Attendance Officer

Co-op Academies Trust; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

At Co-op Academy Southfield we are looking for an Attendance Officer to work at our inspiring school. You will track, monitor and appropriately action pupil attendance and support the school in raising attendance and punctuality.

You will work under the guidance of the Senior Deputy Head, communicating effectively with pupils, staff, parents and carers, and you will be committed to the co-operative values while modelling ICT proficiency.

Qualifications

• Be suitably qualified and meet the role requirements as defined in the Job Description & Person Specification.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Be an effective team player, whilst able to use initiative and prioritise work to deliver a consistently high standard of work.
• Be able to work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
• Be a “people person”; able to build good working relationships with, and influence, others.
• Be understand and be committed to and models the co-operative values.
• Be able to demonstrate proficiency in ICT.

Responsibilities

• Track, monitor and appropriately action pupil attendance.
• Implement the school attendance policies and procedures and support the school in raising attendance, tackling persistent, unauthorised absences and punctuality.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

ICT proficiency

Teamwork

Tools

ICT

Job description

Role Attachments Safeguarding To save jobs please log in">< Our School Key Role Information Salary £22,706pa - £26,678pa Actual salary based on 37hrs, term time plus one week Job type Full Time Contract type Permanent Closing 05/10/2026 08:00 Interview 15 October 2026 Contract term TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks Pay grade NJC Payscale | NJC7 - NJC17 Department SEND Key stage Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 Hours per week 37.00 Weeks per year 39.000 Visa sponsorship No Your Role At Co-op Academy Southfield we are looking for an Attendance Officer to work at our inspiring school. If you are an effective communicator that is able to work closely with pupils, staff, parents and carers to promote pupil attendance at school and contribute to the Co-op ways of being then we’d like to hear from you! As our Attendance Officer you will work under the guidance of the Senior Deputy Head, within an agreed system of supervision, working flexibly and in collaboration to track, monitor and appropriately action pupil attendance. You will be responsible for implementing the school attendance policies and procedures and support the school in raising attendance, tackling persistent, unauthorised absences and punctuality amongst other key accountabilities. Th e Successful Candidate Will

• Be suitability qualified and be able to meet the role requirements as defined in the Job Description & Person Specification;
• Have excellent organisational and communication skills;
• Be an effective team player, whilst able to use initiative and prioritise work to deliver a consistently high standard of work;
• Be able to work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these;
• Be a “people person”; able to build good working relationships with, and influence, others;
• Be understand and be committed to and models the co-operative values;
• Be able to demonstrate proficiency in ICT.

This role is customer facing and therefore in line with the Immigration Act 2016; all applicants must be able to demonstrate fluency of the English Language to the level defined in the Job Description. Why us? Co-op Academy Southfield offers an inclusive and inspirational learning experience for pupils aged 11-19 with a wide range of complex educational and medical needs. The academy supports pupils and pupils with Severe Learning Difficulties, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The academy is advancing its curriculum design. The staff team is working incredibly hard to implement an ambitious, purposeful and enriching curriculum which supports the individual needs of all of our pupils as they progress towards adulthood. The successful candidate will have a pivotal role in the next stage of progress. Co-op Academy Southfield is part of The Co-op Academies Trust and is co-located with Co-op Academy Grange, a mainstream secondary Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, just 15 minutes from Bradford centre. Co-op Academy Southfield caters for over 400 pupils and we are one of the largest special schools in the country