Attendance Lead

We wish to appoint an Attendance Lead to play a crucial role in promoting and ensuring the attendance, and safety of our students. This position will involve close collaboration with staff, students, families and external agencies to create a supportive environment that prioritises attendance, safeguarding and educational engagement. For full details, please see the attached job description. This is a non-teaching role.

The successful candidate will have a good standard of education in English and Maths to at least GCSE C/4 level, together with experience of working with vulnerable children/adults and working in an attendance or safeguarding role in an educational setting. The hours of work are 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.00am to 4.00pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break, term time + inset days.

The salary for this position is paid at NJC Points 21-24 £ 33,143 - £35,412 pro rata.

Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School is a very successful comprehensive with excellent results at GCSE and at A Level. It sits at the heart of the local community with extensive links to the surrounding area. We are a large school of 1585 students with 290 in the Sixth Form. The school is within easy commuting distance of Bristol and Gloucester being just 10 minutes from Junction 14 of the M5.

The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2025 has once again placed the school third among all comprehensive secondary schools in the South West of England. The school has high expectations of all students and celebrates their academic progress and achievement. This is balanced with a tailored pastoral approach that ensures all students have opportunities to develop and succeed in a supportive environment.

Our “Proud To Be…” message, which permeates all aspects of our planning and development, is deeply rooted in the school culture. Further information about the school is available on our website. The closing date for applications is Friday 4th September 2026 at 12 noon. Please note that interviews may be arranged prior to the closing date by mutual agreement.