Attendance Officer in Bristol

This is a rare Attendance Officer role in a lovely Secondary School.

Your new school

Lift Broadlands is a small secondary school in Keynsham, fostering a nurturing environment for students aged 11-16 and led by an incredible Principal, Laura Stone, who is passionate about ensuring that every student has access to an excellent education, in every classroom, every day. We're conveniently located near Bath and North East Somerset, with excellent transport links to Bristol and other surrounding areas. We are a small, mixed, fully inclusive comprehensive school and remain one of the best choices for learning in the area. For every student who attends our academy, we aim to raise their aspirations, broaden their horizons and promote a life‑long love of learning. We are an OFSTED ‘Good’ school, and benefit from a number of links with the local community and have an excellent reputation.

Your new role

The role of the Attendance Officer is critical to promoting high levels of Attendance across the school, and thereby giving all students the best possible chance of success within their education. They will work as part of the Pastoral team, administering the tracking of attendance across the school, supporting students with poor attendance through a range of intervention strategies, and liaising with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure that staff and parents are working effectively together to improve individual and whole school attendance.

What you’ll need to succeed

You will have proven experience of entering high volumes of data with a high level of administrative accuracy, analyse data and use this to inform decision making and be able to communicate clearly and effectively with multiple stakeholders. It would be desirable if you have a good understanding of the legislation around attendance, welfare and child protection and external agencies involved in promoting attendance within education. If you do have this experience and/or experience of working within an educational setting please make sure you highlight this in your supporting statement.

How we support you

At Lift Schools, we believe talent drives performance. We offer you:

• Career development and training: Access a wide range of statutory and developmental training to boost your career.
• Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
• Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships and travel deals.

If you would like a confidential discussion before applying and/or a tour of the school please contact Jessica Billows, Recruitment Manager.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.