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Holmleigh Park High School
Holmleigh Road,
Tuffley
Gloucestershire
GL4 0RT

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Lead Attendance Officer - GST-R1143

Gloucester

Job type: Support Staff - Other

Job category: Support Role - Other

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our committed Attendance team. The successful candidate will monitor and track student attendance and actively put in place measures to promote improved attendance and help maintain appropriate expectations and standards.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To lead, manage and work alongside the attendance officers to ensure all attendance related tasks are completed with rigour.
To monitor and review interventions.
To meet with the assistant headteacher for attendance on a daily basis to review and set attendance actions for the day.
To build positive relationships with all stakeholders, working together with families to overcome the barriers to attendance.
Operate the School’s computerised attendance systems.
Train teaching staff in the use of attendance system – daily roll call and lesson by lesson roll call.
Collect attendance data, which impacts upon student performance for analysis by colleagues eg, HLs, tutors.
Advise, implement and practice Attendance Policy.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of local and national attendance related guidance.
To prepare cases for penalty notices and court proceedings in line with local authority guidelines.
Collect evidence for Court proceedings.
To arrange and attend home visits to persistent poor attendees (or provide DDSL with information to do this).
To arrange and lead on meetings within school with parents to attend and discuss poor attendance.
To contact parents on a daily basis re student absence to improve the school’s attendance figures therefore impacting upon quality teaching and learning within the school.
During fire drills – ensure all students are accounted for.
Ensure registers are ready for roll call each day.
Complete AIM meeting to further support those students who have poor attendance.
Collate/collect medical evidence if applicable.
Ensure first and second stage letters are sent when trigger points are reached.
Complete any reasonable task required by GLT, the assistant headteacher for attendance or other members of the senior leadership team.
To work closely with the attendance officer and pastoral leads to support improved whole school attendance.

Please click on Apply Now and select Holmleigh Park High School in the Location search box.

Closing date for applications: 01/06/2025

Salary: NJC pay scale, points 20-25, £31,586 - £35,235 per annum (£27,239 - £30,385 per annum pro-rated)