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Teaching Vacancies; Cleethorpes; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Peter's C of E Primary Academy in Cleethorpes is seeking an Attendance Officer to record and monitor attendance and support school strategies by working with staff to reduce absence.

You will routinely monitor the attendance of vulnerable pupils and investigate absence, developing initiatives with school staff to promote regular attendance. The role also involves liaising with families and partner agencies, gathering evidence for reports, and preparing court reports when required.

Qualifications

• Experience recording and monitoring student attendance in a school context.
• Ability to analyse attendance data and identify at-risk pupils.
• Experience working with families and external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Record and monitor attendance in line with DfE requirements.
• Investigate absence and develop initiatives to promote regular attendance.
• Liaise with families and external agencies to support attendance improvement.
• Prepare reports for Senior Leadership Team and Court where required.
• Manage a caseload including complex cases of disadvantaged students.

Skills

Attendance monitoring

Data interpretation

Liaison with agencies

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

The post holder will be required to record and monitor attendance (in line with DfE requirements) and support the school strategy by working alongside other staff within the schools toreduce overall and persistent absence.

Routinely monitor the attendance of vulnerable students and students who are known to be poor attenders.

Investigate absence (regular medical absence and unexplained absence) and develop initiatives in partnership with School staff to encourage and promote regular attendance.

Be robust in the investigation and management of absences/holidays during term time and investigate reasons for absence which may be unclear.

Allocate ‘catch up’ time to students whose absence rate falls below the schools’ threshold.

Work with other agencies to provide appropriate services for children and young people, including making referrals to social services, educational psychologists, the Connexions service etc.where relevant.

Working with families, establish appropriate and effective communication channels for the overall improvement of student attendance.

Where appropriate, to gather supporting evidence to recommend legal proceedings in cases of irregular Academy attendance, to prepare reports and to give evidence in Court.

When required, prepare reports for Senior Leadership Team, and represent the schools as required.

Become the liaison for those students who cannot attend school regularly to enable them to receive an adequate education via homework provision or other off site education provision.

Interpret data to inform the implementation of new strategies to assist the schools in dealing with absence.

Prioritise and manage a caseload, which will include complex cases involving disadvantaged students and those young people who are not accessing regular education.

Have an understanding of the support groups, activity groups and youth groups that students or parents/carers can be referred to for supplementary support.

Develop a close liaison with relevant local authorities to maximise professional working relationships, both in terms of advice and support for the schools.

Maintain thorough case notes, issue letters to parents and, if required support the Senior Leadership Team in preparing court reports.

Other

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The postholder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post. Any such duties should not substantially change the general character of the post. Duties and responsibilities outside of the general scope of this grade of post will be with the consent of the postholder.

The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with LAAT Equal Opportunities policies.

The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the LAAT Health and Safety policies and procedures.

All employees need to be aware of the possible abuse of children and vulnerable adults and if you are concerned you need to follow the Academies’ Safeguarding Policy. In addition, employees working with children have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of during their work.

What the school offers its staff

At St. Peter's C of E Primary Academy, we are deeply committed to our strong Christian vision and values that are in place to help all our children, staff, and families to flourish. The school is, and always has been, an integral part of our wonderful community, and we are incredibly dedicated to achieving the rapid and ambitious development plans that have been brought into sharper focus following the recent Ofsted inspection in April 2025.

Situed only a stone’s throw away from the beach in Cleethorpes, the positioning of the school provides a multitude of opportunities for the school and community to celebrate the school in its coastal context. As part of LAAT, we are able to be part of something bigger beyond Cleethorpes and build on our partnerships with other Trust schools to regularly share expertise so everyone can meet their potential.

Leaders are ensuring that all children and adults are fully supported and challenged to develop as individuals, and we are absolutely committed to being an inclusive school where everyone is valued and respected irrespective of their background.

Leaders are focused on bringing rapid improvement to secure the best possible outcomes for our pupils, families, staff, and community every day. Visits from potential candidates are welcome to get a sense of the school and discuss the journey to rapid improvement within the school and your part to play in this.

This role is fixed term and specifically funded by the DFE RISE project.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.