Thank you for your interest in the position of Attendance Administrator at Orchard School Bristol. We are seeking to appoint a friendly and professional Administrator whose role is to monitor and promote excellent student attendance and punctuality. The role is full time, covering the hours of 8:00 – 4:00pm, Monday to Thursday and 8:00am – 3:30pm on Friday.
Orchard is a forward-thinking school, with friendly staff and wonderful young people. Your work will make an impact on students’ experience of school, and will support students to achieve better, through focusing on attendance and punctuality every day.
This role is wide-ranging and will involve monitoring absence emails/answerphone messages, as well as making first day phone calls and sending texts to follow up on student absence. You will update recording systems and complete attendance paperwork. You will be student-focused each morning in following up students arriving late to school or late to lessons. You will also work directly with pastoral staff to identify next steps to improve student attendance. Full training is provided.
You will need to have excellent time management, good problem-solving skills, and be efficient in managing systems so that staff can rely on your data being accurate. You will be able to respond efficiently to routine and be flexible to deal with ad hoc requests. You will be committed to teamwork and also able to use your initiative, working independently but knowing when to seek advice. This role will enable you to utilise your organisational, problem solving and communication skills. You may already have experience of working in education or schools or would like to move into this sector.
As a mixed 11-16 school serving young people in North Bristol, our students reflect our richly diverse local community, and we place no limits on the aspiration of our students. We are a good school, building further success on the core ORCHARD values of being: Open-minded, Respectful, Creative and Curious, Healthy, Ambitious, Responsible and Determined. Our mission statement – inspire today, empower for life – lies at the heart of all that the school does.
We offer:
- Enthusiastic students, willing to learn and achieve, who have a positive relationship with staff
- A bright, happy place in which to learn and work
- A professionally stimulating environment which values the contributions of all staff
- A strong commitment to your professional development
- Award-winning staff wellbeing
Please read our Staff Prospectus to find out more about us.
I warmly welcome your application.
Melanie Sweet, Headteacher
Closing Date: Friday 4th April 2025
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Interview Day: TBC
Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.