At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and promote excellent attendance, working closely with pupils and families.
- Company: Join Penk Valley Academy Trust, dedicated to collaborative learning and student success.
- Benefits: Access to CPD, career progression, pension scheme, gym discounts, and more.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities across 7 schools for career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives by improving their engagement and achievement.
- Qualifications: Strong communication skills and a passion for building positive relationships.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Penk Valley Academy Trust is the local academy Trust for several schools. The Trust’s vision and ethos is encapsulated in our motto ‘Learning Together’. Our main aim is to work collaboratively and take collective responsibility for ensuring that every child and young person in our Trust receives an excellent education, achieves high outcomes and realises their potential. All members of staff work incredibly hard to provide the very best education for every child in our care.
We are seeking an organised, proactive, and professional Attendance Officer to support and promote excellent attendance across The Rural Enterprise Academy. The successful candidate will work closely with pupils, families, pastoral staff, and external agencies, and will play a key role in monitoring attendance, identifying concerns, and implementing strategies to improve pupil engagement and achievement.
Key Responsibilities:- Maintain accurate attendance records and analyse attendance data to identify trends and concerns.
- Follow up on absences and carry out attendance-related interventions.
- Support safeguarding procedures related to attendance issues.
- Build positive relationships with pupils, families, pastoral staff and external agencies.
- Implement strategies to improve pupil engagement and achievement related to attendance.
- Strong communication, administrative and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build positive relationships while maintaining high expectations.
- Experience with monitoring and improving attendance (preferred but not mandatory).
- Access to first class CPD opportunities.
- Genuine opportunities for career progression – with 7 schools within the academy.
- Professional assistance – access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Pension – automatic enrolment into Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Discounted gym memberships.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Free will writing service.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and responsibility. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. All staff working in the School during the school day will have contact with children and will therefore be in regulated activity. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
