Attendance & Punctuality Coordinator

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Otley; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Cottenham Village College, a proud 11 to 16 academy on the edge of Cambridge, invites applications for an Attendance Officer. The role focuses on improving attendance and punctuality, developing systems, and working with families and staff to support scholars' success.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication and ICT skills, experience with young people, and a commitment to safeguarding. This is a permanent, term-time position with 37 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence in having challenging but supportive conversations with families.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience of working with young people, families or within an educational environment.
• Resilience, professionalism and a solution-focused approach.
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a wider pastoral and support team.
• Strong ICT skills and confidence using management information systems and attendance data.

Responsibilities

• Drive improvements in attendance and punctuality across the school.
• Monitor attendance data and identify trends, concerns and persistent absence.
• Work collaboratively with scholars, families and staff to improve attendance levels.
• Contact parents and carers regarding attendance concerns and absence.
• Conduct home visits where required to support attendance improvement strategies.
• Maintain accurate attendance records and ensure data is updated correctly on the school's MIS.
• Prepare attendance correspondence and support attendance-related meetings.
• Contribute to attendance support plans and monitor their effectiveness.
• Liaise with senior leaders, safeguarding staff, SEND teams and other stakeholders regarding attendance concerns.
• Produce attendance reports and maintain clear records of interventions and actions.
• Ensure registers are completed accurately and follow up on missing marks and unexplained absences.
• Support a positive culture of attendance, punctuality and scholar success.

Skills

Excellent communication

Relationship building

Challenging conversations

Organisational skills

Safeguarding commitment

Pastoral team collaboration

Attendance data/ICT skills

Resilience and professionalism

Job description

Cottenham Village College, a proud 11 to 16 academy on the edge of Cambridge, invites applications for an Attendance Officer. The role focuses on improving attendance and punctuality, developing systems, and working with families and staff to support scholars' success.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication and ICT skills, experience with young people, and a commitment to safeguarding. This is a permanent, term-time position with 37 hours per week.