Attendance Officer - Talbot Primary School, Poole

Role Summary:

Talbot Primary School are seeking to appoint a reliable, flexible and enthusiastic Attendance Officer to join our busy school business team.  The post requires a high degree of interpersonal, organisation, communication and administrative skills (including initiative, flexibility, diplomacy, discretion and confidentiality and a professional approach).

We are seeking a professional individual who:

• Has previous experience of working in a similar role within a school environment
• To provide excellent all round administrative support to the school as a whole including the Headteacher, School Business Manager and the Office Team.
• Liaison between Parents/Carers, all staff, Governors and external agencies.
• Monitoring Attendance with reports to the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team.
• Representing school at meetings and legal proceedings.
• Oversee the registration process and ensure attendance of all pupils is tracked every day with absences followed up and accounted for.
• The candidate will need to take decisions on a day-to-day basis to ensure administrative deadlines and requirements are met, to prioritise own workload including the timely production of information and analysis of data.To deal with changing and conflicting deadlines and to frequently deal with non-routine queries and forwarding matters to appropriate staff where necessary.
• Formal letter writing, writing up reports.
• Diary Management via Microsoft Outlook.
• Maintain confidential databases including Bromcom MIS and CPoms.
• Can build and maintain professional and positive working relationships.
• Organising and maintaining effective filing/file management systems.
• Ensuring all Safeguarding matters that may be disclosed to you are logged correctly.
• Has good interpersonal skills.
• Has discretion and sensitivity.
• A good team player.
• Ensure a safe, secure and caring environment for the well-being of the children.

What we offer you:

• An opportunity to be part of a collaborative team with a shared vision of excellence
• A real career path in a thriving and respected organisation
• Flexible working approach, where possible
• Excellent training and development programmes and opportunities
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme / Teacher Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with length of service (support staff)
• Access to our benefits portal offering a full range of discounts available through Lifestyle Savings
• Access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, this includes free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for employees and family members
• Access to financial wellbeing support through a company that provides comprehensive guidance on all things mortgage related
• Eligible for a Blue Light card

Application Procedure:

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Debbie Bosley, Business Manager by emailing [email protected] to arrange an informal chat or have a tour of the school. We believe that visits to the school are essential prior to interview.  Potential candidates will be asked to bring their current school ID and/or photographic ID as proof when they visit the school for a tour. Visits to school are

If you wish to apply for this position, please complete an application form which can be found at Job vacancies | Careers | Hamwic Education Trust | Multi-academy Trust and return to [email protected]

CV’s will only be accepted along with a completed application form. 

Please note, we may close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we have sufficient applications.  We strongly encourage prospective applicants to apply as soon as possible.

Hamwic Education Trust (HET) are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our pupils and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal record and barring checks, scrutiny of work and training history, robust referencing, and other vetting checks. Successful candidates will also be subject to online searches.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across HET.

All HET employees are required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practices and to safeguard our pupils.

Talbot Primary School is a large three form entry school in the Wallisdown area of Poole, close to Talbot Heath Nature Reserve, a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. The school has fantastic facilities and a strong emphasis on both music and sport. There are over five acres of playing field space, to be utilised for both sports and outdoor learning, alongside a large playground, tennis courts and swimming pool.

Our vision is the children at Talbot will learn the skills and knowledge to lead a successful life. We strive to help children fulfil the characteristics of ‘The Talbot Child’.

You will be joining a dedicated team that is passionate about making a difference and committed to nurturing the whole child. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to shape learning experiences that are creative, inclusive, and meaningful. We are committed to the professional development and wellbeing of our staff. We offer high-quality training, mentoring, and opportunities for career progression.

Talbot Primary is in the Greenway Partnership of Hamwic Education Trust (HET); a large, fast-paced multi-academy trust with currently 37 schools across the South Coast: Portsmouth, Southampton, Poole and Dorset. The Greenway Partnership is a multi-academy partnership based in Poole and Dorset. The partnership enables local schools to work together to develop a strong education for all our children.