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Attendance and Admin Officer

Katherine Warington School · Harpenden · Hertfordshire

Job description

We are currently seeking to recruit a hardworking and enthusiastic individual to join our administration team. The Business Attendance and Admin Officer will carry out a range of administrative tasks to support the SLT, Office Manager, Attendance Manager and staff to ensure the smooth running of the school office and departments.


This is a fixed term position to cover long term absence. Initially for 6 months.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Attendance Administration

To provide general administrative support to the Attendance Manager by updating the daily registers with absence reports.

To update registers from voicemail messages, emails and telephone calls reporting students absent and to check for missing students before texting home so that the school meets its safeguarding needs.

To liaise with parents by text and phone if no information is received by parent / guardian regarding a student's absence.

To monitor and oversee the absence email inbox, forwarding requests for leave to the Headteacher and responding to parents where appropriate and inputting planned medical appointments and requests for leave absences in the registers

To check student's marks for every lesson, cross referencing with PL who locate missing students and ensure the registers are correct

To ensure all afternoon registration marks are recorded correctly and all students are accounted for.

To monitor the incoming and outgoing of students from school and to check the registers reflect this using Inventry.

To chase up teachers for unopened / incomplete registers

To assist with general admin / filing

English and Maths GCSE at A*-C (9-4) with knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, and Google suite

Please look at the Job Description and Person Specification for a more detailed overview of the role and the requirements needed for it.

In return, you will have access to our staff benefits package including:

  • Commitment to flexible working
  • Free parking on site
  • Free use of the school gym
  • Free 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  • Access to our in-house team of Mental Health First Aiders
  • Buddy system for new staff
  • Access to mentoring and CPD opportunities
  • Regular staff socials
  • Discounts with local businesses
  • An opportunity to work with friendly and welcoming colleagues in a modern, aesthetically pleasing and forward-thinking environment.

At KWS, we understand the value of having a workforce that reflects and represents our multi-ethnic student body from an equality, diversity and inclusivity perspective. We therefore welcome and embrace applications from all backgrounds.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require a Full Enhanced, with List Checks, Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

As part of our selection and appointment process, and in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, we are required to conduct online searches on all candidates in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the selection and appointment process.

Applications will be shortlisted throughout the process, and we may interview and close the advert early if we are in a position to recruit a suitable candidate. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply early.

For more details about the school please visit our website and prospectus, links below

https://kwschool.co.uk/

https://kwschool.co.uk/prospectus/

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About this school

Katherine Warington School

Free schools · Secondary · Ages 11–19

Good
Pupils
1,017
Avg teacher salary
£49,290
Pupil:teacher ratio
17.7:1
Academy trust
HARPENDEN SECONDARY EDUCATION TRUST

Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25

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Ofsted rating key

OutstandingGoodRequires ImprovementInadequateNot rated

Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.

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Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 5FH

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Salary
£24,519.00 Annually (FTE) Role is paid £12.71 plus holiday pay. Full time equivalent £24,519
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part time
Posted
9 September 2026
Closing date
23 September 2026

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