At a Glance
- Tasks: Promote excellent attendance and support students and families to overcome barriers.
- Company: Flegg High Ormiston Academy, dedicated to changing lives and building futures.
- Benefits: Generous pension, wellbeing support, professional development, and flexible working arrangements.
- Other info: Join a passionate team committed to creating a thriving school community.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while growing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience with vulnerable children, strong organisational skills, and ability to build relationships.
The predicted salary is between 32625 - 39875 £ per year.
About This Role
Work where it matters most, achieve what matters more. Be part of a team where passion meets purpose, as we work together where the challenge is greatest to change the lives and build the futures of children and young people. We are looking to recruit an Attendance Officer who will play a key role in promoting excellent attendance and punctuality across the school.
Working closely with pupils, families, and staff, you will support children and families to remove barriers to attendance, ensuring pupils are safe, engaged, and able to access learning. As Attendance Officer, you will join our pastoral team who play a key role in improving student attendance across the academy.
You'll get to know pupils and families, picking up the phone, writing letters, and visiting homes to understand why a pupil isn't in school — and working out what will help. You'll dig into attendance data to spot patterns early, run group work and interventions for pupils and families, and build strong relationships with Norfolk County Council, the Youth Offending Team, Safer Schools, Social Services, and colleagues across the Academy's pastoral team.
We're looking for someone who can build empathetic relationships with children and families even in difficult conversations — who's also organised, self‑motivated, and confident working with data. You'll need to be resilient under pressure, comfortable collaborating across teams and agencies. Experience working with vulnerable children or young people is a real advantage.
About The Academy
Flegg High Ormiston Academy has an excellent profile locally and has won many prestigious awards. We actively promote development of the whole child, as well as ensuring access to a broad and balanced curriculum and excellent extra‑curricular opportunities. Quite simply, we believe that every member of Flegg High Ormiston Academy has the right to be happy, safe and successful.
Why Work for Ormiston?
- Our vision is to create a school system where every child thrives, regardless of background.
- Our people are at the heart of our approach – they are our greatest asset.
- We exist to provide the best learning opportunities every day, in every school for every child.
- If you join us at Ormiston, whatever your role, you can be sure of a role with purpose and meaning.
- The opportunity to build on the legacy of those who came before – being part of one of the longest standing Trusts, created with the sole purpose of enabling children and young people to thrive.
- Working for a Trust nationally recognised for its impact on disadvantaged children – a rewarding, stimulating career where staff are challenged to be the best they can be, for the pupils we are proud to serve.
- Being part of a team and community where you belong – receiving bespoke and holistic support from a well‑resourced and ambitious network of experts and professionals that work at the heart of communities.
- A supportive environment to grow your career – an extensive professional development programme, alongside flexible working arrangements and generous benefits.
We value the contribution of every colleague and offer a range of benefits designed to support your career, wellbeing and work-life balance. Benefits include automatic pay progression, a generous pension scheme, wellbeing support, exclusive discounts, Blue Light Card access and our cycle-to-work scheme.
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