We have a fantastic opportunity to recruit an Attendance Officer.   

Overall Aim

We are looking for someone who is a good communicator, can build and sustain relationships with parents and has experience in a similar role. As school life is exceptionally busy, it is important that you are enthusiastic, flexible, patient and are able to work effectively as part of a team.  The successful candidate will be looking at improving and sustaining overall pupil attendance, working to Academy policies and procedures in order to achieve this. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide a comprehensive and high quality support service to the schools to improve overall school attendance.
• To work collaboratively across the Trust on all sites as required.
• To collate, analyse and produce pupil attendance data, attendance patterns, trends and reports to inform future service delivery and strategic direction to improve attendance in school.
• To co-ordinate, plan and carry out home visits, including cold calling, lone visits and joint visits with other appropriate services e.g. Police, Health, Social Care and Caseworker. 

What we can offer you

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.

About us:

Based in the heart of East Manchester, Wise Owl is a small Multi Academy Trust with big ambitions – for our children, our families and our communities.

Formed in May 2012, the Trust currently has five large Primary academies.

Just like thousands of children in other inner-city areas, our pupils face real challenges in the world beyond the school gates. But here at Wise Owl we face those challenges together, with a RESPECT curriculum and family ethos that runs right across everything we do, at all three sites. We take our Trust motto, Together Everyone Achieves More, seriously when it comes to staff as well as student wellbeing.

We want Wise Owl Trust to be a place where ambitions are achieved, where aspirations are encouraged, including among our staff, and are dedicated to the professional development of all our employees.

How to apply

If you are interested in joining our happy and thriving Trust, please complete an application form and return it by 7th January 2026

We do not accept CVs as part of our application process.  All parts of the application form must be fully completed. Applicants who are not notified by the interview date should assume that they have not been shortlisted.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at the Trust. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.

We look forward to hearing from you.