Role: Attendance Assistant
Academy: Outwood Academy Carlton
Start Date: 01.11.2026
Salary (Actual Salary): £22,680 - £23,040
Working Pattern: 37hours a week, Term time Only, Plus 5 days
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is seeking a dedicated and proactive Attendance Assistant to join our team in delivering our "Students First" vision. In this vital post, you will take day-to-day responsibility for the academy’s registration systems, maintaining meticulous records, and executing whole-school attendance strategies designed to boost overall attendance and reduce persistent absence. Working directly under the supervision of the Education Welfare Officer, you will serve as a core contributor to our student support and administrative operations.
As an Attendance Assistant, your routine will center on ensuring that all daily registers and attendance data—including off-site activities and visits—are accurately maintained within the academy’s Management Information System. You will oversee daily automated contact procedures to inform parents and carers of absent or late students, log incoming calls, and process leave requests. Crucially, your daily interaction with families requires a balanced approach, offering genuine support while providing appropriate challenge to promote consistent attendance.
In addition to system management, you will play an active role around the academy site. This includes carrying out "Late Gate" duties, registering late arrivals or early departures, and designing engaging attendance displays across the school. You will work in close partnership with the Education Welfare Officer, Learning Managers, and the Senior Leadership Team, supplying crucial data to track punctuality and highlight attendance concerns early. Beyond your primary duties, you will handle general administrative tasks, support Inclusion cover when required, act as a Fire Marshall, and maintain strict compliance with child safeguarding and data protection policies at all times.
I'm thrilled to introduce you to Outwood Academy Carlton, serving the communities of Royston and Carlton. Our core purpose is to repeatedly grow well-informed, 'good' human beings armed with the character, skill, and qualifications to be successful. This aligns seamlessly with the Trust’s vision of ‘students first, raising standards and transforming lives.’
I am immensely proud of our students, who possess a strong moral code and behave exceptionally well. They actively contribute to the community and understand the importance of fundamental British values.
We deliver a holistic education through our 5 pillars of learning and explicitly teach behaviors using positive discipline, ensuring all students know how to be safe, responsible, respectful, and extraordinary. Our staff's unwavering dedication is pivotal to this success.
We are seeking prospective colleagues who share our passion for developing well-rounded individuals and align with our core purpose. I look forward to welcoming you into our academy.
If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Emily Smith HR Assistant
This role is centered on ensuring the complete and accurate management of the daily registration process and maintaining the academy’s attendance Management Information System. You will be responsible for proactive communication with parents/carers regarding absences and lateness, recording reasons for absence, and processing student leave of absence requests.
Key duties include providing data to colleagues (including SLT and Learning Managers) who monitor attendance issues, participating in late gate duty, and liaising with the EWO and Learning Manager to help raise academy attendance. You must also ensure all staff are advised on the correct attendance policy and procedures.
We are seeking a highly organised individual with the willingness and ability to enhance qualifications and training for development in the post. Essential skills include the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences and the capacity to respect and maintain confidentiality.
Crucial requirements include good time management and organisation skills, proficiency in using standard ICT packages, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to relate sympathetically to students and recognise potential child safeguarding issues. Experience of working in a school environment is desirable.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).
What will we do for you?
We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:
If you are looking for a rewarding, supportive role where you can truly make an impact, we encourage you to apply now.
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Please note, we reserve the right to close advertisements early, either on the advertised closing date, or sooner if required.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
We are an award-winning multi-academy education trust with passion, purpose and people at our heart. We manage 41 transformative primary, junior, secondary and Post 16 schools up and down the North of England, from Redcar to Nottinghamshire, each celebrating very different identities but driven by a shared vision. Each academy is individually shaped around the community and children it serves.
We’re incredibly proud of how far our kind, creative and talented teachers and support staff go to make life better for our pupils and their families. It’s why we have built such a leading reputation in education and taken failing schools to Ofsted-rated outstanding in a record amount of time.
We are committed to putting students first, raising standards and transforming lives.
