Attendance Officer
Shenfield High School
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale 7
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/21
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2021
Job overview
Attendance Officer
Scale 7 Point 19-24
37 hours per week, term time plus inset days
£25,481 to £28,672 pro rata plus £626 Outer London fringe allowance
Actual salary £22,282 to £25,005
Required for September 2021
We are seeking to appoint an Attendance Officer to join our friendly, professional and supportive team. You will support the school by ensuring that student absence is monitored and procedures are followed to promote good attendance and positive attitudes.
We are seeking a colleague to:
• take responsibility for the administration of attendance with the ability to work with outside agencies, parents, students and key staff.
• monitor student attendance using SIMS.
• be responsible for ensuring reasons for absence are chased and logged on SIMS
• liaise with form tutors and offer advice and guidance as to how they can support their tutees in improving attendance
• hold parental meetings where attendance/punctuality is an issue
• have a clear and consistent approach to monitoring and reporting attendance
• make home visits as needed to support students and families in making improvements in attendance
• be responsible for ensuring letters and phone calls are made in a timely fashion in order to keep on top of attendance issues.
• build relationships with students, parents and relevant professionals to support and encourage attendance
• prepare necessary papers for the rare cases that proceed to court
Shenfield High School retained its “GOOD” Ofsted rating in November 2018. We are a co-educational 11-18 academy school with a commitment to high standards, a holistic approach, student wellbeing and learning for life. We expect all staff to share this philosophy. Shenfield is conveniently and pleasantly situated close to Shenfield mainline station to London Liverpool Street - and what will be the eastern terminus of Crossrail’s Elizabeth Line - the towns of Brentwood and Billericay and to the Essex countryside.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure check and positive references.
Application details from the School’s website: www.shenfield.essex.sch.uk
Closing date: Monday 28th June at 9am.
Attached documents
About Shenfield High School
Shenfield High School is a co-educational, non-denominational 11-18 secondary school located in Brentwood, Essex. At its most recent inspection there were 1,145 students aged 11-18 on the school roll, 350 of whom studied in the sixth form. The area of Shenfield has a population of 5,500 and is serviced by a station on the Liverpool Street Line, which will be the final stop on the Crossrail Elizabeth Line.
Shenfield High School was opened in 1962 and converted to academy status in 2012.
The school is underpinned by its philosophy of "Learning for Life" and promotes Learning, Respoect, Responsibility, Security, community & Success as its key values.
Headteacher
Clare Costello
Values and vision
Shenfield High School has a deep-rooted tradition of providing a rounded educational experience for students, supported by a strong set of values. The secondary school emphasises high aspirations, mutual respect and learning as a lifelong journey.
Shenfield High School is an open and welcoming environment, with buildings set in more than 20 acres of playing fields next to open farmland. The well-equipped classrooms and specialist areas ensure that students have pleasant, spacious accommodation for working, studying and leisure, with the convenience of all facilities being on site.
Ofsted report
“There is a real sense of 'Team Shnners' among all staff, who have tremendous pride in their school....the staff are overwhelmingy positive about the future"
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