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Attendance Officer

Closing date: Friday 28th March 2025

Permanent – 37 hours per week / 39 weeks per year

Grade 4, Point 9 – £23,249 (actual salary)

Required from 22nd April 2025 / start of Summer term

 

We are looking for an experienced Attendance Officer to join the team at Holbrook Academy.

The successful candidate will provide effective and efficient student support services focusing on attendance and punctuality. The skills required for the role include excellent communication, organisational and data analysis.   The role is based in the main office so will also include welcoming any visitors in a calm, efficient and professional manner.

Duties will include:-

  • Completing attendance registers in line with statutory and Academy guidelines
  • Responsibility for all aspects of attendance including incoming and outgoing telephone calls relating to follow up absence
  • Working with parents/carers, Educational Welfare Officer and the Pastoral team, under the guidance of the Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral, regarding poor attendance
  • Producing weekly attendance data
  • Monitoring any unauthorised absences
  • Supporting the Pastoral team in communicating with families to ensure understanding around the importance of attendance and punctuality
  • Supporting in the main office with any other administration duties including photocopying, collating, record keeping

Ideally, you will have experience of working in a school setting and be able to use Word, Excel and databases.  The ability to prioritise and work efficiently and accurately in a busy environment is essential.  The role includes communicating with parents/carers in a caring manner, maintaining confidentiality at all times.

Holbrook Academy is a popular, secondary school to the south of Ipswich easily accessible from the A12 and A14. We currently have 590 students on roll and pride ourselves on our positive and supportive ethos and our passion is to ensure that ‘everybody can be somebody’.  The school remains ‘Good’ across all aspects following a monitoring inspection by Ofsted in June 2024.

Please contact Sarah Beazley, PA to Headteacher, for further details – sarah.beazley@holbrookacademy.org or 01473 328317

Examination Invigilators

Closing date: Monday 27th January 2025

Required immediately to assist the Examination Officer in the running and supervision of internal and external examinations.

Hours will be offered on an ad hoc basis, primarily in November, February/March, May and June. Ideally, applicants should be available for at least 5 morning or afternoon sessions a week. Sessions are potentially 8.30am-12.15pm and 1pm-4.45pm.

The successful candidates will:

  • have experience in basic administration
  • be reliable and punctual
  • demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • work well as a team as well has have the initiative and confidence to work on their own
  • possess good communication skills
  • be able to follow instructions and work within a strict set of regulations
  • work with calmness and flexibility.

Full training will be given.

Pay – £11.50 per hour (plus holiday pay)

If you think you have the necessary qualities, please contact Sarah Beazley for an application form – sarah.beazley@holbrookacademy.org