School Attendance Lead

School Attendance Lead

Job description

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Wigan Life Centre South

College Avenue

Wigan

WN1 1NJ

Salary : Grade 12, £50,512 - £54,243 per annum.

37 hours per week

Your role :

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic education leader, to work with the Inclusion Service Manager and wider leadership team, to design and develop services that will bring about positive outcomes for attendance and safeguarding across all Wigan schools.

You will be a strategic lead for the application of the attendance strategy delivery in Wigan.

Our ideal candidate will ensure that all children are receiving a suitable full-time education and are safeguarded in their settings.







Working within a multi-agency framework and within the statutory guidance Working together to improve school attendance’.

You will offer strategic leadership both in Wigan and across Greater Manchester, whilst managing the service development to supporting your team.

About you :

You will have a recognised professional qualification in a relevant field such as Education, Social Work, Youth Work, Education law or significant proven relevant experience in one of these fields.

Be able to demonstrate significant knowledge of legislation and statutory guidance. You will have strong leadership skills, be highly motivated, organised and able to make decisions in challenging and complex situations.

You will have proven experience of leading robust, effective, services or teams. Your ability to manage complex information and to clearly communicate this with others, including data analysis and concise report writing skills will be essential to support service development and positive outcomes for children.

About us :







Wigan Council has been voted Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards.

We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

You will be joining a well-established, skilled and enthusiastic inclusion management team, who work collaboratively to support each other and the service goals.

The attendance team are a flexible group who have undergone significant change in the last 12 months. They work well with schools and partners to understand the impact of improving attendance.

Wigan education department has a good working relationship with schools. We work closely with leaders and ensure our partnership supports the children of Wigan.







Please note that interviews for all candidates may be on 4th November 2024, if no suitable priority candidates are identified.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do.

This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

Wigan Council prides itself on equality , inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities.

We invest in training and developing our staff,





in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer.

We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply.

At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong.

We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

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For further information, please contact If you would like to discuss this role informally please contact Rachel Clemow Service Manager Inclusion and Education Safeguarding Lead on r.

[email protected] 07824475418 Or Charmaine Tarring Service Lead for Inclusion and Virtual School Head [email protected] - 07500064704

Priority candidates Interview date : Monday 4th November 2024

Internal Candidates Interview date : Wednesday 13th November 2024

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check

The employer is committed to safeguarding

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