Attendance & Student Support Officer — Arts School

Philosophy Education LTD.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Philosophy Education LTD. in Islington is seeking an experienced Attendance and Support Officer to join the busy school office of a lovely, well-organised arts-focused sixth form dedicated to film and performing arts.

You will monitor attendance, report data and collaborate with staff to support safeguarding and pupil welfare. The role involves following up absences, analysing patterns, and leading attendance meetings with students and families to implement improvement plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in school attendance management and data reporting.
• Experience in safeguarding and pupil welfare.
• Strong administrative in a school setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage the school’s attendance monitoring systems, ensuring registers are processed and any absence or lateness is identified accurately and promptly.
• Follow up on pupils’ absences and lateness by email/ Arbor/ Telephone or other means on a daily basis.
• Ensure all unexplained absences are counted for and seek the reason for the absence.
• Check the timely completion, accuracy and correct coding on registers in line with coding policy.
• Analyse attendance data regularly to identify patterns and students of concern.
• Produce regular attendance reports for AP for learning and curriculum and SLT
• Manage the first day absence process
• Build positive professional relationships with students whose attendance is causing concern.
• Lead attendance meetings with students and families
• Make home/community visits to students and parents/carers where appropriate
• Develop and implement individual attendance improvement plans
• Support Heads of Year and tutors to use attendance data
• Support transition points and new arrivals.
• Liaise with external agencies where attendance involves complex welfare or safeguarding concerns The school are looking for an administrator who has:

Job description

Philosophy Education LTD. in Islington is seeking an experienced Attendance and Support Officer to join the busy school office of a lovely, well-organised arts-focused sixth form dedicated to film and performing arts.

You will monitor attendance, report data and collaborate with staff to support safeguarding and pupil welfare. The role involves following up absences, analysing patterns, and leading attendance meetings with students and families to implement improvement plans.