Job Description

Overview

Springfield School is seeking a caring, well-qualified, and highly motivated individual to join our team as an Attendance Assistant. This is a one-year fixed term position offering an excellent opportunity to contribute to a thriving and supportive school community.

The successful candidate will benefit from a wide range of continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities and will play a key role in supporting student engagement and success.

Springfield is a popular and high-performing 11-16 school. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good', across the board in April 2025.

JOB PURPOSE:

Day to day management of the school's attendance policy under the direction of the line manager.

It is expected that the Attendance Assistant will liaise closely with other members of the pastoral support teams within school and be able to administer first-aid, if required.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

To actively promote the school's Equal Opportunities Policy and observe the standard of conduct which prevents discrimination taking place

To maintain awareness of and commitment to the school's Equal Opportunity Policies in relation to both employment and service delivery

To fully comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 etc, the School's Health and Safety Policy and all locally agreed safe methods of work

At the discretion of the Headteacher, such other activities as may from time to time be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above

To work with colleagues to achieve service plan objectives and targets

To participate in Employee Development schemes, and Performance Management and contribute to the identification of own team development needs

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES

ATTENDANCE:

Daily management of attendance registers Retrieve attendance information from the school's database as required Making first day contact by telephone with the parents of pupils who are absent Record accurately the contact made and transferring the necessary information to the appropriate registers and staff Receive calls from parents/carers with information regarding absence and any other relevant matters that need to be referred Liaise with the Education Welfare Officer Notify parents of absences from exams/required coursework or attendance at an INSET day Assisting all staff with enquiries concerning attendance reports, timetable and whereabouts of pupils Assist with all tasks associated with the running of the Welfare Officer as required Respond to children's social care where any absence concerns a child in care or who has an allocated social worker

FIRST-AID/WELFARE:

To attend to pupils and staff if taken ill or injured, administering first-aid and arranging, on the authorisation of the Headteacher, for the individual to go to hospital, to the doctor or home Maintenance of the accident book, medical tracker and records as required by legislation and in line with school policy To be a positive role model for pupils To be available to listen to pupil's concerns and respond appropriately

GENERAL SUPPORT:

Report pupil and school issues in line with the School's policies for health and safety, child protection, behaviour management etc. Attend meetings and training sessions as required Be involved in extra curricular activities, e.g. open days, presentation evenings Be willing to support the pastoral team with home visits for vulnerable students in exceptional circumstances

*Note that accountability for the school's attendance and safeguarding training sits with the Deputy Headteacher i/c Behaviour, Attendance and Safeguarding

The list of duties in the job description should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. There will be other duties and requirements associated with your job and, in addition, as a term of your employment you may be required to undertake various other duties as may reasonably be required.

Kindly note you will be an employee of The De Curci Trust. Your duties will be as set out in the above job description but please note that the Trust reserves the right to update your job description, from time to time, to reflect changes in, or to, your job.

You will be consulted about any proposed changes.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 21,179.65-22,248.18 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/07/2025
Reference ID: Attendance Assistant
Expected start date: 03/09/2025