At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage attendance records and ensure students are where they need to be every day.
- Company: Friendly school in Wakefield with a supportive team culture.
- Benefits: Consistent hours, work-life balance, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Long-term role with potential for permanent position and free training provided.
- Why this job: Be a key player in student success and contribute to their education journey.
- Qualifications: Strong admin skills, attention to detail, and good communication abilities.
The predicted salary is between 20000 - 25000 £ per year.
Wakefield | Long-term role | September start Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 4:00pm.
Previous experience essential. If you’re someone who loves keeping things organised, spotting patterns, and making sure no detail slips through the cracks, this one’s for you. We’re working with a friendly, well‑run school in Wakefield looking for an Attendance Administrator to join their team on a long‑term basis. It’s a key role at the heart of the school, helping ensure students are where they need to be, every single day.
What you’ll be doing:
- Managing daily attendance registers, ensuring accuracy and consistency
- Following up on absences, making calls and liaising with parents and carers
- Monitoring attendance data and flagging any concerns or patterns
- Supporting the wider pastoral and safeguarding teams with attendance‑related insights
- Maintaining clear, up-to‑date records in line with school policies
- Being a friendly, professional first point of contact for attendance queries
Who this role would suit:
- Someone with strong administration skills and a sharp eye for detail
- Confident using systems and managing data, experience with school MIS systems is a bonus
- A great communicator who can handle sensitive conversations with care and professionalism
- Organised, reliable, and able to manage a busy workload
- Experience working in a school or education setting is ideal, but not essential
What the school offers:
- A supportive team that values collaboration and clear communication
- A structured role with consistent hours, perfect for work‑life balance
- The opportunity to become a key part of the school community
- Long‑term stability in a well-established setting
Why this role matters:
Good attendance is at the heart of student success. Behind every accurate register and timely phone call is someone making a real difference to a young person’s education.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Protocol Education website.
Attendance Administrator in Wakefield employer: Protocol Education Ltd
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