Attendance Support Assistant
Leeds East Academy
Leeds East Academy, South Parkway, Seacroft, Leeds, LS14 6HA
- £23,834 - £25,855 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- C1 – Actual Salary £23,834 to £25,855
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Upon successful completion of pre-employment checks
- Apply by:
- 2 December 2024
Job overview
Post Reference: 2543
Academy: Leeds East Academy
Job Title: Attendance Support Assistant
Grade: C1 – Actual Salary £23,834 to £25,855
Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days
Monday-Thursday 07:30 – 15:30 & Friday 07:30-15:00
Accountable to: Attendance Leader
Role:
Monitor and report on student attendance with an impact on improvement and incentive to ensure the whole school attendance is in line or above national average. Be responsible for co-ordinating home visits for all students to ensure they are pro-active and impactful.
Purpose of job:
Contribute to a key objective of the Academy Development and Improvement Plan, to achieve the highest standards of pupil achievement, through supporting increasing attendance rates.
To develop and maintain effective partnership, working with parents/carers with a commitment to safeguarding, improving attendance and promoting the welfare of children.
Responsible for improving the whole school attendance, so that it is in line with the national averages.
Duties and Responsibilities:
To monitor and support attendance across the academy in conjunction with the Attendance Leader, identifying and prioritising focus areas:
· To attend and provide information for meetings with the attendance team.
· To support the Attendance Officers with attendance meetings at the family home and school, discuss and support with attendance issues.
· To lead, track and monitor home visits all students, including liaising with the cluster.
· To work with the pastoral team to ensure home visits are impactful and promote positive attendance.
· With the Attendance Officers plan and agree strategies to target improvements in attendance for specific students.
· To keep meticulous records of actions and outcomes, which may be called upon in court cases.
· To proactively and independently manage a caseload as agreed with the Attendance Leader.
· To assist Attendance Officer in the monitoring of progress of Legal Orders, including Education Supervision Orders, Parenting Order and School Attendance Service and any other legal requirements.
· To be available as a point of contact for families.
· To support the Attendance Officer, organise communication home including letters.
· To have good knowledge of current attendance, headline data and emerging themes.
· Ensure all the absence of students is addressed in line with the Department of Educations (DFE) working together to improve attendance guidance.
· Reinforce expectations of attendance through daily monitoring calls.
· Ensure contacts are logged using the academy’s MIS system (Arbor).
· To monitor the daily lates to the academy ensuring that the lates procedure is followed.
· To work with the attendance team to manage the signing in and out process for students entering and leaving the academy, to ensure we follow safeguarding procedures.
· To assist the Attendance Leader to track and monitor student attendance at Alternative Provision, by regular contact with home and the academy and intervene when a student is not attending.
Part of White Rose Academies Trust - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure an Ofsted rating of World Class.
We are securing our vision for World Class by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists and passionate leaders with the shared goal of transforming future prospects for the next generation in West Yorkshire.
The trust currently employs over 500 members of staff and is responsible for educating and developing almost 4,000 students between the ages of 3 to 16. The trust consists of three secondary schools - Leeds City Academy, Leeds East Academy and Leeds West Academy, and also welcomed its first primary school Alder Tree Primary Academy on 1st December 2020.
We believe the trust is a highly desirable place of work for an ambitious professional, who will be joining one of the most supportive and talented teams in the country.
Closing Date: Monday 2nd December 2024, at 9am
Shortlisting: Monday 2nd December 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 2nd December 2024
Start Date: Upon successful completion of pre-employment checks
For further information about this role, and working for the Trust, please see below link to the WRAT Recruitment Pack, and Job Description and Person Specification.
https://candidates.every.education/Vacancies/Details?advertKey=b60461d9-9314-4189-a657-db91cfeac04b
White Rose Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. Applications are welcome from all, irrespective of sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.
About Leeds East Academy
Leeds East Academy – Everyone Exceptional
A mixed, non-selective, non-denominational, 11-16 academy, situated in Seacroft, Leeds in West Yorkshire. There are 1025 students on the school roll.
Leeds East Academy is a diverse and vibrant school community which was judged as ‘Good’ during May 2019 across all areas of the Ofsted framework. In the Ofsted report inspectors commented; "Leaders' aspirations for the school are high. They are determined that all of their pupils, regardless of background, will achieve as highly as possible. Leaders have created an ambitious and optimistic culture across the school".
Our vision for the academy is simply, ‘everyone exceptional’ and we pride ourselves on ensuring that all students receive the very best pastoral care and academic support to achieve this. Housed within a state-of-the-art school building, Leeds East Academy is now the premier choice of school for families in the local area. Leeds East Academy is also a highly desirable and dynamic establishment for ambitious education professionals, who will be joining a forward-thinking organisation committed to securing the highest educational, professional and personal standards for the community we serve.
Part of The White Rose Academies Trust - the most rapidly improved family of schools in the region - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure an Ofsted rating of outstanding by 2022.
We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.
The White Rose Academies Trust is a local Trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.
The Trust employs over 300 outstanding professionals who are committed to unlocking the potential of the next generation.
We benefit hugely from our sponsor, Leeds City College Group, which is one of the largest and most successful FE/HE College Groups in the UK. Our sponsor provides leadership and operational support and advice to all our Academies. They also share our vision of creating a truly Outstanding Trust.
Principal
Mr Danny Bullock
Values and vision
Leeds East Academy is determined that every student reaches their full potential. It is committed to providing a safe, caring and purposeful learning environment that is at the heart of the local community and developing successful students who contribute fully to the Academy and the wider community. The secondary school aims to inspire confident young people with a ‘can do’ attitude and to celebrate the principles of high achievement, respect and the inclusion of all students.
Leeds East Academy has four LEA Core Values promoting: Resilience, Integrity, Trust and Ambition. These values underpin everything the Academy does on a daily basis, ensuring that all students and staff know the role that they have to play in both the school and the wider community as a whole.
Ofsted
“The Executive Principal’s aspirational vision and determination, supported by high-quality Academy leaders and the highly effective local accountability board and Academy Trust has ensured the Academy has improved considerably and rapidly. Teaching is improving quickly across all subjects because teachers are well supported by their leaders and managers. The behaviour of students around the Academy and in classes has been transformed.”
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