Medway Strategic Attendance Officer - Term Time

Barnsole Primary School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-2396-117S
• Posted:30/07/2025
• Pay:Medway C1 (6 - 19) £17,562.85 - £22,055.78 (Actual
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:22/08/2025 at 17:00
• Interviews:25th - 29th August

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Exciting New Opportunity as our Medway Strategic Attendance Officer across the Maritime Academy Trust Medway Hub

Are you passionate about helping children and families overcome barriers to school attendance while influencing wider strategic improvements? Do you have the confidence, professionalism, and expertise to work compassionately with families and robustly with systems to drive change? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re seeking a Strategic Attendance Officer to work across our Medway Hub schools. This cross-school role combines hands-on support with strategic advisory work. You’ll work directly with families and pupils, while guiding schools on policy, systems, and best practice in attendance and safeguarding.

About the Role

As Strategic Attendance Officer, you’ll play a key role in embedding a culture of excellent attendance across our five Medway schools. You’ll work closely with leadership, inclusion, and safeguarding teams to identify trends, tackle persistent absence, and promote inclusive engagement.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring and analysing attendance data to identify concerns

• Advising on DfE and Ofsted-aligned best practice

• Leading interventions including formal meetings, early help referrals, and home visits

• Supporting emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) and complex cases

• Collaborating with external agencies and safeguarding professionals

• Supporting legal processes where appropriate

• Advising schools on policy development and evaluation

This is a unique opportunity to work both within school communities and as a strategic adviser. You’ll have the autonomy to shape inclusive practice and be a visible champion for attendance as a key driver of pupil wellbeing and achievement.

About You

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has experience in education, inclusion or attendance advisory work

• Understands the legal, safeguarding and relational aspects of school attendance

• Brings empathy, curiosity, and professionalism to sensitive situations

• Communicates confidently with families, staff and external agencies

• Can work independently across multiple sites

• Is skilled in using data to drive evidence-based decisions

• Holds Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training or equivalent

• Has a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

What We Offer

At Maritime, we do things differently. We’re a values-driven trust with a strong inclusion culture and a supportive, people-first ethos.

You’ll benefit from:

• A flexible and collaborative working environment

• Tailored training and induction

• Opportunities for cross-Hub learning and CPD

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• Local Government Pension Scheme

• Being part of a trust that values wellbeing, autonomy and inclusion

How to Apply

To arrange an informal chat, contact Helen Rixon at office@barnsole-maritime.org. Further information is in the candidate pack. Apply via My New Term.

Early applications are encouraged – we may close the advert ahead of the deadline.

Maritime Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and inclusivity across our workforce. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS and online checks.

Information about the school

Barnsole Primary School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools based in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway. Our academies have transformed through targeted collaboration, innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with leadership and life skills.

Barnsole Primary is an outstanding three-form community primary school situated in Medway with a thriving school nursery on site.

We are committed to providing a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment where each one of our pupils can achieve their potential and flourish academically and socially. We have exceptionally high expectations of all our pupils and endeavour to nurture their self-confidence and self-esteem so that they can be the best they can be.

Relationships with parents and our wider community is something we put right at the top of our agenda. If you would like to visit please do not hesitate to contact us and we also actively encourage feedback so if you feel there is something we can do better please let us know.

Our recent successful Ofsted Inspection in February 2024 graded Barnsole as ‘Good’ which is a recognition of the all the hard work and commitment shown by the children, staff and wider community. Ofsted commented, ‘The school is a calm and orderly environment. Staff have high expectations and pupils behave well. The school aims for pupils to be resilient and have a lifelong curiosity about the world. There are high expectations for all pupils to do well.’

We look forward to meeting with you.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Application Pack