Attendance & Admissions Officer – Secondary School – Peterborough

Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract: Full-time Permanent
Salary: Paid to scale

This is a well-established Secondary School in Peterborough serving pupils aged 1118 within an inclusive and ambitious school community.

The school is committed to ensuring that pupils attend regularly engage positively with their education and receive appropriate support when barriers to attendance arise. The pastoral and administrative teams work closely with families and teaching staff to maintain strong communication and ensure concerns are followed up consistently.

The school is now seeking a highly organised Attendance & Admissions Officer to take responsibility for attendance monitoring while supporting the schools admissions and pupil administration processes.

The successful candidate will manage a varied workload involving both attendance and admissions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring pupil attendance on a daily basis.

• Identifying unexplained absences.

• Following up absence with parents and carers.

• Monitoring patterns of persistent absence.

• Tracking lateness and punctuality.

• Maintaining accurate attendance records.

• Producing attendance reports.

• Supporting attendance interventions.

• Working with Heads of Year and pastoral staff.

• Arranging attendance meetings.

• Recording agreed actions and follow-up.

• Communicating attendance expectations to families.

• Supporting pupils with attendance concerns.

• Maintaining admissions records.

• Processing new pupil information.

• Supporting registration procedures.

• Preparing admissions documentation.

• Communicating with prospective and existing families.

• Supporting transition arrangements.

• Updating pupil information systems.

• Maintaining confidentiality.

Attendance will be a central part of the role.

The successful candidate will review daily attendance information and identify pupils who require follow-up. You will communicate with families regarding unexplained absence and work alongside pastoral staff to identify appropriate next steps.

The role requires someone who can be persistent and organised while maintaining positive relationships with families.

You may also be responsible for preparing attendance information for meetings and internal reviews.

Alongside attendance the successful candidate will support the schools admissions process.

This may involve processing forms maintaining records communicating with parents and carers arranging appointments and ensuring that documentation is complete.

The successful candidate will need to ensure that information is accurate and transferred to the appropriate school systems.

A significant part of the role will involve communicating with parents and carers.

The successful candidate must be comfortable discussing attendance concerns professionally and sensitively.

Some conversations may be challenging so the ability to remain calm and focused on practical solutions will be essential.

You will work closely with:

• Senior leaders.

• Heads of Year.

• Pastoral teams.

• Teachers.

• Administrative staff.

• Admissions colleagues.

Clear communication will be essential to ensure that concerns are addressed promptly.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous experience in school administration attendance admissions or pastoral support.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Strong organisational abilities.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Good IT skills.

• Confidence communicating with parents.

• Experience maintaining confidential records.

• The ability to manage sensitive conversations.

• Strong time-management skills.

• A calm and professional manner.

• The ability to work independently.

• A proactive and solution-focused approach.

Experience using a school management information system would be advantageous.

The successful candidate will have access to sensitive pupil and family information and will be expected to maintain confidentiality at all times.

You will also be required to follow school safeguarding and data protection procedures.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive Secondary School in Peterborough in a varied position combining attendance admissions and pupil administration.

If you have experience in attendance admissions administration or pastoral support and would like to join a Secondary School in Peterborough please send your CV as soon as possible.