Attendance Officer - Full-time

Leigh Academies Trust

• Ref:KCC-F63-283-S
• Posted:26/09/2025
• Pay:Actual salary £29,189 per annum
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:02/11/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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We are seeking to appoint for the position of Attendance Officer to join our team as soon as possible. Our successful candidate will need to travel to academy sites throughout the week, therefore access to your own vehicle, a clean driving license and correct business insurance and a ULEZ compliant car is essential.

The Leigh Academies Trust believes that an aspirational and inspirational education is the right of every child. School is not easy for every child, and missing school can put children off learning, cause anxiety, and make school feel more challenging than it needs to be.

As the Trust Attendance Officer, under the direction of the Trust Attendance Advisor, you will be responsible for working with academies to help create a strong attendance culture. Your role is to support and challenge our families and academies, to develop effective processes that reduce pupil's and family's barriers to attendance.

We are looking to appoint an experienced person who can work as part of an attendance team to support academies and deliver a trust-wide attendance strategy that helps support the achievement of pupils. You will be able to relate well to staff, support the good practice in place and not be afraid to challenge.

The ideal candidate will understand the impact poor attendance has on a pupil’s life chances and be determined to make a difference. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to learn rapidly, adapt your approach to different needs and, above all else, never give up on any child.

This is a permanent opportunity, working 37 hours per week, term time + 2 weeks of inset with an actual salary of £29,189 per annum (£33,088 full time equivalent).

Information about the trust

Leigh Academies Trust is one of the country’s largest and most-established multi-academy trusts operating across Kent, Medway and South East London. It contains primary, secondary and special academies and is highly inclusive and successful. Our mission is to deliver “education for a better world” by ensuring that young people in our academies have an excellent start in life regardless of their background or ability.

The Trust exists to support and assist schools to build upon their existing strengths and to help them achieve rapid educational transformation. It has significant experience in running schools, and today includes both sponsored academies and schools which have chosen to convert to Academy status.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning. These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching.

We warmly welcome you to Leigh Academies Trust and look forward to sharing with you our passion for transforming lives and shaping communities through great education.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Holly Neve
• Address:LAT Head Office,
  Carnation Road,
  Strood,
  Rochester,
  Kent,
  ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412 258
• Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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• Job Pack | Attendance Officer | Leigh Academies Trust