Attendance Officer at Talbot Primary School

Role: Attendance Officer

School: Talbot Primary School

Hours: 37 hours, term time only, permanent

**Salary**: Poole Grade E

SCP 7 to 11, £25,584 to £27,269 FTE

£21,907 to £23,350 pro rata

Closing date: 14 March 2025 at midday

Interview date: 18 March 2025

Start date: 22 April 2025

Job/person summary

Role remit:

- administer all information relating to student attendance to maintain school attendance targets
- work with and provide attendance-related information, data and statistics to major stakeholders on the school’s attendance figures, e.g. school’s teachers, Senior Leadership Team, and the BCP’s Education Welfare Service (EWS)

The successful applicant will be able to:

- monitoring attendance with reports to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team
- representing school at meetings and legal proceedings
- formal letter writing, writing up reports
- liaison between Parents/Carers, all staff, Governors and external agencies
- provide excellent all-round administrative support to the school as a whole including the Headteacher, SENDCo and the Office Team
- diary management via Microsoft Outlook
- maintain confidential databases including Bromcom Management Information System
- organising and maintaining effective filing/file management systems
- ensuring all Safeguarding matters that may be disclosed to you are logged correctly

Talbot Primary is an ambitious, friendly and happy school for children aged 4 to 11 years. We were graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted (January 2022). The school is looking for an inspirational and enthusiastic Attendance Officer to join our team. Wellbeing is at the heart of our leadership, and we strive for excellence in all we do and a healthy work/life balance.

Our school is the heart of its community; our vision of Talbot being a place ‘where children thrive and achieve’, is embedded in all that we do for our pupils and the wider community. We are a safe and happy school committed to ensuring that all our children have the best possible education during this vital time of their lives. We are a 3-form community primary school, which provides education for Reception children (Age 4) to Year 6 (Age 11), situated on the beautiful South Coast. We are located in an urban setting and set within extensive playing fields and grounds, including a beautiful indoor swimming pool, Forest School and a large, productive garden, which is used to grow fruit, vegetables and sensory planting.

Visits to the school prior to interview are strongly encouraged, please contact the school on 01202 513981 to arrange a school visit.

HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with currently 37 academies across the South Coast. Linked to 6 community-based partnerships, there are 34 primary academies, 2 secondary and 1 hospital school.

‘All about the Child’

At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do. We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children.

‘What about Sam’

Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child. By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.

We can offer you:

- excellent CPD opportunities and training and development programmes
- in-house teaching school
- an individual induction programme supported by a mentor
- networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff
- eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
- generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
- free eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment, where all conditions are met
- opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy
- access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages
- access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup
- free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members
- a supportive and approachable SLT and staff team

Application procedure:
Safeguarding:
All schools with the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Greenway Partnership

The Greenway Partnership is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust. At the Hamwic Education Trust we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education.

We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people.

We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff and our middle and senior leaders.

Our staff have opportunities to work on cross phase projects and to work in other schools within the