Attendance Support Officer

HES; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Drapers’ Academy in Havering is seeking an Attendance Support Officer to help improve pupil attendance and support families. The role involves monitoring attendance in the morning, contacting parents, challenging poor attendance, conducting home visits and working with pupils to address barriers to school attendance.

This one-year fixed-term, part-time post is 20 hours per week, term time only, with enhanced DBS required.

Qualifications

• Communicate confidently and professionally with parents and carers.
• Combine empathy and support with clear expectations and appropriate challenge.
• Work independently, use sound judgement and maintain accurate records.
• Conduct home visits safely and professionally.
• Recognise and report safeguarding concerns promptly.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, families, colleagues and external services.

Responsibilities

• Monitor attendance during the morning and contact parents/carers.
• Challenge poor attendance and address barriers to school attendance.
• Conduct home visits safely and professionally.
• Maintain accurate records of attendance and safeguarding concerns.
• Collaborate with pupils, families and external services to improve outcomes.

Skills

Communication with parents

Empathy & support

Independent work

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

Closing on 03/11/2026 at 09:00

Enhanced DBS Check

Temporary | Part Time/Term Time

20 hours per week.

20 hours per week

Term time only

One-year fixed term initially

We are seeking a confident, caring and resilient Attendance Support Officer to help improve pupil attendance and support families. The role will involve monitoring attendance during the morning, contacting parents and carers, challenging poor attendance, conducting home visits and working with pupils and families to address barriers to school attendance.

This opportunity may be particularly suited to someone who has previously worked in a school, the police, social care, youth work, family support or another role involving professional challenge and community engagement.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Communicate confidently and professionally with parents and carers.
• Combine empathy and support with clear expectations and appropriate challenge.
• Work independently, use sound judgement and maintain accurate records.
• Conduct home visits safely and professionally.
• Recognise and report safeguarding concerns promptly.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, families, colleagues and external services.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for young people and believe that every school day matters, we would welcome your application.

Drapers’ Academy has much to offer:

Summer 2024: Best ever GCSE and A Level results

Nationally recognised GCSE progress

March 2025: Recognised by Ofsted as Good in all areas

A clear vision to deliver high standards of education and serve our community

State-of-the-art campus surrounded by acres of countryside

Committed, generous sponsors: The Drapers Company and Queen Mary University

An environment that promotes innovation

Opportunities to teach across KS3, 4 and 5

Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme offering individual support, information and advice

Centralised detention model

All pupils place their phones in Yondr pouches during the school day

Committed and supportive Senior Leadership Team

Our own Sixth Form area dedicated to A Level teaching

Membership of the Havering Teacher Training Partnership and the Ambition Institute to support ECT induction, teacher training and CPD of staff at all levels

An employer who invests in the development of staff with a commitment to ongoing professional development through Instructional Coaching

Staff access to our gym

Close proximity to the M25 (Junction 28, Brentwood) and the A12 for ease of access from London, Kent, Essex or Hertfordshire and ample secure on‑site parking

Short bus journey from Harold Wood train station and Elizabeth line tube station

It is our practice to recruit staff to permanent positions via direct application rather than agency placement.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful candidate.

Closing Date: 3rd November 2026 at 9.00am

Drapers’ Multi‑Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance, an online check, and other relevant employment checks.

Safeguarding

Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.

It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self‑declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.

Equal Opportunities

Havering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.