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Job Title: Attendance Officer
Location: Meadowcroft School, Wakefield, WF1 4AD
Hours: 42.5 per week | Monday to Friday
Salary: £26,881.25 per annum (not pro rata)
Contract: Permanent | Term Time Only
Start: October 2026
UK applicants only – no sponsorship available
About the Role
As Attendance Officer, you will play a vital role in promoting excellent attendance and supporting pupil wellbeing across the school. Working closely with the Leadership Team, Family Liaison Officers, parents/carers and external agencies, you will monitor attendance patterns, identify early concerns, and coordinate effective interventions to help pupils engage fully in their education. You will use attendance and welfare data to drive improvements, ensure compliance with school policies, and provide high-quality support to pupils and families, particularly those requiring additional support.
Key responsibilities include:
- Promoting excellent attendance and supporting the school in achieving its attendance targets.
- Monitoring, analysing and reporting on attendance and welfare data to identify trends, inform interventions and evaluate their effectiveness.
- Supporting the Leadership Team in tracking attendance, identifying concerns early and implementing appropriate strategies to improve outcomes.
- Maintaining accurate attendance, welfare and safeguarding records across all school systems.
- Ensuring attendance registers are completed accurately and in line with school procedures and timescales.
- Working closely with Family Liaison Officers to monitor daily attendance and follow up on any concerns.
- Investigating unexplained absences promptly and maintaining detailed, accurate casework records.
- Building positive relationships with parents/carers, promoting the importance of regular school attendance and supporting them to meet their legal responsibilities.
- Providing targeted support for pupils and families experiencing attendance difficulties, including those from vulnerable groups.
- Liaising with internal teams, children's services and external agencies to coordinate support and improve attendance and wellbeing outcomes.
- Supporting the implementation of attendance rewards and recognition initiatives.
- Making referrals to appropriate internal and external services where additional support is required.
About Us
Meadowcroft School is an independent specialist day school across four sites in Wakefield, supporting pupils with complex SEMH needs and additional learning difficulties. We provide a safe, nurturing environment with personalised support, small classes, and a broad, balanced curriculum. Our dedicated team works with families, therapists, and external professionals to remove barriers and celebrate progress. We prepare every pupil to build confidence, essential life skills, and a pathway to future success.
Acorn Education offers rewarding careers and meaningful challenges while making a real difference in young people’s lives. As a leading UK provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs, and part of Outcomes First Group, we deliver innovative, evidence-based approaches that support measurable progress and lasting impact.
We are really proud to say that in 2025 Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running.
Why Join Us?
We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
- Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
- Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
- Hundreds of UK and international discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
- Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.
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