Job Description

Job: Attendance and Welfare Lead

School: Secondary School, Lambeth, South London

Start date: January 2026

Actual Annual Salary: £32,393 – £33,748

Contract: Full-time, permanent, term time only (39 weeks a year)

 

Aston Education is looking for an Attendance and Welfare Lead for an Ofsted Good 11-16 secondary school in Lambeth, South London.

 

In your role as an Attendance and Welfare Lead, you will use the school’s MIS system to update students’ attendance and punctuality and liaise with the SLT.

 

You will provide a specialist service to help the school to raise achievement by improving school attendance and punctuality and to meet their attendance targets.

 

The school offers:

• Generous local government pension scheme
• Excellent facilities
• Excellent professional development programme
• Funding for a range of Master’s qualifications
• Confidential coaching sessions
• Confidential counselling sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Annual travel season ticket loan

 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Raise the attendance and punctuality standards of all students
• Lead the Advisory Teams in establishing, and maintaining positive attendance routines
• Build positive and productive relations with parents and carers
• Maintain accurate data to effectively track student attendance and punctuality
  records of each student
• Prepare attendance reports and statistics for external stakeholders and governor meetings

 

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• A*-C grade in English and Maths at GCSE level or equivalent
• Degree is desired
• Experience raising attendance standards within a school, preferably secondary school
• Experience of tracking student attendance and punctuality
• Experience preparing attendance reports
• Strong communication, and interpersonal skills
• Safeguarding training

 

Ofsted says: This is a caring school with an inclusive ethos. Leaders have created a strong community feel. Pupils spoken to said, ‘this school is very welcoming and open’ and ‘it feels like family’. They behave well during lessons and around the school site.

 

Closing date: As soon as possible

 

Please contact Tarja Aila at Aston Education for an informal chat and to apply for this Attendance and Welfare Lead job.

                                                         

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.