Attendance Manager

Bournville School is a vibrant and diverse mainstream, non-selective comprehensive school for students aged 4–16. We have a fantastic opportunity for an Attendance Manager to join our dedicated team.

We are looking for an Attendance Manager to:

• Be responsible to the Vice/Assistant Principal for leading the work of the Academy Attendance Team

• Improve attendance by building solid links between families and the Academy to ensure parents are empowered to ensure their children attend school consistently

• Lead attendance and act as a Family Liaison/Support Worker

You will be able to identify the factors that are impeding good attendance. Outstanding communication skills are required, as this role can link in with outside agencies and charities and create sessions for parents within school to look at factors such as parenting (Malachi), Solihull Approach, sleep, bullying, SEND, illness and behaviour.

Joining a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement, you will:

• Carry out all attendance tracking, data analysis, home visits, information evenings, etc.

• Lead on whole-school attendance campaigns with staff and quality assure the effectiveness of these campaigns

• Ensure the signposting of the importance of attendance is visible across the school and on the agenda of every meeting

• Liaise with families and establish an integration plan/action plan for targeted students to improve attendance in light of any push/pull factors identified

• Liaise with the wider Pastoral Team, ensuring any pastoral support agreed in any integration plan is actioned and its effectiveness monitored

• Work with SEND TAs to support teachers in lessons to help find ways to fill in any learning gaps that any low attendance may have created for students with low attendance

• Maintain overall responsibility for managing the Attendance Officer and quality assuring their work

• Celebrate and reward students who make positive progress

• Develop and enhance the practice of others

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and maintaining daily attendance registers using the school’s MIS

• Administering the ELIT processes

• Monitoring attendance and punctuality across all year groups

• Following up absences promptly with parents/carers via phone, email, and letters

• Identifying and reporting attendance concerns, persistent absence, and patterns of lateness

• Supporting attendance panels, meetings, and interventions

• Ensuring all attendance procedures meet statutory requirements and safeguarding standards

• Liaising with tutors, Heads of Year, DSLs, and the Local Authority as required

To be successful, you will be:

• Passionate with an appetite for inspiring young people

• Hardworking and imaginative, with excellent organisational and time-management skills

• Experienced in using Microsoft Office programs

• Flexible and able to take both a proactive and responsive approach

• A dedicated team player who wants to work and engage with colleagues at all levels

At the heart of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, Bournville School has been on a clear trajectory – making small daily steps that result in big changes. Located in the south of Birmingham, the Academy serves students from Reception to Year 11 from the wider community, many of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has a collective spirit and is committed to delivering an engaging curriculum, inspiring children to achieve and, ultimately, “enriching the lives and transforming the futures” of our young people.

At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, we enrich lives and transform futures. Our four academies in and around Birmingham offer an outstanding quality of education, recognising that all our children are individuals and delivering exceptional pastoral care to ensure their…