Academic Attendance Specialist

3 weeks ago

Barnet, Greater London, United Kingdom Reeson Education Full time
Attendance Officer Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Attendance Officer to join our team at a fantastic Girls School in Barnet, North London. The School has a great reputation for staff well-being and has a happy, driven, and dynamic workforce.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide a specialist service to help raise achievement by improving attendance and punctuality.
  • Promote positive attitudes by pupils and their families towards education and ensure that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities.
  • Contact parents if an explanation for absence is not received.
  • Notify the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) of any concerns regarding individual pupil attendance.
  • Respond appropriately to pupil requests for leave during the school term.
  • Ensure that prompt, consistent, and rigorous intervention with poor attendance is robust.
  • Have responsibility for monitoring the attendance of most vulnerable students.
  • Meet with school staff, pupils, and on occasion parents to establish the reasons for non-attendance/poor punctuality and agree a plan with appropriate strategies and timescales to tackle the issues.
  • Manage the process of addressing poor attendance.
  • Follow up referrals relating to school attendance in accordance with the attendance policy.
  • Communicate with parents/carers or local authority as required.
  • Contact parents to discuss concerns and coordinate appointments for attendance meetings.
  • Liaise with students and parents to improve attendance.
Requirements:
  • Experience in attendance, entering data, analysing data, and Excel.
  • Prior knowledge and some understanding of SIMS.
  • Good all-round knowledge of the workings of an attendance office.
Personal Qualities:
  • Effective leadership worker: helpful, friendly, and able to make good judgements and lead when required.
  • Adaptable, organised, and able to work with minimum supervision.
  • Demonstrates resilience, motivation, and commitment to high standards of work and achieving excellence.
  • Approachable, flexible, calm, and caring with a 'can-do' attitude.
  • Understands the importance of confidentiality and discretion.
  • Keen to learn and develop own skills.
Skills:
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Competent with IT and the use of it to analyse data.
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
  • Able to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help students to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning.
  • The courage and conviction to make a difference.
Additional Information:
  • The post holder must be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.
  • This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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