Attendance & Administration Officer

Recruiter Reeson Education Location The Ridgeway,Middlesex,United Kingdom Salary £22,196 - £28,659 Per Year, benefits package and CPD Posted 15 Jan 2026 21:53 Closes 12 Feb 2026 23:59 Reference  Sector Further Education Job Level Officer Specialism Education Studies / Teacher Training Contract Type Temporary Hours Full Time

Attendance & Administration Officer required to join a highly successful, cohesive and friendly team at a fantastic School in Engield, North London. The School has a great reputation for staff well being and have a happy, driven and dynamic workforce.

As an Attendance & Administration Officer, you will provide a specialist service to help raise achievement by improving attendance and punctuality. The promotion of positive attitudes by pupils and their families towards education and ensuring that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities, particularly where there is persistent absence.

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Duties and responsibilities:

• To apply the school's attendance and punctuality policy
• To support the school in meeting its objectives on the School Development Plan
• To assist in delivering pastoral and attendance support to students by maintaining, recording, monitoring and analysing attendance records
• To promote good attendance to students and families through the use of school systems and procedures, both in school, through written and verbal communication
• To record students who are late to school and issue detentions for lateness
• To record detentions set and follow up on non-attendance to detentions
• To monitor and record which students have achieved % attendance and no late marks , and distribute this information to the Sixth Form team
• To input data to the Inventory machine to block cards for students who can't sign out
• To monitor and enforce the sign out policy, ensuring that students only receive sign out privileges when the requirements are met
• To record those who have poor attendance and report the information to the Sixth Form team
• To allocate students to intervention sessions when their attendance drops below 90%
• To collaboratively work to improve the rate of 'outstanding' attendance of students to school and their punctuality
• To keep appropriate staff up-to-date with information
• To attend and participate in regular meetings and act as minute taker
• Attend and Assist with A level results day
• Attend and Assist with enrolment day in August
• Attend parent evenings
• To maintain productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model upholding the School Values.
• To provide feedback to staff, parents and students in relation to attendance
• To communicate with parents about their daughter's attendance by issuing letters in line with school policy and other forms of communication
• To maintain constructive relationships with parents/carers when exchanging information, meeting with families, facilitating their support for their daughter's attendance, access to learning and supporting home, school and other service links
• To update attendance records for pastoral leads
• To be first aid trained and be part of the whole school First Aid Rota
• To comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
• To complete specific daily responsibilities of the job, which will be recorded as a task list by your line manager
• To complete duties during the school week as directed by your line manager

• Have experience in attendance, entering data, analysing data and Excel
• Have prior knowledge and some understanding of SIMS
• Have good all‑round knowledge of the workings of an attendance office

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Competent with IT and the use of it to analyse data
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• Able to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help students to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning
• The courage and conviction to make a difference

• The post holder must be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.
• This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults.