and present attendance data, identifying trends and patterns across individuals, year groups and key demographics.
• Identify patterns of concern and support safeguarding processes through accurate monitoring.

Skills

Organised

Team player

Attention to detail

Administrative skills

Tools

Bromcom

Job description

The Attendance Officer will be responsible for the daily management of attendance procedures, ensuring absences are accurately recorded and providing timely absence information to Year Teams for follow-up. As attendance is a key safeguarding responsibility, the postholder will help identify concerns early and support safeguarding processes through accurate monitoring. Working as part of the Attendance Team, the Attendance Officer will work closely with the Attendance Lead and alongside the Attendance Support Worker to deliver the school's graduated response to attendance. They will proactively identify patterns of concern, support early interventions, and work with families to secure sustained improvements. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about improving student attendance and outcomes, highly organised and proactive, and enjoys working collaboratively as part of a team. The successful candidate will be able to balance the demands of administrative accuracy with meaningful, direct work supporting students and families. Key aspects of the role include:

• Managing and maintaining accurate attendance records using Bromcom, ensuring compliance with statuatory requirements and school policies.
• Monitor daily attendance registers and promptly follow up on any unexplained absences.
• Prepare, analyse and present attendance data, identifying trends and patterns across individuals, year groups and key demographics.
  At Greenshaw High School, we know that excellent schools rely on dedicated staff in every role. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our Attendance team as maternity cover until July 2027.
• The successful candidate will motivate, challenge, support and inspire our students. They must also have relevant experience in a similar role with a proven track record.
• Has experience of working within a school attendance systems or a similar administrative role.
• Is proficient in the use of school management information systems (preferably Bromcom).
• Has excellent organisation and administrative skills, with strong attention to detail.
  Greenshaw High School is a highly over-subscribed 11 to 19 mixed comprehensive secondary school situated in Sutton, South West London. We currently have around 1,960 students on roll, with staff providing teaching, pastoral care and many other support activities across the school. We have a very diverse population of students, meaning that this school offers a fully comprehensive range of opportunities for colleagues who work here.

We are fortunate to be a highly popular school with a long standing and trusted record for excellent education. This was endorsed in our most recent Ofsted report (October 2024) that judged four areas of our school's performance to be 'Outstanding'. Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are 'Always Learning'.

To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our 'Why you should work for GLT' recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.

• Professional development and career progression
• Generous pension scheme
• Blue Light Card
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Gym Discounts
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Being part of a great team and expanding organisation