Job Description

Applications for this role must be made on the Pendle Education Trust application form found at https://www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/page/?title=Staff+Vacancies&pid=39



A key member of the operational leadership team you will lead the attendance and admissions functions of the school, contributing to a culture of educational excellence, within a caring and safe environment

Role Responsibilities

1. Provide leadership and operational management of the attendance and admissions functions of the school.

2. Improve pupil attendance and punctuality, promoting and supporting high levels of attendance.

3. Develop a strong culture of attendance across the school community.

4. Manage pupil attendance by providing an effective and complementary support service which addresses the needs of pupils and helps them to raise their levels of attainment and achievement through improved attendance.

5. Effective communication to all staff to ensure that a drive to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence permeates all aspects of the school.

6. Build strong relationships with parents / carers whilst providing appropriate support and

challenge

7. Create and maintain effective multi-agency working to improve and sustain good attendance to school.

8. Be responsible for the accurate and statutorily compliant maintenance of the attendance

registers.

9. Oversee the day-to-day administration of pupils' attendance, providing daily, weekly, half termly, termly reports and analysis of attendance data to school colleagues and other appropriate partners as required.

10. Ensure that all attendance related record-keeping fulfils statutory requirements up to the level and standard required for appropriate legal action and presentation in court as required.

11. Ensure adherence to all trust and department for education attendance guidance and

statutory requirements.

12. Work with colleagues, pupils, parents and external agencies to identify and resolve barriers to

regular attendance, putting in place trust procedures and locally innovative solutions to address

them.

13. Work alongside the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that pupils are rewarded for attendance.

14. Make home visits, run parent groups and promote closer links to the school with

parents/carers and the community.

15. Act as deputy designated safeguarding lead within the school and play a key role in

safeguarding pupils where attendance is a concern.

16. Support and provide CPD to all staff on attendance improvement

17. Identify and track students at risk of low attendance from medical conditions and ensure

evidential records are maintained for students identified as persistent absentees, or at risk of becoming so

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to 40,777.00 per year

Work Location: In person