Attendance and Administration Assistant at Wildern School

Attendance and Administration Assistant – 33.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7.45am – 3.00pm, term time only (38 weeks). Grade C – Step 1 Actual Annual Salary £19,262.58 (which is equivalent to a full-time salary of £25,186).

As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing RAISE Education Trust is trialling a two week half term break 19^th to 30^th October 2026. Following this trial, should the Trust revert back to a one-week October half term break from 2027 the contractual working weeks would increase to 39 weeks and the salary would increase accordingly.

Wildern School is looking to appoint an Administration/Attendance Assistant to join our friendly, busy, office team. Experience of Excel, Word and Google Mail/Documents is essential. Must be able to relate positively to students and staff and be efficient, organised and calm under pressure.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the school website
• Maintain the school calendars that are displayed on the website
• Post to school social media as required
• Provide WP/Arbor support.
• Deal with enquiries from staff and students quickly and efficiently.
• Assist in maintaining an efficient filing system including archiving.
• Hold a First Aid certificate and support/deputise for First Aid room as necessary.
• Provide back-up support for Reception/staff absence.
• Use Arbor to print timetables, reports, etc. as required.
• Set up all Parent Evening events
• Coordinating the notifications of detentions to parent/carers
• Support the implementation of the school’s behaviour policy, including rewards and sanctions
• Follow safeguarding policies and procedures at all times
• Produce, analyse, and distribute reports to Senior Leadership and Year Heads to support monitoring of attendance, behaviour, and students.
• Redact sensitive and confidential information in line with GDPR and school data protection policies 
• Such other duties as may be reasonably allocated or directed within the purview of the post.

Attendance Admin 

• Ensure accurate coding on registers for all students on RHP, those attending music lessons, trips, visits and interventions
• Monitor lesson registers daily and  follow up when necessary
• Apply and administer school sanctions related to punctuality and attendance
• Monitor students on Stage 3 to ensure that absences are not authorised unless evidence is provided
• Produce attendance reports as and when required
• Manage and process exceptional leave of absence requests and follow up actions
• Update the weekly attendance tracker
• Monitor and distribute attendance rewards for identified students
• Log errors identified on registers for subsequent follow up
• Participate in staff meetings, professional development opportunities, and training sessions to stay informed on best practices related to student attendance and intervention.
• Such other duties as may be reasonably allocated or directed within the purview of the post

Benefits of working for our trust include:

• Friendly and sociable colleagues.
• RAISE a Hand day: One day per academic year — a fully paid day off to support personal events.
• Two-week October half term: Providing staff and students with an extended break during the autumn term.
• Free on-site car park.
• Staff membership rates to our modern on-site Leisure Centre.
• Enrolment in one of the UK’s largest public sector pension schemes.
• A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice.
• Good transport links.

We are part of the RAISE Education Trust, which comprises of Wildern Secondary School, Deer Park Secondary School and Boorley Park Primary School. Our staff form a collective team that makes a difference to the lives of our students. This is an exciting time for the trust and all colleagues present and future.

If you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date. Closing Date: Midday Monday 20^th July 2026.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

RAISE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.