Attendance Officer

Job description

Job title and organisation: Attendance Officer - Sharp Lane Primary School
Salary: C1, Scale points 12 - 17 (£27,711 - £30,060 pa)
Hours: Hours per week to be discussed at interview, full or part-time options available, Term time only
Contract: Permanent
Location: Sharp Lane Primary School
Closing Date and Time: Monday 5th October 2026 at 9am

This is an exciting opportunity for an Attendance Officer to join our friendly, caring school and work alongside our dynamic and successful pastoral team. This position would be ideal for an experienced Attendance Officer or someone with experience working in a pastoral role.

The successful candidate will be hard working, flexible and will enjoy working collaboratively as part of a friendly and supportive school, whose goal is to secure the best possible outcomes for students. This role could be part time, 8.30am-12pm, full time or flexible, with the afternoon spent working with the pastoral team supporting families.

The role will involve:

• Managing and recording pupil attendance.
• Working with the pastoral team to improve attendance.
• Building relationships with families to support and improve attendance, including home visits.
• Liaising with senior leaders to meet deadlines.

We can offer:

• A warm and friendly school.
• A large school with opportunities for professional development.
• Enthusiastic and well-behaved children who have a love of learning.

We strongly encourage candidates to visit our friendly and welcoming school prior to submitting your application.

The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 5 th October 2026

Shortlisting: Monday 5 th October 2026

Interviews: Monday 12 th October 2026

Candidates will be contacted by telephone or email to attend interview; this will include an interview and task on the day.

To request an application pack and full details for the post, and/or a visit to school, please email

Lara Garside, Personnel & Facilities Manager, on [email protected]

Completed applications to be emailed to [email protected]

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children's barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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