Assistant Attendance Officer

Term time only (39 weeks a year), 36 hours a week (8.30am-4.30pm). Scale 4 point 7 Actual Salary £25,604 p.a

We are looking for an organised and committed team player to assist the school’s Attendance Officer on all issues relating to the raising of student standards in attendance and punctuality.

Candidates must be able to evidence the ability to communicate effectively to students and staff and be able to demonstrate an understanding of the issues affecting students attendance and punctuality.

Previous administration experience is essential (preferably within a school) as well as GCSE English and Maths.

Why Chestnut Grove?

Our staff’s well-being and morale is of the utmost importance to us. We offer a comprehensive professional development programme, through the Wandle Learning Partnership which enables staff to progress professionally; many middle and senior leaders started at the school as (NQTs) ECTs. We also have ties with first-class external providers and speakers (Equaliteach, Football Beyond Borders, Imperial College, Craig Barton, Teacher Development Trust, UCL, to name but a few recent liaisons).

We promote workload reduction strategies, Diversity, Inclusion and Equality, staff autonomy and Support Staff Council (to ensure our support staff’s needs are heard and met).

We offer a broad Wellbeing Program, which includes:

• Annual 'Nike Day': a whole day of pampering with yoga, martial arts, art therapy, stress reduction, meditation workshops and pastoral CPD at Nike HQ
• Reflective Practice: teachers are the only profession that deals with trauma without supervision - but not at Chestnut Grove! We provide fortnightly RP sessions in which teachers can reflect and collectively problem-solve in order to develop coping strategies and improve their practice.
• Weekly yoga sessions
• Weekly staff fitness & dance session.
• Regular staff football, badminton and other sports staff elect to do

In 2019 we were awarded the Platinum Quality Mark for Professional Development and we also received the Healthy Workplace Achievement award from the Mayor of London.

The Wandle Learning Trust values the diversity of our students and is proud to inspire them through representative teaching and support staff. We aim to select all staff on merit, irrespective of race, sex, disability, age, gender reassignment, sexuality or other protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010

Further information and an application pack is available from the school’s website: www.wandlelearningtrust.org.uk/work-with-us

CLOSING DATE: Monday 14th October, 2024, at 9am

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Chestnut Grove is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment