- Role: Education Welfare Officer
- Work Pattern: Term-Time only, 3 days per week
- Working Hours: 21.6 hours per week
- Salary Grade: SO2, SP27-SP29 (actual salary currently £22,826 per annum)
- Responsible to: Assistant Principal (Attendance)/ Designated Attendance Leads
- Commencing: September 2026
Make a Real Difference to Students’ Lives
As Burntwood Trust grows, we are seeking to appoint a dedicated and proactive Education Welfare Officer (EWO) to work across our schools. This is a unique opportunity to help shape and deliver a high-quality, trust-led attendance service, following our move away from the local authority model. You will play a vital role in improving attendance, reducing persistent absence, and ensuring every student has the best possible opportunity to succeed. Working across the Trust and it’s high-performing mainstream and specialist settings, you will develop a broad and highly impactful practice.
About the Role
Working closely with attendance leads, safeguarding teams, and pastoral staff across both schools, you will:
• Lead attendance casework, supporting students and families to overcome barriers
• Monitor and analyse attendance data to identify trends and target intervention
• Carry out home visits and direct work with families where appropriate
• Lead statutory attendance processes, including legal interventions where required
• Work collaboratively with external agencies to support vulnerable pupils
• Contribute to the development of a consistent, trust-wide approach to attendance
This role combines hands-on casework, strategic influence, and cross-school collaboration.
How to apply
Burntwood is a popular, multi-cultural school. We put equality, safeguarding and inclusion at the heart of our ethos. Burntwood has a strong corporate identity characterised by our firm commitment to the UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people & vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups including gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.
Please note, we are only accepting applications through our career site,
Should you require any other details please contact our HR team.
Applications must be completed and submitted no later than 9am on Friday 3rd July 2026.
The interview date is to be confirmed.
Burntwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
