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Location: Putney, Southwest London
Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience
Reporting to: Attendance and Interventions Manager
Working pattern: 36 hours per week (8.00am-4.00pm) 39 weeks per year term time
Contract: Permanent
Start date: As soon as possible
Closing date: 10.00am on Wednesday 2 October 2024
Interviews will take place on a rolling basis so early application is advised.
About the role:
We are recruiting a dynamic Attendance Officer to join Ark Putney Academy and support the needs of our students. You will manage the administration and monitoring of attendance and punctuality for students in Years 7 to 13.
You will liaise with Heads of Year, SENCO and other relevant staff to identify students who require support with their attendance. You will also manage the daily registration process, contacting parents and carers of students who are absent from school.
You will:

• have excellent communication and organisational skills
• have strong ICT skills including use of management information systems, word, excel, Power Point
• have excellent written English
• work well as part of a team
• enjoy working in a lively and sometimes challenging environment
• have a robust awareness of keeping children safe, noticing safeguarding welfare concerns and understanding of how and when to take appropriate action.

If you share our commitment to excellence, we want to hear from you!
About our school:
Ark Putney Academy opened in September 2012 as part of the Ark network in the London Borough of Wandsworth. We’re a mixed school with 790 students, ranging from year 7 through to sixth form.
We adopt a holistic view to educating young people. Through our commitment to inclusion, equality and attainment, we prepare every student to be a pillar of any community.
In our 2022 Ofsted inspection we were rated ‘Good’ in every category with real strengths in teaching and learning, curriculum breadth and personal development.
We’ve also been celebrating a successful year so far with strong GCSE results that place Ark Putney in the top 20% nationally for progress and ahead of other schools in the local area. This reflects our excellent teaching and the dedication of our staff both to the students and each other.
Find out more about us by visiting www.arkputney.org.
We offer:

• One-to-one support, coaching and access to extensive network training to support career development.
• We take the wellbeing of our staff seriously; therefore, staff receive regular rewards and recognition for effort.
• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
• Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.

How to apply:
Please visit www.arkputney.org/vacancies and submit your application. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is strongly encouraged.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we would be delighted to hear from you. To arrange a visit, an informal chat or for any queries, please contact Julie Rickard j.rickard@arkputneyacademy.org.
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Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. To meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Ark Putney Academy is a mixed secondary school with sixth form in Putney, south-west London. The school has recently undergone a refurbishment and now boasts exceptional indoor and outdoor sports facilities, plus an arts centre, spacious classrooms and specialist teaching rooms.
Principal
Alison Downey
Values and vision
At Ark Putney we have a holistic view of educating young people. Our mission statement is;
Preparing every student to be a pillar of any community
By this we mean that we are focusing on developing students to be the very best they can be in all aspects of their lives not only through academic progress but also by developing the soft skills that will enable students to be successful in the world such as good manners and the ability to speak confidently combined with the desire to participate through sport, the arts and contributing to charity and community projects.
This can be illustrated by our core purpose, which is to provide students with:

• An appreciation and curiosity for life and learning
• The courage and ambition to unlock and fulfil their potential
• A desire to contribute to society in a positive way
• A sense of self –awareness, combined with the integrity to be compassionate towards others

The main drivers for this are our Six Pillars as listed below. These permeate academy life and can be seen in everything that we do, think and say at APA. They are also a focus of our assemblies, reflections and tutorial activities. They help to guide us in how we behave, what we do and what kind of people we want to be:

• Effort
• Team work
• Community
• Enthusiasm
• Commitment
• Independence