Start Date: May 2025
Salary: Grade J SCP 23-26 (Pending Job Evaluation)
Hours of Work: Monday-Friday, 37 hours per week – Term Time only plus 5 days
Contract Type: Permanent
We are seeking to appoint an experienced and committed Strategic Lead for Attendance who will embrace an inclusive attitude to education, is looking for a new challenge and wants to be part of driving continued improvements in our school.
What we have:
- A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere
- Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve
- An aspirational curriculum for all students
- A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team
- Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers
- Opportunities for career development
The successful candidates must have:
· A calm, understanding and friendly personality.
· The ability to manage attendance and support students and their families
· A professional, nurturing and resilient approach.
· The willingness to work flexibly and constructively as part of a team, providing day to day support to the children and assisting with student behaviour as and if required in a supportive manner.
· The ability to establish good relationships with students, acting as a role model and responding to individual needs.
We are a newly merged Trust, Spark Education Trust which currently consists of 11 Primary Schools and 4 Secondary Schools.
The Spark Education Trust can offer you a professional challenge and a rewarding opportunity, working with collaborative schools that are passionate about the progress and development of every student.
Please return your completed application form to vacancies@laurencejackson.org
Applications submitted on anything other than the official application form and applications from agencies will not be accepted.
Closing Date: 9am 28th April 2025
Interviews to be held: w/b Tuesday 6th May 2025
