Attendance & Administration Officer required to join a highly successful, cohesive and friendly team at a fantastic School in Engield, North London. The School has a great reputation for staff well being and have a happy, driven and dynamic workforce.
Attendance & Administration Officer
January or February 2026
£22,196 - £28,659
Ongoing cover vacancy
Outstanding School
Term time only (with additional weeks of work offered if interested)
Parking available on site
SIMS or BROMCOM experience desirable
The Role - Attendance & Administration Officer
As an Attendance & Administration Officer, you will provide a specialist service to help raise achievement by improving attendance and punctuality. The promotion of positive attitudes by pupils and their families towards education and ensuring that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities, particularly where there is persistent absence.
Key Responsibilities: Attendance & Administration Officer
Main Duties and responsibilities:
To apply the school's attendance and punctuality policy
To support the school in meeting its objectives on the School Development Plan
To assist in delivering pastoral and attendance support to students by maintaining, recording, monitoring and analysing attendance records
To promote good attendance to students and families through the use of school systems and procedures, both in school, through written and verbal communication
To record students who are late to school and issue detentions for lateness
To record detentions set and follow up on non-attendance to detentions
To monitor and record which students have achieved +95% attendance and no late marks , and distribute this information to the Sixth Form team
To input data to the Inventory machine to block cards for students who can't sign out
To monitor and enforce the sign out policy, ensuring that students only receive sign out privileges when the requirements are met
To record those who have poor attendance and report the information to the Sixth Form team
To allocate students to intervention sessions when their attendance drops below 90%
To collaboratively work to improve the rate of 'outstanding' attendance of students to school and their punctuality
To keep appropriate staff up-to-date with information
To attend and participate in regular meetings and act as minute taker
Attend and Assist with A level results day
Attend and Assist with enrolment day in August
Attend parent evenings
To maintain productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model upholding the School Values.
To provide feedback to staff, parents and students in relation to attendance
To communicate with parents about their daughter's attendance by issuing letters in line with school policy and other forms of communication
To maintain constructive relationships with parents/carers when exchanging information, meeting with families, facilitating their support for their daughter's attendance, access to learning and supporting home, school and other service links
To update attendance records for pastoral leads
To be first aid trained and be part of the whole school First Aid Rota
To comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
To complete specific daily responsibilities of the job, which will be recorded as a task list by your line manager
To complete duties during the school week as directed by your line manager
Experience - Attendance Officer
Have experience in attendance, entering data, analysing data and Excel
Have prior knowledge and some understanding of SIMS
Have good all-round knowledge of the workings of an attendance office
Specific skills - Attendance Officer
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
Competent with IT and the use of it to analyse data
Excellent administrative and organisational skills
Able to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help students to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning
The courage and conviction to make a difference
Other
The post holder must be committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.Reeson Education:
Reeson Education is England's Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence.
We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike.
At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across England. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of London.
Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults.
Please note that all daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07
