Attendance Officer
Wheatley Park School
Everyone Learning - Everyone Caring
11-18 Academy and member of the River Learning Trust
1146 on roll including 218 Sixth Form
Attendance Officer
37 hours per week
Term time only (38 weeks)
Salary: Grade 6 Pro rata £22491-£24370 (Full time equivalent £26824-£29065)
Every Day Counts: Supporting Our Students to Achieve Their Potential
A collaborative team dedicated to student success. “In our team, no one works in isolation. If a complex attendance issue arises or the morning gets exceptionally busy, we step in to support one another.” – Student Receptionist
Why This Role Matters
At Wheatley Park School, our values of Everyone Learning and Everyone Caring mean we look at education as a whole: students learn best when they are fully supported and secure. As our Attendance Officer, your daily work directly drives this foundation. By maintaining accurate attendance tracking and working collaboratively with families and the student management team, you ensure our 1146 students are in their lessons and equipped to reach their full potential.
What You’ll Bring
- Strong Communication Skills: The ability to hold professional, supportive, and sometimes challenging conversations with parents, carers, and students regarding attendance patterns.
- Collaborative Mindset: A desire to work closely within an established school office team of four, where knowledge-sharing and mutual support are daily practices.
- Analytical Accuracy: Confidence in managing attendance data, identifying trends, and maintaining precise records to help target interventions swiftly.
- Resilience and Empathy: The professional judgment to balance rigorous attendance standards with an understanding of the diverse needs within our vibrant school community.
The Wheatley Park Difference
Based within our stunning parkland site just five miles east of Oxford, Wheatley Park School offers a professional environment focused on shared growth.
- A Supportive Ecosystem: You will join a closely knit office team that prioritises collaborative problem-solving and a positive working atmosphere.
- Professional Agency: We trust our support staff as experts in their domains, providing you with the autonomy to manage your daily workflow effectively.
- Continuous Growth: As part of the River Learning Trust, you will have access to excellent professional development pathways tailored to professional services and support staff.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
If you would like to know more, or arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Skye Wigley (HR Manager) on 01865 872441 or by email to [email protected]. Full details can be found on our website here Applications for this post can only be accepted via the MyNewTerm website here. To find out more about the River Learning Trust, please visit www.riverlearningtrust.org.
Closing date and time: 9am Wednesday 9th September 2026
The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
Provisional Interview date: Week commencing 14th September 2026
The River Learning Trust and Wheatley Park School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Wheatley Park School, Holton, Oxford, OX33 1QH
Tel: 01865 872441
