Attendance Officer

Attendance Officer

Location: Luton
Start Date: ASAP
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time + 5 INSET Days (39 weeks)
Salary: £27,673 – £30,020 actual salary

Working Hours

Monday – Thursday: 7:45am – 3:45pm
Friday: 7:45am – 3:15pm
Lunch: 30 minutes

Forever Education is working with a successful and forward-thinking secondary school in Luton that is looking to appoint an experienced and proactive Attendance Officer to join its established pastoral and attendance team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about improving outcomes for young people and understands the important role that excellent attendance and punctuality play in a student's education.

The Role

Working alongside an experienced Attendance Officer and a senior member of the school's leadership team, you will play a key role in monitoring and improving whole-school attendance and punctuality.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring daily attendance and punctuality and identifying areas of concern.
• Maintaining accurate attendance records and ensuring information is kept up to date.
• Analysing attendance data to identify patterns, trends and individual pupils requiring additional support.
• Communicating regularly with parents and carers regarding attendance and punctuality.
• Managing challenging or sensitive conversations professionally and confidently.
• Working closely with teaching, pastoral and senior leadership staff to support pupils with attendance concerns.
• Supporting strategies and interventions designed to improve whole-school attendance.
• Building positive relationships with pupils and families while maintaining high expectations.
• Completing relevant attendance administration and producing reports when required.

Personal Specification

The school are looking for someone who is organised, resilient and confident, with excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues.

You will ideally have:

• Strong administrative experience and excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working with and interpreting data.
• The ability to identify trends and use information to support attendance improvement strategies.
• Confidence communicating with parents and carers, including handling difficult or challenging conversations.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• A proactive approach with the ability to use your own initiative and problem-solve.
• A genuine interest in supporting young people and improving educational outcomes.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a busy and supportive team.

Previous school attendance experience would be advantageous; however, training will be provided for the successful candidate.

About the School

• You'll be joining a welcoming secondary school with a supportive working environment and opportunities for professional development.
• Rated “Good” by ofsted
• Staff benefits include access to excellent on-site gym facilities, wellbeing initiatives, employee discounts and additional staff recognition schemes.
• Car park on site
• Excellent transport links

If you are interested in this Attendance Officer opportunity, interviews can be arranged over the summer holidays  with the Senior Leadership team.

Apply for this Attendance Officer opportunity by sending your CV to Katie at Forever Education You will be contacted by your personal consultant (if shortlisted)

Forever Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all candidates to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check