Job title and organisation: Attendance and Administration Officer - Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School
Salary: C1 12-17
£28,598 - £31,022 FTE. £21,052 - £23,246 (actual salary based on 32.5 hours)
Hours: 32.5
Contract: Permanent - Term Time Only
Location: Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School, Pudsey
Closing Date and Time: Friday 30 January at Midday
We have an exciting vacancy for an experienced Attendance and Administrator Officer to join our excellent team.
The Governing Body are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Attendance and Administrator Officer to join our excellent office team. The successful candidate will have an enthusiasm and commitment to supporting children’s well-being.
This role would ideally be offered at 32.5 hours per week, term time only, Monday - Friday 8.00am - 3.00pm. However, for the right candidate we can offer some flexibility over the start or finish time and could accommodate a four-day week. There may be a need to work some training days but these will be negotiated in advance.
This is a permanent post following the completion of a successful probationary / induction period.
You will ideally have NVQ Level 3 Administration (or equivalent) and have excellent IT skills with the ability to utilise the full range of Microsoft Word and Excel applications.
Well-developed organisational and communication skills are essential, combined with the ability to work in a friendly manner with children and adults alike in a busy school office.
You will be expected to undertake a range of duties including:
- To act as point of contact for customers and visitors – both in person and on the telephone and present a courteous, professional, calm and friendly manner.
- To ensure all daily routine attendance processes are completed in a timely manner, including inputting data, checking registers, updating attendance codes, fire registers and first day absence calls.
- To support the safeguarding process by ensuring appropriate and timely follow up of first day absence notifications, this includes follow up contact with parents/carers and notifying the SENCO/Family Liaison Officer (FLO) of absences related to vulnerable students.
- To monitor data on a daily/ weekly and monthly basis to identify patterns and inconsistencies for individual students and/or groups of students.
- Process all Exceptional Leave requests received in school, ensuring that outcomes are communicated with parents and penalty notices are processed in line with school procedures and LA deadlines.
- To manage the administration process for after school clubs and events including communication with parents, allocation of places and passing on cost information to be added to ParentPay.
- To support the School Business Manager with School and Nursery Admissions ensuring all the correct paperwork is completed.
- To operate relevant ICT packages, including MIS systems to enable the effective running of the school office, maintaining up to date computer based and manual filing systems.
- Maintain pupil records as necessary on Arbor including children with medical needs.
- To deal with enquiries and liaise with staff, pupils, parents and other stakeholders as necessary.
- Preparing communications to parents and other stakeholders as necessary.
- You will also undertake other general office duties as and when required and provide an administration service to the whole school.
Previous experience of working in a school office environment is preferable, but not essential.
Pudsey Bolton Royd Primary School is a ‘good’ school (OfSTED, Nov 2023) with excellent modern facilities and it is set within spacious, attractive grounds near the Leeds / Bradford border. The school offers a caring, professional and supportive environment for children, parents and staff alike, and serves a vibrant, multi-cultural community.
You will be joining an inclusive school that celebrates diversity and where everyone associated with the children is devoted to providing the very best opportunities for all.
We will offer you:
- the opportunity to work with a dedicated team of excellent practitioners
- fantastic children who are well mannered and work hard
- a happy working environment with a positive and inclusive ethos
- opportunity to develop knowledge and skills
- employee benefits, including access to Employee Wellbeing Support, local government pension and other money saving benefits.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and actively encouraged but you will not be disadvantaged if you are unable to visit. If you would like to book a visit, please contact our School Business Manager, Janet Spencer on 0113 3862560.
For more information about the school, please see our website: Pudsey Bolton Royd - Primary School
To request an application pack, please email info@pudseyboltonroyd.org Applications must be made using the Leeds City Council application form, CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: Friday 30th January at midday.
Interviews: Friday 6th February 2026.
Please include a contact number as short-listed candidates will be informed by telephone. Unsuccessful candidates will be contacted via email.
Our School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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