Attendance Manager (TTO +2)

Attending LSA is central to our core mission (to diversify the creative industries), and we therefore have an approach that puts students attending at the core of our strategy and build policy, systems and processes that serve the cohorts we want in the school. If we want better outcomes, it is imperative that our students want to, need to, and are able to attend LSA. The Attendance Manager will lead this agenda across the school, owning the systems, the data and the relationships that drive attendance up at LSA. This role is key to achieving attendance improvement across LSA, ensuring that absence is identified quickly, patterns are understood and acted on, and that students who are not attending are noticed and supported as soon as changes in their attendance happen. You will manage LSA’s day-to-day attendance operation, lead individual casework for students with persistent absence, and work closely with pastoral, curriculum and SLT colleagues to steer a culture in which attendance is understood as a professional expectation. This is a role that sits at the intersection of data, relationships and school culture. The Attendance Manager will manage the Attendance and Student Support Officer, produce regular reporting for senior leaders, and be the school’s expert voice on attendance strategy and improvement.