As a Deputy Attendance Officer, you support the Attendance Officer in monitoring and improving student attendance across the academy. You assist with first-day absence calls, update attendance records, chase late arrivals, and help coordinate attendance interventions for students with emerging patterns of absence.
The typical career stops on the way to this destination
Gain experience in a school office environment where you answer phones, greet visitors, and manage student records. This gives you familiarity with the MIS system and daily school operations that underpin attendance work.
You've arrived at your destination. As Deputy Attendance Officer, you support daily attendance monitoring, make absence calls, update registers, liaise with form tutors, and assist with attendance meetings. This role is an excellent stepping stone to Attendance Officer.
The personal attributes that will help you thrive in this role
Professional and friendly on the phone when contacting families about absences, even when conversations become difficult.
Careful and precise when updating attendance codes, recording reasons for absence, and maintaining student records.
Comfortable navigating the school MIS system to run registers, update codes, and generate basic attendance reports.
Understands that families face varied and sometimes complex challenges, and approaches attendance conversations with sensitivity.
Able to prioritise tasks during busy mornings when registers need checking, calls need making, and late students need signing in.
Works well alongside the Attendance Officer, pastoral team, and reception staff to ensure seamless attendance monitoring.