At a Glance
- Tasks: Promote excellent attendance and support students in achieving their best.
- Company: Join the supportive community at Queen Katharine Academy.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a focus on staff wellbeing.
- Other info: Enjoy a collaborative environment with clear pathways for career progression.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while growing your career.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and a commitment to supporting young people.
The predicted salary is between 25296 - 27006 £ per year.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks (term time plus 1 week)
Working Pattern: 8am - 4pm Mon to Thurs, 8am - 3.30pm on Fridays
Salary: Pathway 4, £25,296 - £27,006 per year (FTE £29,540 - £31,537)
Site: Queen Katharine Academy
Closing date: 13th August
Start date: Asap
Your role: As Attendance Officer, you will promote excellent attendance across the academy, helping to reduce persistent absence and lateness while supporting students to achieve their best. You will maintain accurate attendance records, monitor daily attendance processes, liaise with pastoral teams and provide timely information and support to staff, students and parents. You will work closely with families, conducting meetings and home visits where needed, building positive relationships that encourage regular attendance and engagement with learning. You will also support attendance administration, including maintaining records, preparing attendance communications, managing absence procedures and assisting with documentation relating to penalty notices and attendance interventions.
To succeed in this role, you will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong organisational abilities and the confidence to work with a wide range of stakeholders. You will be able to manage competing priorities, work accurately with data and systems, and remain calm and professional when dealing with challenging situations. You will bring experience of working effectively as part of a team, alongside a genuine commitment to supporting young people and helping them overcome barriers to education. Strong IT skills, a methodical approach and an understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding are essential.
About us: At Queen Katharine Academy, our values of respect, ambition and responsibility are more than words, they shape every interaction and every decision we make. You will be joining a supportive, values-driven community where staff are trusted, developed and genuinely valued, and where collaboration sits at the centre of our success.
Why work for us? Join Thomas Deacon Education Trust and be part of a team committed to “working together to transform lives through education.”
- High-quality, ongoing professional development at every stage of your career
- Trust-wide networks for collaboration, coaching, and subject development
- Clear pathways for career progression and leadership
- A supportive induction programme, rated highly by 95% of new employees
- A culture that prioritises staff wellbeing and professional growth
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Attendance Officer in Peterborough employer: Queen Katharine Academy
At Queen Katharine Academy, you will be part of a nurturing and values-driven community that prioritises respect, ambition, and responsibility. We offer high-quality professional development, clear pathways for career progression, and a supportive induction programme, ensuring that every staff member is valued and empowered to make a difference in students' lives. Join us in our mission to transform lives through education, where your contributions are recognised and your wellbeing is a top priority.
