Attendance Officer

About this role

John Smeaton Academy is seeking to
appoint a dedicated, resilient and highly motivated Attendance Officer to join
our pastoral team. This is a key role within the academy, focused on promoting
excellent attendance and punctuality, ensuring that every student has the
opportunity to achieve their full potential.

The successful candidate will work
closely with students, families, pastoral leaders and external agencies to
identify and remove barriers to attendance. They will monitor attendance data,
support intervention strategies, conduct home visits where required and build
positive relationships with parents and carers to improve outcomes for young
people. The role demands a proactive and compassionate individual who is
committed to making a difference in the lives of students and ensuring high
levels of attendance across the academy.

Potential applicants should have:

• Experience
  of working with young people and supporting them to overcome barriers to
  success, ideally within a secondary school environment.
• Excellent
  communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive
  relationships with students, parents/carers, colleagues and external agencies.
• A strong
  understanding of attendance processes, safeguarding responsibilities and the
  factors that can impact student attendance and wellbeing.
• The
  ability to analyse attendance data effectively and use this information to
  inform targeted intervention strategies.
• A passion
  for improving outcomes for young people, together with the drive, resilience
  and determination to make a positive difference to students’ lives.

Joining John Smeaton Academy means
becoming part of a dedicated and supportive team that is committed to
excellence, inclusion and ensuring every student has the opportunity to
succeed. If you are passionate about making a lasting difference and want to be
part of an academy on a strong and exciting journey of improvement, we would
love to hear from you.