ABOUT BOSWORTH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
Bosworth Independent School is a relatively small school of approximately 300 students. This enables us to offer a supportive family atmosphere, where students and staff can enjoy their work and thrive as valued people and professionals. Our ethos is one that believes in the importance of the individual and celebrates success regardless of the level. Students come from a wide variety of countries and are motivated and aspirational, mostly aiming for Russell Group and Oxbridge.

JOB OVERVIEW

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract type: Full-time, term time plus two weeks. Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Reporting to: Office Manager and Assistant Head Pastoral

Main purpose: To monitor and report on whole-school attendance data; to work closely with students, staff, parents/carers/guardians to reduce levels of absence, and act appropriately when persistent absence becomes a safeguarding issue; to report data to Local Authority.

Administration

• Ensure daily attendance registers are accurate and complete, and follow up with staff members about any incomplete data
• Follow up on any unexplained absences with parents/carers, escalating issues as appropriate in line with school procedures
• Initiate and oversee the administration of absence procedures, for example letters home, attendance meetings with Pastoral Leaders and engagement with local authorities/other external agencies
• Manage attendance returns for the school census
• Maintain accurate records of communications and interventions with parents/carers
• Build and refresh knowledge of the school’s MIS and other relevant systems
• Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of personalised support plans in liaison with Pastoral leaders, for parents/carers to help manage transition for their child
• Signpost parents/carers to Pastoral Support during the process for accessing local services where relevant
• Any other general administrative tasks to support the wider Administrative function of the school.

Monitoring and reporting

• Produce and interpret attendance reports for school leaders, identifying key statistics, reasons for absence and any patterns of concern
• Track attendance of vulnerable groups of students and share information with school leaders
• Identify students that need additional support to improve their attendance and develop action plans in consultation with relevant staff and professionals, where necessary
• Work with school leaders to identify appropriate interventions to improve attendance for particular groups or individual students
• Lead daily or weekly check-ins to review progress and the impact of support/interventions
• Work with school leaders to develop and revise the school’s attendance policy
• Implement children missing education (CME) procedures when appropriate
• Provide regular reports to attendance organisations to raise awareness of emerging at-risk students
• Liaise and build relationships with external agencies and professionals, following up on actions where necessary

Working with parents/carers/guardians

• Coordinate meetings with Pastoral Leaders, students and parents/carers to implement interventions and track progress
• Build positive relations with parents/carers to encourage family involvement in their child’s attendance
• Identify, and where possible, mitigate potential barriers to attendance in partnership with families

Professional development

• Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support from the school
• Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures

Safeguarding

• Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
• Be alert, identify when absence becomes a safeguarding concern, sharing concerns where necessary
• Work with the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) to promote safeguarding of all students in the school

PERSON SPECIFICATION

BENEFITS
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Car Scheme
• Free flu vaccine through Healthshield
• Free eye tests
• Financial wellbeing support via WageStream
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Group income protection
• GP24: GP Access for all
• Health Cash Plan
• Death in Service
• Long service awards
• Employee referral scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

ABOUT CATS GLOBAL SCHOOLS (CGS)
CATS Global Schools is a leading education group committed to inspiring the next generation of world shapers.
With a history dating back to 1899, but a focus on the future, our group brings together 16 institutions comprising independent boarding schools, an Arts University College, English language schools and a variety of summer programmes in the UK, US, Canada, and China.

Each year, we provide 18,000 students around the globe with the education they need to develop real-life skills for the future. We are dedicated to academic excellence and our students benefit from our well-developed links to over 40 top global universities.

We create a positive learning environment where every student is empowered to make a contribution to shape their world. This is made possible because of the commitment of our pioneering, persevering people who do the very best for our students.

OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
We are committed to diversity, inclusion and belonging. Building on our core values – Pioneering, Persevering, People – We pledge to deliver a series of events, guest speakers and focus groups to make CATS Global Schools and employer of choice for all.

SAFEGUARDING
CGS is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of children and young people. As such, appointment is subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment employment checks in line with KCSIE guidelines. This will include satisfactory references, enhanced DBS from the Disclosures and Barring Service and, where applicable, any international equivalent being obtained. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks which may include social media.