Trust Vice Principal - Attendance Lead

Summary:

Trust Vice Principal - Attendance Lead to drive attendance improvement across a growing multi-academy trust.

About the School:

The school is committed to providing a high-quality education for all students, with a strong focus on scholarship, inclusion, and student success. It operates with a clear vision and values-driven culture that supports both staff and students.

The Opportunity:

As Trust Vice Principal - Attendance Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping attendance strategies across multiple secondary academies. This is a unique opportunity to influence attendance outcomes at scale, ensuring that more students are in school, learning, and achieving their full potential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set and drive a clear, trust-wide attendance strategy aligned with school improvement goals
• Translate strategy into consistent, front-line practice across academies
• Support and challenge academy leaders to deliver sustained improvement in attendance
• Ensure strong alignment between attendance, safeguarding, inclusion, and pastoral systems
• Focus on reducing persistent absence among disadvantaged and vulnerable students
• Use data to identify trends, target interventions, and evaluate the impact of attendance initiatives
• Build leadership and staff capacity through coaching, modelling, and high-quality CPD
• Prepare for external scrutiny, including Ofsted inspections

Qualifications & Skills:

Required

• Proven track record in school leadership with a focus on attendance improvement
• Experience in driving whole-school improvement and strategic development
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and its link to attendance systems
• Demonstrated ability to use data effectively to drive improvement
• Commitment to supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils

Preferred

• Experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Experience working at trust or system level
• Background in inclusion or other significant whole-school priorities

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Access to expert central support from HR, Finance, Data, IT, and Education teams
• Opportunities for professional development and leadership growth
• A values-driven culture with a focus on reducing unnecessary workload
• Support from a strong, growing trust infrastructure with clear strategic direction