Safeguarding and Attendance Officer

Role: Safeguarding & Attendance Officer

Academy: Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill

Start Date: 01/09/2026

Salary (Actual Salary): 22571.56 to 23321.84 (Grade 7)

Working Pattern: 32.5hrs per week - Monday to Friday. Term Time Only 2 Days

Are you skilled in both driving attendance improvement and managing complex child protection issues Join us as a Safeguarding & Attendance Officer where you will provide crucial support to the Senior Leadership Team by ensuring both statutory safeguarding compliance and strategic attendance improvement are achieved. This role is vital requiring a high degree of specialist knowledge and the ability to liaise professionally and effectively across all external agencies.

Welcome from the Principal:

Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill is a primary academy based in the cathedral city of Wakefield.

We are a welcoming and supportive academy with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place children at the centre of everything we do with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.

OPA Park Hill joined the Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) in 2018. As a member of the Outwood Family we believe in putting Children First raising standards and transforming lives.

If you have any questions or would like to visit the school please contact the school on or email

You will provide integrated support for attendance and safeguarding driving attendance strategies through communication with parents preparing detailed attendance data reports and processing formal measures like referrals for Fixed Penalty Notices. Crucially you will manage the academys safeguarding overview: responding appropriately to child protection issues meticulously recording safeguarding incidents and causes for concern.

The role requires attending and providing reports following multi-agency meetings including Child Protection and MARAC and initiating referrals to external services like Social Care Direct.

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