ATTENDANCE OFFICER / STUDENT SUPPORT MENTOR

ATTENDANCE OFFICER / STUDENT SUPPORT MENTOR

(Maternity Cover - 22.5 hours per week – term time only plus 2 additional days)

B&NES Grade 5 £14,506 per annum minimum starting salary)

Required from March 2026, an Attendance Officer / Student Support Mentor to play a key role in supporting and maintaining good attendance within the Academy.

Having achieved excellent results in summer 2025, Buckler’s Mead Academy is going from strength to strength. Our most recent Ofsted, in May 2024, judged us as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas.

Main Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Monitor and check all attendance data is accurate and up to date
• Provide weekly attendance reports to the Attendance Champion
• To work with the SEND department and Pupil Premium Lead to maximise attendance
• To work with the Attendance Champion and other leaders, to ensure the Academy’s ‘relentless drive’ on school attendance is high profile
• The successful candidate should have:
• Strong numeracy/literacy/IT skills including written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work effectively as a team
• A high level of confidentiality
• Ability to work on own initiative

(Please see accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post).

In return we can offer you the opportunity to work with motivated students, the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing all of our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement. The successful candidate will benefit from Trust wide opportunities, such as early careers induction, CPD and working with colleagues across Trust schools.

There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy, serving the east of Yeovil, Somerset. Our vision as an academy is “an inspiring education for all”. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision through inclusive teaching. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to references and a full Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that we may carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of our Safer Recruitment and Due Diligence checks.

Buckler’s Mead Academy is an equal opportunities employer. The campus is a no smoking site.

If you think this could be the role for you, we would love to hear from you. Applications should be sent for the attention of Mr Mark Lawrence, Headteacher and should include details of your current experience and suitability for the role.

Thank you for your interest in this post. We look forward to receiving your application.

CLOSING DATE: MONDAY 12 JANUARY 2026 (9.00 am)

(We review all applications on receipt and reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications)