Education, Welfare and Attendance Officer - Permanent Part-Time (25 hrs per week)

The postholder must at all times carry out his/her duties and responsibilities 

within the spirit of Tapton School Academy Trust Policies and within the 

framework of the Education Act 2002, and School Standards and Framework Act 

1998 with particular regard to the statutory responsibilities of the Governing 

Bodies of Schools. 

Attendance monitoring under the direction of the Inclusion Manager 

• Ensure that school/s continue to improve the attendance of students by challenging 

absence accordingly. 

• Undertake home visits to those students that are persistently absent, identifying reasons 

for non-attendance, working closely with families and others to achieve regular 

attendance. 

• Monitor attendance of key students, provide immediate response in the event of an 

absence, liaising with the Inclusion Manager to ease return to school with appropriate 

support. 

• Attend parents’ evenings and whole school events. 

• To meet parents on a regular basis to discuss attendance strategies and draft parental 

agreements. 

• To attend Attendance Panel Meetings alongside other school representatives and 

representative from the MAST Team. 

• To provide guidance, support and advice to all staff regarding the attendance protocols 

and procedures for the school including statutory legislation 

• Provide advice and support to families in identifying and understanding barriers to 

students achieving their full potential. 

• Apply a range of persistent and pro-active approaches to engage with families with 

a range of needs who may be resistant to using services. 

• To identify risks to good school attendance and ensure effective measures are in 

place to reduce or eliminate risk. 

• To support the LA’s legal response to non-attendance including decisions on 

penalty notices and court referrals 

• Aid transition from Primary to Secondary for students where attendance is a 

concern. 

• To undertake Attendance interviews in school with individual students. 

• To alert the Inclusion Manager to any concern/issues relating to student welfare 

identified whilst working with students and/or parent/carers. 

• The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and students and 

provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential to the role 

Attendance Reporting 

• Monitor the systems and procedures for monitoring and recording absence to ensure 

best practice 

• Ensure the accurate and timely reporting and analysis of all attendance data 

• Provide accurate attendance information to school management, and other agencies as 

appropriate 

• Maintain accurate records of parental meetings, home visits and actions proposed to 

support the work of the Inclusion Manager and to support the preparation of cases for 

further action. 

• Any other duties and responsibilities appropriate to the grade and role

All the above duties and responsibilities to be carried out in accordance with 

Tapton School Academy Trust Policies, Standing Orders and current legislation 

with an emphasis on Customer Care, Equal Opportunities, Data Protection and 

Health and Safety

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• To work within the remit of the school attendance policy and procedure to improve levels of 

student attendance. To work with students and their parents/carers, to re-engage these children 

with education. 

• Good standard of literacy & numeracy 

• Experience in Local Authority/Multi Agency environment 

• Ensure that school/s continue to improve the attendance of students by challenging absence 

accordingly. 

• Undertake home visits to those students that are persistently absent, identifying reasons for nonattendance, working closely with families and others to achieve regular attendance. 

• Monitor attendance of key students, provide immediate response in the event of an absence, 

liaising with the Inclusion Manager to ease return to school with appropriate support. 

• Attend parents’ evenings and whole school events. 

• To meet parents on a regular basis to discuss attendance strategies and draft parental 

agreements. 

• To attend Attendance Panel Meetings alongside other school representatives and representative 

from the MAST Team. 

• To provide guidance, support and advice to all staff regarding the attendance protocols and 

procedures for the school including statutory legislation 

• Provide advice and support to families in identifying and understanding barriers to students 

achieving their full potential. 

• Apply a range of persistent and pro-active approaches to engage with families with a range of 

needs who may be resistant to using services. 

• To identify risks to good school attendance and ensure effective measures are in place to reduce 

or eliminate risk. 

• To support the LA’s legal response to non-attendance including decisions on penalty notices and 

court referrals 

• Aid transition from Primary to Secondary for students where attendance is a concern. 

• To undertake Attendance interviews in school with individual students. 

• To alert the Inclusion Manager to any concern/issues relating to student welfare identified whilst 

working with students and/or parent/carers. 

• The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and students and provide advice in 

accurate spoken English is essential to the role 

• Attendance Reporting

• Monitor the systems and procedures for monitoring and recording absence to ensure best 

practice 

• Ensure the accurate and timely reporting and analysis of all attendance data 

• Provide accurate attendance information to school management, and other agencies as 

appropriate 

• Maintain accurate records of parental meetings, home visits and actions proposed to support the 

work of the Inclusion Manager and to support the preparation of cases for further action. 

All the above duties and responsibilities to be carried out in accordance with Tapton 

School Academy Trust Policies, and current legislation with an emphasis on Customer 

Care, Equal Opportunities, Data Protection and Health and Safety