Attendance Officer

Parkside School was judged as a GOOD school by OFSTED in October 2016 and was also shortlisted for the following awards:

· The Telegraph & Argus Education Awards – in the category of School Improvement (Highly commended)

· Sky Sports Awards for education (Top 10 schools nationally)

Parkside is a rapidly improving school situated in a rural situation, close to Haworth, West Yorkshire, with good transport links to both Bradford and Leeds. It is a popular and oversubscribed 11 to 18 co-educational school with around 1100 students on role. Due to the improvements instigated over the last two/three years and also to address the increased need for provision in the community, from September 2017, the school will be engaging in an expansion programme. This will take the school to 210 students on entry, up from the current 180 and will increase the school in size to approximately 1275 (including sixth form) over the next 5 years.

OFSTED October 2016 commented:

“Senior leaders have been successful in improving the quality of teaching and pupils’ progress since the last inspection”

“The Headteacher and his senior team lead the school with energy, drive and determination…”

“The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is good…”

“…Parents agree that their children are safe”

“Relationships between staff and pupils are very positive and the school’s expectations of behaviour are high”

“Across a broad range of subjects, pupils currently in the school are making good progress from their starting points…”

“Teaching and Learning in the sixth form are good…”

Parkside School is recruiting an Attendance Officer who will work with the Deputy Headteacher for Behaviour and Inclusion, other members of the school staff, parents, pupils and outside agencies to ensure the positive attendance of pupils across the school. The successful applicant will: 

• Be responsible for the improvement of attendance throughout the school and to meet or exceed the school attendance annual targets;
• Be responsible for the SIMS Attendance System –  monitoring and identifying truancy and absence to identify trends and to intervene appropriately;
• Act as first line of contact to parents in relation to      attendance and truancy. Telephoning parents to discuss absence in a  sensitive but firm manner and building positive relationships with parents and developing strategies to improve attendance

A calm, patient and confident manner is also desirable and your application should demonstrate how you are able to meet the job description/personnel specification and your ability to fulfil the tasks stated in the job description. The school only accepts applications on our fully completed application form. CVs are not acceptable forms of application but may accompany your fully completed application form. 

Visits are welcome and these can be arranged by contacting the Headteacher, Mr Andy Taylor, via his PA Mrs Jill Britton on jill.britton@parksideschool.net 

If you are as excited by this challenge as we are and you think this might be the role for you, please apply by following the link below, having taken note of the attachments, by the closing date of Friday 9th November 2018 at 10:00 am. 

Please note: Only first person or direct applications from candidates will be considered. Third party applications/introductions or recommendations will not be accepted by the school.

Successful candidates will be contacted for interview, which will be undertaken W/C 12th November 2018

The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer