Lytham St Annes High School
‘A Learning Community in Pursuit of Excellence’
We are looking for an Attendance and Inclusion Support Worker for our newly refurbished school. This is a busy and varied role rewarded with:
- Competitive salary
- Commitment to staff development
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme
- On Site parking
- Pension scheme
- Staff discount eligibility for brands and stores.
LSA High School provides our learning community with excellent education in addition to a wide range of extracurricular activities from football to fencing with many activities in between! We are proud of our school and work to high standards to ensure a vibrant, fun and safe environment for our staff, families and students.
The Attendance and Inclusion Support Worker will work as part of the attendance team and with pastoral colleagues to optimise student attendance and to nurture our students' sense of belonging.
Responsibilities include promoting excellent student attendance, supporting students and families to improve attendance through building positive relationships, liaising with teaching and pastoral staff, making home visits, accessing wider support for families through Early Help Assessments and working alongside Heads of Year and external agencies with a view to collaboratively improving school attendance. The role will involve the effective use of students' attendance data and ensuring that school policies on attendance and safeguarding are closely followed at all times. Further details are available in the job description attached.
We would love to speak to you if you have excellent communication, organisation and administrative skills, with the ability to work on your own initiative whilst being part of a larger team. Previous experience of working in a similar role providing high quality child/family support or of working flexibly in a fast-paced environment would be welcomed. The person specification details the qualifications, experience and skills that we are looking for.
An essential part of the role will be understanding the school safeguarding protocols and adhering to the statutory requirements for regulated activity with children, always ensuring student safety and well-being.
Lytham St Annes High School recently converted to an academy as a founding member of the Coastal Collaborative Trust.
Lytham St Annes High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake and maintain an enhanced DBS check.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; therefore, applicants must disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and reprimands, subject to the relevant filtering rules.
Salary: Grade 6 SCP 11 – 19 (£27,269 - £31,067 FTE) Actual Salary (£23,664 - £26,960)
Closing Date: 12 May 2025, 9.00am
Interview Date: 19 May 2025
