Vacancies

• Salary H5 - 37 hours Term-time plus INSET
• Actual annual salary: £23,100
• Starting date: June/July or September

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Robert Barclay Academy for an Attendance Officer to support our school and staff team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and well organised person with excellent communication and administration skills. The role will have specific responsibility for maintaining, monitoring and supporting excellent school attendance for all students. Experience working with schools would be beneficial.

RBA is a good school (Ofsted March 2023). We strive for excellence by teaching and preparing our young people to have confidence, to accept and respond to challenges, to have an enduring passion for learning and to become independent thinkers with respect for themselves and others.

RBA is proud to work within Scholars’ Education Trust.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.  We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

RBA is also committed to becoming an anti-racist organisation. In our relentless efforts to be an anti-racist organisation, we recognise the negative impacts of under representation and lack of diversity in our organisation, our education system and in all aspects of our society. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

 

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time, further details are available from HR at HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk, or telephone 01727 734424.

 

Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 16^th May 2025

Date of Interview: TBC

 

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.