Attendance Manager - Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust - Bournville School

Bournville School is a vibrant and diverse school. We are seeking outstanding teachers, leaders and support staff with high expectations to join our team dedicated to pursuing excellence for every child. We are an ambitious school and value enthusiastic and hardworking staff.

 It is a very exciting time to join us. We have a fantastic opportunity for an Attendance Manager to join our dedicated team.

Playing a key part in the continual development of monitoring and tracking student attendance. You will be able to identify the factors that are impeding good attendance, co-producing an integration plan that would be implemented in partnership with the internal team to create sustained improvement of attendance. Outstanding communication skills are required as this role can link in with outside agencies, charities, create sessions for parents within school to look at factors such as Parenting (Malachi), Solihull Approach, Sleep, Bullying, SEND, illness and behaviour.

We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities.

Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will:

• carry out all the attendance tracking, data analysis, home visits, administer the ELIT processes, information evenings etc.
• lead on whole school campaigns with staff and quality assuring the effectiveness of these campaigns
• ensure the signposting of the importance of attendance is visible across the school and on the agenda of every meeting
• liaise with families and establish an integration plan/ action plan for targeted students to improve attendance in light of any push/pull factors identified
• liaise with the wider Pastoral team ensuring any pastoral support agreed in any integration plan is actioned and its effectiveness monitored
• SEND TAs to support teachers in lessons to help find ways to fill in any learning gaps that any low attendance may have created for students with low attendance
• maintain overall responsibility for managing the attendance team and quality assure their work
• celebrate and reward students who make positive progress
• develop and enhance the practice of others Strategically lead and oversee Refocus, ensuring its continued growth

In return we will offer you:

• access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
• Perkbox example benefits;
• discounts at nationwide retailers Gym discount Cinema discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year A MAT wide focus on staff well-being

This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly. Bournville School (part of Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust) is a mainstream, non-selective, comprehensive school for students aged 4 to16.

Bournville School is built on traditional values. Pivotal to this is a positive ethos and culture of learning and success for all students. There is particular regard to outstanding achievement for all students whatever their academic starting point and a commitment to lifelong learning for all stakeholders. This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.

Please apply online