Attendance Manager

• Manage the school’s attendance monitoring systems, ensuring registers are processed and any absence or lateness is identified accurately and promptly
• Follow up on pupils’ absences and lateness by email/ Arbor/ Telephone or other means on a daily basis
• Ensure all unexplained absences are counted for and seek the reason for the absence
• Check the timely completion, accuracy and correct coding on registers in line with coding policy
• Analyse attendance data regularly to identify patterns and students of concern
• Produce regular attendance reports for AP for learning and curriculum and SLT
• Manage the first day absence process
• Build positive professional relationships with students whose attendance is causing concern
• Lead attendance meetings with students and families
• Make home/community visits to students and parents/carers where appropriate
• Develop and implement individual attendance improvement plans
• Support Heads of Year and tutors to use attendance data
• Support transition points and new arrivals
• Liaise with external agencies where attendance involves complex welfare or safeguarding concerns

Must have school office experience