Attendance & Safeguarding Lead

Earl Spencer Primary School; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Earl Spencer Primary School is seeking an Attendance Lead to drive the strategic approach to pupil attendance, analyse data to identify trends, and partner with families and external agencies to implement supportive interventions.

You will champion attendance as safeguarding, ensuring that persistent or severe absence is met with an integrated welfare plan prioritising pupil welfare and academic success.

Responsibilities

• Make sure daily attendance registers are accurate and complete, and follow up with staff about incomplete data.
• Follow up on unexplained absences with parents/carers, escalating issues per school procedures.
• Initiate and oversee the administration of absence procedures – letters home, attendance clinics and engagement with local authorities/other external agencies and partners.
• Manage the process of issuing penalty notices to parents/carers.
• Maintain accurate records of communications with parents/carers and relevant interventions.
• Build and refresh knowledge of the school’s MIS and other relevant systems.
• Benchmark school performance against national and local averages.
• Produce and interpret attendance reports for school leaders, identifying key statistics, reasons for absence and patterns of concern.
• Conduct regular audits of attendance codes to ensure correct and consistent use by staff.
• Track attendance of vulnerable groups and share information with school leaders.
• Identify pupils needing additional support to improve attendance.
• Work with school leaders to identify interventions for particular groups or individual pupils.
• Lead daily or weekly check-ins to review progress and impact of support/interventions.
• Work with school leaders to develop and revise the school’s attendance policy.
• Meet weekly with Headteacher and FSW to discuss children's attendance.
• Implement CME procedures when appropriate.
• Provide regular reports to attendance organisations to raise awareness of emerging at‑risk pupils.

Job description

Earl Spencer Primary School is seeking an Attendance Lead to drive the strategic approach to pupil attendance, analyse data to identify trends, and partner with families and external agencies to implement supportive interventions.

You will champion attendance as safeguarding, ensuring that persistent or severe absence is met with an integrated welfare plan prioritising pupil welfare and academic success.