Attendance Officer – Primary School
Watford | September Start

Do you believe that excellent attendance is key to children's success?

We're looking for an organised and compassionate Attendance Officer to join a primary school in Watford.

In this important role, you'll help improve pupil attendance by working closely with families, staff, and external agencies.

Responsibilities include:

• Monitoring daily attendance and punctuality.
• Following up on absences with parents and carers.
• Producing attendance reports.
• Supporting attendance improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining accurate attendance records using school management systems.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have strong communication and administrative skills.
• Be confident handling sensitive conversations.
• Be organised and able to work independently.
• Have experience within education or a similar environment (desirable).

Make a real difference by helping every child achieve their full potential through regular school attendance.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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