Family Liaison and Attendance Officer

Post : Family Liaison and Attendance Officer

Salary : Grade 4, point 9-14 (£27,254-£29,540 FTE)

Contract Details: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

Job Type: Permanent

Closing date: Monday 29th June 2026 8am

Shortlisting: Tuesday 30th June 2026

Interview date: Wednesday 8th July 2026

Start Date: 1st September 2026

Cliff Lane is a thriving primary school in East Ipswich, close to the beautiful Holywells Park. It is part of a growing multi-academy trust, ASSET Education.

We are looking for a Family Liaison and Attendance Officer to join our wonderful school. We are passionate and fully committed to providing the very best education for all of our children. Our core value is ‘Belief’ and we have an uncompromising belief in all of the children and adults that walk through our doors.

The Family Liaison and Attendance Officer will work alongside key staff in school to promote excellent attendance, reduce levels of absence, remove barriers to learning and build community cohesion.

The person we are looking for needs:

• To have experience of working in a primary school setting.

• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders from parents and carers to children.

• A willingness to fully become part of the Cliff Lane team

• A commitment to ongoing professional development and a willingness to learn and grow.

This post will be reporting directly to the Headteacher and will be based at Cliff Lane Primary School.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed. For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher Mrs Carrie Broom, please contact :

Claire Pearson, HR Lead on 01473251604 or email : claire.pearson@clifflaneprimary.co.uk

Please also see our website - https://www.clifflaneprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.