Attendance Manager

Attendance Manager - Fixed Term

Salary:
Grade 6 (SCP 15-23) |

Hours:

37 hours per week | Contract type:
Fixed Term (until 31/08/2027) | Reporting to:
Assistant Headteacher | Responsible for:
Absence management of students

Thanks to securing additional attendance funding, we are now able to offer a fixed‑term position alongside the recently advertised permanent role. This fixed‑term role is in addition to the permanent position.

The Attendance Manager will oversee the day‑to‑day absence management of all students and support the Assistant Headteacher.

• Co‑ordinate the first‑day calling process
• Be responsible for the accurate management of the academy registers
• Ensure timely and accurate communication systems for attendance
• Review trends and patterns in absence and take relevant action
• Support the Attendance Team in improving whole‑academy attendance
• Work with external partners such as the EWO as directed
• Act as the academy liaison for students attending Alternative Provision

• Ensure that academy registration systems are developed and correctly administered and report on the quality of the registers
• Produce and interpret statistical data relating to attendance patterns somn
• Be the first contact for all attendance issues crater academy
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection; report all concerns to the appropriate person
• Attend and participate in meetings as required
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the academy
• Participate in training, other learning activities and performance development as required
• Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others
• Assist in the supervision, training and development of staff
• Lead the operation of the student ‘late gate’ andWan detentions
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• Be available to staff and parents/carers for home visits to individual students
• Provide regular updates for staff — e.g. Assistant Headteacher, Pastoral Team and Form Tutors — on student attendance with targets and strategies for improvement
• with Education Welfare and other support services to improve attendance rates
• Keep up to date with current technology and oversee the training of staff in attendance and registration issues
• Work with new and supply staff to ensure that the academy system of registration is adhered to
• Participate in the development of school reward systems in relation to attendance
• Prepare and administer fixed penalty notices
• Prepare and follow up on referral forms to education welfare officers
• Complete the attendance return

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• Organise a daily check on children at risk of truanting (off site)
• Initiate and carry out periodic post‑registration truancy checks
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Provide advice and support for students returning to school after an extended period of absence
• Contact feeder primary schools and obtain relevant information about the attendance records of new students
• Act as the key point of contact in school for students on Alternative Provision
• Support student transition to Alternative Provision
• Provide reintegration support packages for students
• Have a good understanding of the additional needs of students (SEND, PP, CIC) and implement strategies to support them to attend

• Manage the academy communication systems for attendance
• Be a key point of contact for parents and carers
• Administer requests for leave of absence from parents/carers requesting time off
• Provide updates to parents/carers on the attendance of students
• Challenge reasons for absence in line with the academy policy
Ensure accurate information sharing for students who are truanting
• Plan, lead and collaborate with colleagues to deliver Early Help toontal families
• Run attendance clinics as directed by the Assistant Headteacher
• Send attendance letters in line with the academy policy

• Implement relevant…