Attendance Improvement Lead

Star Central

Internal Job Title: Trust Attendance Improvement Lead

Strategic Direction and Development

Set clear expectations for attendance leadership, systems, thresholds and intervention across all schools.

Use data intelligence, audit activity and QA processes to identify risk, variation and disproportionality.

Hold school leaders to account for attendance outcomes, agreeing and monitoring improvement actions.

Build attendance leadership capacity through coaching, professional development and challenge.

Ensure statutory compliance and high-quality practice in relation to persistent absence, severe absence, CME and EHE.

Act as the trust’s subject-matter expert for attendance, advising executive leaders, trustees and principals.

Ensure attendance practice is fully aligned with safeguarding, SEND, behaviour and inclusion systems, including Every Star Matters.

Lead trust-level engagement with local authorities and statutory partners.

Provide strategic oversight of legal and enforcement activity, ensuring proportionality and consistency.

Contribute to trust and board-level reporting, inspection preparation and wider system improvement work.

You will have:

Significant experience of leading attendance improvement across multiple schools or at system level.

Excellent understanding of DfE attendance guidance, statutory processes and best practice

Strong data literacy, with the ability to translate insight into action.

The ability to challenge, influence and support senior leaders with credibility and care

A child-centred, inclusive approach underpinned by high expectations.

The resilience and judgement to manage complex cases involving safeguarding, SEND and family vulnerability.

Full commitment to Star Academies’ vision, values and commitment to equity.

Our Commitment

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.