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Attendance Officer Administration - Maternity

Parkside Community Primary School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-2607-81S
  • Posted:17/10/2017
  • Pay:KR3
  • Start Date:Dec 2017
  • App Close Date:31/10/2017 at 17:00
  • Interviews:3rd November 2017

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We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Attendance officer to work with our parents and children to maximise attendance in school. This role provides a key link with the parents and wider community. You will also be responsible for the co-ordination and administration of our after school clubs.

This is a part time role. The hours are 8am to 12.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8am to 3.45pm on Friday. Ideally the role is to start on 30th November. 

Successful candidates will need: –

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills
  • Good attention to detail with the ability to use systems for monitoring attendance
  • An understanding of community and issues or barriers that may be facing parents and families
  • The ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders including parents, children, staff and external providers and agencies
  • The ability to take a flexible approach to work to respond to changing needs Knowledge of Attendance and Safeguarding procedures 
  • To carry out clerical work and duties connected with the staff and pupils, in order to maintain the efficient running of the school
  • To assist with the first aid treatment of all children and adults in the school

Please note all applications must go through the Kent Teach website. Parkside Community primary School does not accept CVs.  Please ensure that you give email addresses for your referees.

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. If you wish to visit please contact the school office. 

Parkside Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and DBS check

Information about the school

Parkside Community Foundation Primary School is a small, growing, happy school on the outskirts of Canterbury. We have a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures within our school and this greatly enriches and enhances our school community.

Our pupils benefit from small classes and a high level of teaching assistant support in every class. After some testing years, we now have a new leadership team in place and the school is showing greatly improved results. We have been able to make significant improvements to, and investments in, our school site and we have an exciting future ahead.

At Parkside, we value greatly outdoor learning and are working towards improving a range of outdoor learning environments, including our own forest school area. We are also benefitting from the next phase of an upcoming building programme which will ensure our buildings will be of the same high standard as the education we deliver.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.