Attendance Officer

Smart Teachers are working with a well-established and inclusive secondary school in North London seeking an experienced Attendance Officer to join their pastoral team on an ongoing basis, starting as soon as possible.

About the role

As an Attendance Officer, you will play a key role in improving and maintaining high levels of student attendance across the school. You will work closely with pastoral staff, senior leaders, and families to support students and remove barriers to attendance.

About the school

• Large, diverse secondary school in North London

• Strong emphasis on inclusion, pastoral care, and student support

• Supportive leadership team and well-structured admin systems

• Easily accessible via public transport

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Attendance Officer you will:

• Previous experience working as an Attendance Officer or in a school admin/pastoral role
• Strong knowledge of school attendance procedures
• Experience using SIMS, Arbor, or Bromcom is highly desirable
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, and parents

Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are:

• Suitable attendance experience

Smart Teachers is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Smart Teachers

Smart Teachers is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Smart Teachers offer

As a valued employee of Smart Teachers, you will receive:

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Smart Teachers do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call Daniel Uwaifo on 020 7065 7500 or email [email protected].