Attendance and Inclusion Officer - Full-time

Leigh Academy Tonbridge, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-5455-280S
• Posted:09/10/2019
• Pay:£18,072 - £19,726 per annum (Full time equivalent)
• Start Date:To be confirmed
• App Close Date:30/10/2019 at 10:00
• Interviews:To be confirmed

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Our vision is simple - to ensure that all of our students achieve beyond expectations and flourish as confident learners with the highest aspirations, ready for the university or careers of their choice, and also ready for the world in which they will work and live. We are relentless in our pursuit of the very best for all our students.

Excellent attendance and inclusivity are essential aspects of personal and academic success. In order to support this we are looking for an Attendance and Inclusion Officer to join our pastoral support team. The role is 37 hours per week, term time only plus 10 days. It may be possible to accommodate some degree of flexibility in working hours, however the role requires a daily start time of no later than 8.00am.

The primary purpose of the role is to support our students and their families in maintaining excellent attendance. Our new Attendance and inclusion Officer will use and develop effective systems to monitor attendance rates; identifying and implementing timely intervention strategies that ensure high levels of attendance and engagement. The role requires regular analysis of student attendance data in order to improve and maintain targets and will ensure efficient communication with key stakeholders and academy staff.

As a part of the pastoral team the successful candidate will work closely with the student manager and Head of Year team, supporting the Academy’s inclusion agenda. This will involve understanding the possible challenges students are facing and their personal barriers to success. The AIO will take a creative approach to seeing how we can work with students to overcome these barriers and will liaise with external agencies, enlisting their services to ensure students and their families are well supported.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Childcare vouchers and reduced gym membership
• Free on-site parking

Application information

Completed application forms should be sent to careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk no later than 10.00am on Wednesday 30 October 2019.                          .

To arrange a school visit and/or an informal telephone call with the Executive Principal, please contact Amanda Lee, HR Manager for the Brook Learning Trust on 01580 712754 ext 331/332/333 or careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk.

Dates of interviews to be confirmed - suitable candidates will be contacted as soon as possible

Information about the school

‘Behaviour and attitudes are exceptional’ Ofsted, 2022.

‘Staff are proud to work at the school. There is a strong culture of collaboration and sharing.’

The school’s small size means that all pupils are known, valued and nurtured.’

'Senior Leaders have a passionate and ambitious vision about providing high-quality education for all pupils at the school…senior leaders are relentless about raising standards and maintaining high expectations by keeping a high profile around the school.’

Joining us at Leigh Academy Tonbridge: Building on the strengths of our legacy school, Hayesbrook Academy, Leigh Academy Tonbridge will open our doors to the first cohort of year 7 students, including boys and girls, for September 2023.

Hayesbrook Academy first opened in 1964. Having always been an all-boys school, our history before then is closely linked to the old Sussex Road Boys School, where records go back to the early 1900’s, and so we have a strong tradition of education provision in Tonbridge. The modern day academy has always been an 11-18 comprehensive school with a mixed sixth form, serving the local community.

Since being the first school in West Kent to gain Academy Status in 2010, the academy led the way in achieving excellent standards and in creating a multi-academy Trust. We were graded ‘Excellent’ by Ofsted in 2005, 2008 and 2009. The academic success and high standards have continued and inspections in 2013, 2017 and most recently in December 2022, found the school to be ‘good’ overall but recognised students’ behaviour and attitudes as ‘exceptional’ (graded as ‘outstanding’). Furthermore, the inspection recognised strengths in reading and literacy; careers provision; teachers’ subject knowledge; the support provided by the trust and the governing body; as well as identifying the ‘meticulous’ arrangements for safeguarding. The report also recognised “Senior leaders are relentless about raising standards and maintaining high expectations…”.

The Academy grows, adapts and thrives with each new cohort of students that are welcomed here every September and our recent move to Leigh Academies Trust has strengthened the academy’s ability to deliver the very best for our pupils.

Please find our Trusts Vision: https://vision2030.org.uk/

Job Contact Information

• Name:Suzanne Hutchings
• Address:Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
• Telephone: 01580 712 754
• Email: careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk

Documents

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• Job Description
• Person Specification