Attendance & Welfare Officer

The successful candidate will be responsible for working closely with pupils, staff, families and local agencies to reduce levels of absence, and act appropriately when persistent absence becomes a safeguarding issue.

Tudor Grange Academy Redditch is a mixed comprehensive High School which admits students from Year 9 through to Year 13. We also have a bespoke specialist provision, Tudor Grange Academy Treetops, which admits students from Year 7 with an EHCP stating a primary need of complex social communication and interaction difficulties, including autism.

Tudor Grange Academy Redditch is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

We offer an Employee Assistance Scheme provided by Schools Advisory Service - unlimited access to advice, information, and face-to-face counselling support on a range of issues, including emotional, personal, legal, and financial, or relationship issues for yourself and those living within your household.

We offer Membership to the National College.

Professional development is very important to us and we offer a comprehensive programme of professional learning, to enable our staff to continuously develop their practice in a school where students value learning.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and the successful applicant will be subjected to an enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All applications are considered on their merit, and the post is offered subject to the usual health and criminal record clearance. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate in contacting the senior lead for Attendance Mr Ben Lumley at blumley@redditch.tgacademy.org.uk or calling the school on 01527-523088.