Attendance Officer

Job Title Attendance Officer

Grade Grade E, Scale Point 11-17, £28,142 to £31,022 per annum pro rata

School name Brandwood Community School

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday term time only

Working Hours: 20 hours per week (can be negotiable)

Start Time: 8.15 am daily

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing date: Friday 27^th February 2026 4.00 pm

Interview Date: TBC

Start Date Feb

The Governing Board of Brandwood Community School wish to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Attendance Officer to join our friendly admin team, to ensure that attendance is monitored on a daily basis and to take relevant actions to raise attendance across all year groups.

The successful candidate will be someone who can demonstrate they have the commitment and ability to maintain our high standards of supportive communication with our diverse school community.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A polite, patient and cheerful manner
• A clean driving licence
• Experience of working in an administrative role within a primary school or similar busy office;
• A strong work ethic with excellent communication skills, both oral and written;
• Good time management;
• The ability to be flexible in response to the needs of the school;
• Good coping strategies when under pressure and meeting deadlines;
• An excellent rapport with children, staff, parents and visitors to the school;
• Confidence in using IT and computerised systems with experience of Bromcom;
• Discretion and be conscious of the need for confidentiality:

Application packs are available from the school office. Please telephone 01204 333444 or email: office@brandwood.bolton.sch.uk.

Alternatively application forms are available to download from the www.greater.jobs website

Visits to the school are welcomed and can be arranged by prior appointment by contacting the school office.

(Please note school closes Friday 13^th February and reopens Monday 23^rd February for half term)

For further details of the role and how we use your data, please see:

Job Description

Documents for Right to Work

Application Form

Completed applications should be returned to Brandwood Community School

Brandwood Street

Bolton

Lancs

BL3 4BG

Or alternatively emailed to: office@brandwood.bolton.sch.uk

The School is committed to safer recruitment practice, and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and a barred list check