Attendance Support Officer

Fixed Term 1^st April 2025-31^st December 2025

Start Date: 1^st April 2025

37 hours per week (7.45am – 3.45pm) – Term Time Plus 1 week

Salary: NJC 11-17

Actual Salary range: £23,669 - £26,092

Bradford Forster Academy is an 11-16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing Christian Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford.  The Academy opened on 1 September 2015 and now has capacity for 1050 students on roll in years 7-11. The school is forward-thinking, providing high quality CPD and there is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of growing diverse schools within the Trust.

We are seeking to appoint a talented, inspirational, creative and ambitious individual with relevant experience who can make a sustained and substantial contribution to the growth and development of the Academy. You will be self-motivated, exceptionally well-organised and a good team worker.

The successful candidate will:

·         Work alongside key staff and external agencies to promote whole academy   attendance strategies

·         Work with students and families to improve levels of attendance

·         Build strong relationships with key families to overcome barriers to attendance and improve levels of engagement with the academy and with education

·         Have excellent communication skills

·         Have excellent inter-personal skills

·         Be able to keep calm under pressure

We can offer you:

·         An attractive, very well-resourced working environment

·         Supportive colleagues

·         Employee Pension Scheme with WYPF

·         Opportunities for personal and professional development

Closing Date: Friday 17^th January 2025

For full details, application details with information pack, please visit our website:

https://bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk/