School Administrator - Attendance Assistant

Job Details

Role: Attendance Assistant

Academy: Outwood Academy Brumby

Start Date: 01/09/2026

Salary: £21,955 - £22,304 per annum

Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time plus 5 days

Are you meticulously organized and ready to be the backbone of our daily attendance operations? Join us as an Attendance Assistant, where you will manage the critical day‑to‑day registration systems and processes and provide essential clerical and operational support to the Education Welfare Officer. Your accuracy and communicative approach will be essential in liaising with parents and staff to minimize persistent absence and help raise academy attendance.

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 organized 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.

• Good time management and organisational skills
• Proficiency in using standard ICT packages, including Microsoft Office
• 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). We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work‑life balance.

• Secure Pay & Pension:
  Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Training & Progression:
  Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
• Flexibility & Leave:
  Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non‑term time staff. Holiday for part‑time staff is calculated on a pro‑rated basis.
• Wellbeing & Perks:
  Dedicated mental well‑being strategy, free on‑site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

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.