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Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre
Warden Hill Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL51 3EF

Tel: 01242 235555

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Attendance Administrator

Cheltenham

Start date: September 2025
Contract: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET), Permanent
Responsible to: Attendance Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cheltenham Bournside School as an Attendance Administrator. We are looking to appoint an Attendance Administrator to work within our Attendance Team.

Attendance Administrator will work as part of a dedicated team of staff who track, mintervene, and provide administrative support to ensure our students are attending as often as they can and get the very most out of their time with us.

The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills and have the ability and desire to communicate with students, staff and parents as part of this role.

Job Description
Purpose

To promote excellent attendance and punctuality and reduce levels of absence at our school.

Specific Responsibilities

To follow and apply the school Attendance Policy
To support the work of the Pastoral team to improve the attendance of our students
To work collaboratively with the Pastoral team to reduce lateness to school
To work with parents/carers in improving their child’s attendance record
To monitor and log school communication related to student absence
To analyse and interpret information relating to attendance patterns and identify key areas for pastoral intervention
To support the Pastoral team and Attendance Officer to write and send communications home related to student attendance and punctuality
To assist and check records prior to the census to ensure that school attendance is accurate and up to date
To monitor attendance of vulnerable groups and liaise with SEND/Pastoral team
To have an overview of the daily registers ensuring that they are completed, and no missing marks or unexplained absences remain
To maintain punctuality records and liaise with the Pastoral team regarding necessary interventions
To prepare the school fire registers each morning to be used in emergency evacuations
To act as a Fire Marshall when the school has an emergency evacuation to ensure that Pastoral and other leaders are provided with registers to check and reconcile
To maintain the signing in/out student logs at student reception
Oversee the coding of students who may be absent from school for approved off site activities

Person Specification
Qualification
Essential:

GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths

Experience, understanding and knowledge
Essential:

Understanding or the willingness to learn about school
attendance including relevant legislation
Competent user of Microsoft Office packages including
Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable:

Experience of the role
Experience working in an education environment or similar public service context

Please click on Apply Now to view the full Job Description and Person Specification and download an application pack, or request one via the email address to the right of this advert.

If you would like to apply, please complete the online forms and email them via the email address to the right of this advert by the application deadline.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30th June 2025 at 9am

Salary: Actual salary £20,619 - £21,612 annual gross pro rata (Based on Grades D3-6) Pay award pending