School Engagement Officer

Astrea Academy Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Support & progression

Central team support

Senior leadership support

CPD & career development

Further qualifications

Professional progression

Job summary

Astrea Academy Netherwood is seeking a proactive School Engagement Officer to support attendance, behaviour, and safeguarding across the campus and wider community.

You will build strong links with families, carers and partners, streamline processes for consistency, and help ensure every pupil can access high-quality education daily. The role requires organisation, reliability and collaborative working with staff and leaders.

Qualifications

• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children.
• Ability to work under direction and independently.
• Strong communication with parents and scholars.
• Aligned to Astrea values and mission.

Responsibilities

• Manage attendance and behaviour workflows.
• Build relationships with families and community.
• Support colleagues to deliver the best education possible.
• Contribute to school systems and processes to run smoothly.

Skills

Organised

Attendance management

Behaviour management

Community engagement

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

School Engagement Officer - Astrea Academy Netherwood

Do you want to be part of a team which strives to generate rapid improvement?

Are you meticulous in your approach to your own work and in securing high-quality contributions from others in the team?

Are you passionate about making sure systems and processes run smoothly and efficiently?

Astrea Academy Netherwood is an 11-16 academy which opened in September 2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Astrea Academy Netherwood is in an exciting period of development.

As School Engagement Officer, you will be consistent, dependable and organised, as well as committed to supporting your colleagues to deliver the very best education possible. This is a crucial position in our structure, as the School Engagement Officer plays a vital role in school systems relating to attendance and behaviour. The role allows the academy to build on strong relationships that have already been formed between the school and the community, fostering community cohesion, collaboration and support to ensure that all parents and scholars have the tools they need to access the very best education.

The ideal candidate will have an unstinting commitment to ensuring that all children have the right to access high quality education every day. We need someone who is organised and prepared to work hard under direction as well as under their own auspices to ensure all scholars and parents are supported within and beyond the academy.

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our scholars, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our scholars have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose.

What we offer:

• Support and progression opportunities
• Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team
• Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunity to complete further qualifications
• An unrivalled professional progression model

What we are looking for:

The successful candidate will be:

Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here

Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.

The closing date for all applications is midnight on 1st November 2026.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.