Attendance Manager
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Shire Oak Academy is a popular and innovative Academy under the leadership of our new Associate Headteacher, Mr Neal Critchley.
We can offer you the support of a strong, hard-working team and the opportunity to work with students who meet the high expectations we have of them.
The Academy has been heavily oversubscribed for a number of years and we are incredibly proud of our external examination results.
The Role
We are seeking to appoint an Attendance Manager.
The Attendance Manager will oversee an area of the day-to-day absence management of all students and support the Assistant Headteacher:
• Co-ordinate the first day calling process
• Be responsible for the accurate management of the academy registers
• Ensure communication systems for attendance are timely and accurate
• Review trends and patterns in absence and take relevant action
• Support the Attendance Team in improving whole academy attendance
• Work with external partners such as the EWO as directed
• Act as the academy liaison for students attending Alternative Provision
For a more detailed look at our Academy access our website on www.shireoakacademy.co.uk
Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher's PA by e-mail on s .read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk.
Applications should be made using The Mercian Trust recruitment portal and set out how your experience and expertise match the requirements of job description and person specification.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.