Strategic Attendance Officer
Samuel Ward Academy
Suffolk
- £26,409 - £28,624 pro rata
- New
- Salary:
- Grade 4, SP 9-12 (FTE: £26,409 - £28,624 / Actual: £22,082 - £23,934 per annum)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 5 January 2025
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a Strategic Attendance Officer to foster a sense of belonging across the school, promoting safeguarding and high attendance through the effective working with students, families, pastoral support services and other agencies, analysing data to guide interventions and evaluate their impact.
The successful candidate will closely monitor attendance statistics, identify trends and intervene appropriately in conjunction with our Attendance Administrators. They will strive to create a warm, safe and welcoming ‘support first’ school environment for students that celebrates and rewards high and improved attendance.
They will identify and understand attendance barriers and be consistent in attendance communication and make sure everyone is aware of the attendance and punctuality expectations of the students.
Closing date: 09:00am, 5th January 2025
Interview date: w/c 6th January 2025
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.
In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.
Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.
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About Samuel Ward Academy
Samuel Ward Academy is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in Suffolk, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Haverhill has approximately 1,182 students on record. The Unity Schools Partnership Multi-Academy Trust has a partnership with schools across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Havering.
Formerly Samuel Ward Arts and Technology College, Samuel Ward Academy converted to academy status in 2010. It was identified as good by Ofsted in its most recent inspection in 2022.
Headteacher
Tom Johnston
Values and vision
Samuel Ward Academy’s vision is to inspire student’s love for learning and build their confidence and responsibility as independent learners, who achieve to the highest of their abilities. The Suffolk secondary school nurtures supportive relationships and wants students to feel valued during their time learning. New students are allocated a learning coach and teamed with a small group of peers, enabling for them to settle into the new environment and develop new friendships. Mutual respect and supportive relationships are fostered at the school, with success celebrated. The school has the core values of compassion, hope, justice, respect, wisdom, courage, resilience, integrity and responsibility. Samuel Ward Academy encourages students to participate in enrichment activities to broaden their opportunities and practice skills in leadership and teamwork. These range from the Duke of Edinburgh Award to drama club.
Ofsted
“Students’ achievement is outstanding. They make excellent progress during their time at the academy, particularly in English and mathematics. The quality of teaching is outstanding. It is consistently at least good and often outstanding, and this results in students making rapid progress in lessons, particularly in the main academy”.
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