Attendance Officer in City of Westminster

Ensuring every pupil comes to school every day is our core business. We have to be able to work together with children, their families and wider networks of professionals across the community to make it possible for every child to want to come to school every day because they feel safe, happy and successful in our care. The Secondary Attendance Officer makes this possible through leading the day-to-day administration and monitoring of pupils’ attendance and punctuality and building excellent relationships to promote attendance and remove barriers to learning. The successful candidate will be highly organised, data‑driven and committed to ensuring that every pupil attends school regularly and benefits from the opportunities available at King Solomon Academy.

We believe in aiming high, working together, being kind and leading the way. Through weekly individual coaching, year group intellectual preparation time and whole school PD, we invest in your growth and development as a teacher to ensure you can excel in creating the best possible climate for learning for our pupils to thrive in. Through our approach to professional development we can promise a successful candidate a positive and rewarding journey of growth. Through shared weekly and long‑term planning, a large number of training days and access to the resources and opportunities in the Ark network, we are able to support our teachers to thrive.

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please refer to the relevant policy documents.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exception) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. Disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment – this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.