Paid weeks per year: 47.36 (inclusive of holiday entitlement)
Fixed term:
Start date: 1st September 2026
About the Role
Early Intervention Attendance Practitioner
Salary Scale for this role: LGA Scale 4b Point 11 - 12 (£28,142 - £28,598 FTE) pro rata £24,380 - £24,775. Actual Starting Salary £24,380 per annum.
Working hours: 37 hours per week 8am-4pm Monday-Thursday / 8am-3.30pm Friday. Term time only plus 2 weeks to be worked outside of normal working hours during both term time and school holidays, paid for 47.36 weeks per year.
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st August 2027.
At Patcham High, we know that regular school attendance plays a vital role in student success, wellbeing and future opportunities. We are committed to supporting every student to attend well, feel connected to school and thrive as part of our community. We are looking for a passionate, proactive and relationship-driven Early Intervention Attendance Practitioner to join our pastoral and student support team.
This is not a traditional attendance role. We are looking for someone who can build strong relationships with young people and families, identify concerns early and work alongside students to remove barriers to attendance before they escalate. You will play an important role in supporting vulnerable students, including those experiencing anxiety, Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA), SEND-related barriers and other challenges impacting school attendance.
The role combines daily attendance monitoring and follow-up with meaningful intervention work, family engagement and multi-agency collaboration. You may be analysing attendance patterns, coordinating first-day response calls, supporting a student reintegrating into school, meeting with families, or working alongside pastoral, safeguarding and SEND teams to put support in place.
If you are passionate about supporting young people and making a difference to students and families, we would love to hear from you. Located on the outskirts of Brighton, Patcham High is vibrant, proud and successful. We have an unshakeable faith in the power of education and want the very best for all our students. The school is values driven and inclusion sits at the centre of all that we do. We do not turn our back on any child.
Closing date: 21st August 2026
Interview date: 24th August 2026
How to apply: Completed application forms accepted by email/post direct to the school office:
[email protected]
Ladies Mile Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8PB
Telephone: 01273 503908
Website: www.patchamhigh.brighton-hove.sch.uk
Additional Information
Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Company Information
Brighton & Hove City Council is advertising on behalf of the school and is not the employer in this case.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
