Attendance Manager

Pencoedtre High School is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic attendance manager to provide support to the school's pastoral and administrative departments in dealing with attendance issues. The focus is to improve pupil attendance, improve inclusion of targeted pupils and promote pupil progress.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake administrative work, support pupils and families, and monitor pupils absent without a valid reason, linking in and working closely with the school's leadership team and with the local authority.

The Attendance Manager will oversee the whole school attendance strategy and graduated response. They will work closely with the Heads of Year to improve attendance across the school.

This is an exciting opportunity which requires the successful applicant to be highly organised, competent, and accurate at meeting deadlines.

It is an exciting time to join Pencoedtre High School as we have transitioned into a new £35 million, state-of-the-art 21st Century School. We continue, as a school, to make innovative changes to continue our drive for school improvement and maximise the opportunities for the children and young people in our school. The successful candidate will be joining an enthusiastic, committed, supportive and solution-focused team.

For further information please refer to the job description and person specification.

Grade 6 pro rata SCP 14-19 £ 29,540 - £32,061 37 hours / 39 weeks

Term time only, including INSET days.

Pencoedtre High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.