Attendance Improvement Mentor

At Oulton Primary School, we think for ourselves and care for each other and we are proud to be an inclusive school. As a school, we celebrate everybody’s individual abilities, strengths, and learning journey. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a strong candidate to join as a member of our pastoral team in the role of Attendance Improvement Mentor.

This is a vital new role and serves as a key point of contact for Parents/Carers, colleagues and external agencies when a pupil is absent from our school.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will uphold the school’s vision and values, to ensure excellent outcomes for our children promoting punctuality and great attendance for all.

Key Responsibilities include

• Ensuring all systems and processes used to monitor and record attendance are fully utilised across the school

• Supervision and support of staff in order to maintain absences and lateness at an acceptable level

• Working in partnership with pupils, parents/ carers, colleagues, and external agencies to identify attendance issues, implementing the appropriate support and referral strategies

To be successful in this role you will be someone who has

• An understanding of attendance monitoring and general office procedures and practice

• Excellent organisation and planning skills, able to work on your own initiative and within existing teams

• Experience of using Microsoft Office Suite and school ICT systems

• The ability to engage with pupils and their families to create strong links with school to uphold policies that promote student welfare

  Closing noon on: Wednesday 24th June 2026 at 8am.

  Shortlisting will take place and candidates will be notified on: Friday 26th June 2026

  Interviews: Wednesday 1st July 2026