Attendance Officer

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and organised Attendance Officer to work alongside the Head of School and Senior Leadership Team in promoting excellent attendance and punctuality across the school. The successful candidate will have excellent organisational, administrative and communication skills, together with experience of working in a school or similar environment. They will play a key role in monitoring attendance, maintaining accurate records, identifying attendance concerns and working closely with families and external agencies to improve pupil attendance and engagement. This is an important role where building positive relationships with pupils, parents, carers and colleagues is essential. The successful candidate will help ensure attendance procedures are implemented consistently, support the safeguarding of pupils through effective attendance monitoring and contribute to improving outcomes for all children. If you are passionate about supporting children to achieve their full potential and enjoy working in a busy school environment, this role could be for you. Fairford Academy Barnehurst is a two-form entry primary school within Illuminate Minds Trust. We are committed to providing an inclusive, nurturing and ambitious learning environment where every child is supported to achieve their full potential. Partnership working across the Trust is encouraged and supported. About Our Trust Illuminate Minds Trust is a small but aspirational trust with ambitions to grow and work collaboratively with primary mainstream and SEND schools in order to creatively meet the needs of all pupils in our communities. We are highly inclusive and forward-thinking, believing that every child deserves the best education with the mission statement of “Excellence Every Day” as the golden thread woven through our schools. Illuminate Minds is proud of our schools’ inclusive principles, creative solutions to SEND, our culture of embedded safeguarding and the focus we put on quality CPD, evidence-based research and our coaching culture. We encourage all of our staff to engage in professional development and peer support with the aim of everyone working together to strengthen our offer and achieve their best. We recognise that for our pupils to succeed and make outstanding progress, they need staff working with them who are committed to the continual drive for improvement and keen to upskill themselves. If you believe that every child has the potential to achieve and experience success, truly enjoy working with children and understand the value of education as a means of opening doors and widening horizons, then Illuminate Minds may be the right organisation for you! Our core purpose is “Excellence Every Day” through:- Working with children, young people and their families to promote engagement in learning and a work ethic which will help them secure a positive future. Delivering a curriculum in every school which meets the needs of the cohort a