Attendance Officer

Job Title: Attendance Officer
Location: Haringey, London
Contract: Full-Time
Start Date: ASAP

A well-established secondary school in Haringey is seeking an experienced and proactive Attendance Officer to join their team immediately.

This is a key role within the school, responsible for promoting excellent attendance, monitoring student punctuality and absence, and working closely with families, staff and external agencies to improve outcomes for students.

The Role:

• Monitor and track daily student attendance and punctuality.

• Accurately input and manage attendance data using SIMS.

• Follow up on first-day absences and unexplained absences.

• Produce attendance reports for senior leadership and pastoral teams.

• Work closely with Heads of Year and safeguarding leads to address persistent absence.

• Liaise with parents/carers to support improved attendance.

• Support with attendance meetings and documentation.

Essential Requirements:

• Previous experience working in a school setting (secondary preferred).

• Strong working knowledge and proficiency in SIMS.

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.

• Confident communication skills when dealing with parents and external agencies.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage sensitive information confidentially.

The School Offers:

• A supportive and collaborative senior leadership team.

• A welcoming and inclusive school community.

• An opportunity to make a direct impact on student engagement and achievement.

If you are an experienced Attendance Officer available for an immediate start and confident using SIMS within a secondary school environment, we would love to hear from you.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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