Attendance Officer

Zest Education is recruiting a highly organised and proactive Attendance Officer to join a school in Stafford. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills who is committed to improving pupil attendance and supporting the wider school community.

🧩 Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and record pupil attendance daily, ensuring accurate data entry into school systems
• Follow up on absences with parents/carers via phone calls, emails, and letters
• Work closely with senior leaders, pastoral staff, and external agencies to address attendance concerns
• Prepare attendance reports and contribute to meetings regarding pupil progress
• Support the safeguarding team by identifying patterns of absence and escalating concerns appropriately
• Promote the importance of good attendance across the school community

👤 Ideal Candidate:

✅ Previous experience in school administration or attendance management (desirable)

📋 Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail

💬 Confident communicator with good written and verbal skills

🖥️ Proficient with IT systems (SIMS, Arbor, or similar systems an advantage)

🤝 Professional, approachable, and able to build positive relationships with families and staff

🛡️ Understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality in education

🪪 Enhanced DBS (or willingness to obtain one)

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Mia at mia@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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