Attendance & SEND Administrator (School Support)

Unity Primary Academy; Colchester; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Professional Development

Flexible Working

Blue Light Card

Well-being Support

Job summary

Unity Primary Academy is seeking an Attendance Officer / SEN Administrative Assistant to join our supportive team. You will oversee attendance, manage SEND records, and support families to improve pupil participation.

The role includes daily lunch duties and coordinating Looked After PEPs, annual reviews, and paperwork for external agencies. The ideal candidate is organized, proficient with ICT, and capable of working independently or in a team while maintaining confidentiality and a

Qualifications

• Has previous experience working within a school environment (preferred) not essential.
• Has strong ICT skills and is confident using Microsoft Office applications.
• Has experience of using Arbor Management Information System (MIS) (preferred) not essential.
• Has a good understanding of attendance procedures and SEND processes (desirable).
• Has excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Can maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information professionally.
• Is proactive, approachable and able to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the daily oversight of all attendance, absence and lateness.
• Monitor and track attendance across the academy, including identified pupils who are of concern.
• Support parents with attendance strategies (this may include home visits to support positive attendance).
• Attend review meetings with the Assistant Headteacher for Behaviour and Attitudes to review whole-school attendance and identify strategies to improve this.
• Carry out parent contract meetings where pupils are persistently absent.
• Support pupils with medical needs and other issues which prevent full-time attendance by liaising with staff, parents/carers and other professionals to provide pupils with missed schoolwork.
• Attend relevant meetings regarding the wellbeing of specific pupils.
• Cover a lunch duty daily.
• Update manual and computerised SEND record/information systems.
• Support the SENDCO to update and maintain the SEND school register.
• To co-ordinate Children Looked After PEP’s including maintaining appointments, the completion of appropriate paperwork
• To operate and maintain (electronic and hard copies) an effective system for filing of all SEND documents, ensuring that all legal data record requirements are maintained
• To generate SEND information from our school database and other monitoring and assessment systems and procedures.
• To support the production of the Annual Reviews, PEPs, and other statutory paperwork requested by external agencies.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Proactive mindset

Tools

Microsoft Office

Arbor MIS

Job description

Unity Primary Academy is seeking an Attendance Officer / SEN Administrative Assistant to join our supportive team. You will oversee attendance, manage SEND records, and support families to improve pupil participation.

The role includes daily lunch duties and coordinating Looked After PEPs, annual reviews, and paperwork for external agencies. The ideal candidate is organized, proficient with ICT, and capable of working independently or in a team while maintaining confidentiality and a