Attendance Support

Chantry Community Primary School

Salary: Kent Range 4

£8,000.19-£8,018.36 (Actual)

Hours: 15 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only 

Required: ASAP

Fixed Term for 12 Months

You will support the Office Manager to promote the excellent levels of attendance and punctuality across the school by developing and maintaining effective monitoring systems to identify trends and highlight concerns. You will also support the Office Manager with the implementation of initiatives to improve attendance and engage with pupils and their families and promote a culture of positive attendance and punctuality. Additionally, the role will involve undertaking home visits and forming good relationships with families to prevent barriers to attendance.

This is a fixed term position which is linked to funding, therefore if the funding is stopped the role will cease.

Key Responsibilities:

To be involved with maintaining all pupil attendance records and ensuring that student information is accurate and up to date.

To assist, when necessary, with the ‘first day’ calls to establish reasons for pupil absence.

From 10am carry out home visits to pupils who are absent as directed by the Office Manager, focusing on pupils who are absent without consent and carrying out welfare checks on those who are absent regularly.

Supporting the pupils to come into school even when they have not arrived on time by providing transport into school, utilizing your own vehicle to do so. 

To undertake/be aware of Safeguarding checks. 

To support the Office Manager with the development and delivery of attendance initiatives.

To assist with the daily absence communications with parents and carers as well as developing strong and effective relationships with parents and carers.

To work with the Office Manager when required to cover any areas of administrative need when required. 

To support the main school with any first aid incidents when required. 

To communicate information to the Headteacher, Office Manager and the Senior Family Liaison Officer. 

Work with families and pupils to identify barriers to attendance primarily through home visits and some meeting arranged in the school. 

Provide additional support to families where this may improve attendance to school.

Chantry Community Academy is a primary school based in Gravesend, Kent and is part of the Beyond Trust.  The Trust believes in the importance of core values that support our staff’s well-being and growth.  We want our staff to have a good balance between work and life, receive recognition and praise for their efforts, and feel empowered to make decisions. 

Amongst the many benefits of working for us you will receive:

•                          Beyond Trust values

•                          Free Private Healthcare Cover

•                          Care First – Employee Assistance Programme

•                          Personal development and promotion opportunities across the Trust

•                          Trust wide focus on staff wellbeing

•                          A supportive environment

•                          Free Flu Vaccination

•                          Flexible working

•                          Timetabled and purposeful CPD

•                          Subsidised Gym Membership

•                          Free car parking

•                          Access to the National College*

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please call the HR Department on 01634 861596 email hr@beyondschools.co.uk  who can arrange this for you.

The Trust is also committed to promoting equality and diversity in all aspects of school life. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other characteristic. We celebrate the diversity of our school community and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, safe and able to achieve their full potential. We believe that this approach not only supports our students to achieve their best, but also prepares them for life in a diverse and interconnected world. If you share our commitment to equality and diversity, we welcome your application to join our team.