Attendance Improvement Officer

4 weeks ago


Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom Whitstone School Full time

**Letter from our Headteacher**

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Whitstone School. This is a very exciting time for an inspirational, ambitious and organised individual to be joining our pastoral team. After two years of rapid and sustained improvement, we are now in a position to move our school towards truly outstanding provision. Our recent Ofsted inspection validated our work over the past two years and now provides us with both the foundations and springboard to move towards real excellence.

I joined Whitstone School in January 2020 and have thoroughly enjoyed working with our students, staff, parents and trustees to improve standards in all aspects of school life, develop teaching and learning and CPD as key areas of school life and forge new and exciting links with the wider community. It is clear that Whitstone School is a wonderful place to work and I am proud of what we have achieved in the past two and a half years. Our school has changed considerably over recent years, whilst also retaining the wonderful ethos which makes us unique. Student numbers are rising, our reputation within the community is strong and we are looking forward to the coming years with a sense of real excitement. Whitstone School is a fully inclusive, comprehensive school which serves the community of Shepton Mallet and surrounding areas. We are proud of our students and of the environment in which they learn, which challenges, supports and cares for them as we prepare them for the next stage of their education.

**Welcome to Whitstone School**

Whitstone School is a thriving comprehensive school offering young people the opportunity of a bright future. Our staff inspire students with their passion for teaching, their care for all learners and the desire they show to help every child to succeed. Our beautiful school site and investment in learning spaces provides an environment in which students excel.

The Whitstone School community is built upon a shared commitment to supporting our students in their goal to achieve high standards in all that they do. We believe that the education we provide equips our young people to be happy, successful adults and gives them the skills and attributes they need to be fully prepared for life after secondary school. Student conduct in lessons and around the school site is excellent. Our students tell us that this helps them to access learning and to feel safe, respected and valued.

At Whitstone School, we firmly believe that the inspiring experience our students receive in the classroom is instrumental in their learning and academic development. We are truly proud of our highly trained teachers and we place great emphasis on their continual development to ensure that the lessons our students receive are at the cutting edge of educational research and thinking. Our highly motivated and skilled staff focus relentlessly on the experience our young people receive in the classroom. We are proud of this focus on learning and see the benefit in the continued academic success of our students.

Our school community is very aware of the importance of a secure, happy and caring school environment in allow young people to succeed. Whitstone School has established an excellent reputation throughout Somerset as an inclusive and caring school; being large enough to offer an innovative and inspiring curriculum to all students, whilst of a scale that ensures all students are well-known and their needs clearly understood. Our House system, complete with student leaders, inter-House competitions and House charities, develops both a sense of belonging and encourages peer support and guidance.

**JOB DESCRIPTION: ATTENDANCE OFFICER**

**Job Title**:Attendance Improvement Officer**

**Salary Scale**: Grade 12 £17,159 (FTE £24,496)

**Job Purpose**:
To monitor and report on whole-school attendance data, analysing data to identify key areas of concern. To work closely with students, staff, parents and carers to reduce levels of absence, and act appropriately when persistent absence becomes a safeguarding issue.

**Responsibilities - The post holder will be responsible for**:
**Administration**
- Follow up on persistent unexplained absences with parents/carers, escalating issues as appropriate in line with school procedures
- Initiate and oversee the administration of absence procedures, for example letters home, attendance clinics and engagement with local authorities/other external agencies and partners
- Liaise with the Director of Inclusion to manage the process of issuing penalty notices to parents
- Maintain accurate records of communications with parents/carers and relevant interventions

**Monitoring and Reporting**
- Produce and interpret attendance reports for the Senior Leadership Team, identifying key statistics, reasons for absence and any patterns of concern
- Track attendance of vulnerable groups of students and share information with Senior Leadership Team
- Identif


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