JAYNE PATRICIA MCGUINNESS

Managed staff absence records on Fusion, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting.

• Updated HR databases, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality are maintained.
• Handled employee documentation, including contracts, recruitment paperwork and starter packs.
• Liaised with business manager to support audit processes, contributing to compliance and operational integrity.
• Covering reception duties, answering calls dealing with parent queries
• Collaborated with business manager to assist with audits and related tasks, enhancing documentation accuracy.

• Over 24 years of experience in a busy primary school office, delivering high-level administrative and attendance support using systems such as Arbor MIS and CMIS.
• Tracked and updated student attendance records daily, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting
• Investigating unexplained absences and following up via phone calls, letters, and home visits
• Produced detailed attendance reports for SLT, governors, and local authorities, facilitating informed decision-making
• Submitting statutory data returns including the school census and DfE submissions
• Engaged proactively with families to address persistent absence, fostering improved student attendance
• Managing all aspects of pupil admissions, leavers, and transitions
• Maintaining accurate and confidential records for pupils, including medical, contact, and safeguarding information
• First point of contact for parents, visitors, and outside agencies
• Supporting and attending SARMs meetings and multi-agency panels
• Liaising with attendance officers, safeguarding teams, and educational welfare services
• Answering phones, typing correspondence, managing post, and filing
• Supporting medical processes and referrals
• Organising appointments, meetings, and staff cover
• Receiving deliveries and managing school supplies inventory

• Produced corrugated pads for packaging industrial equipment and assembled packaging materials to ensure safe transport.
• Maintained clean and organised work areas.
• Operated a variety of machinery, adhering strictly to safety protocols and operational guidelines to maintain workplace safety.
• Followed strict clean-up protocols after each production run, maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

• Packed and assembled brass light fittings for timely distribution to retail outlets.
• Packed customer orders with care, ensuring items were secure and ready for dispatch.
• Maintained a clean and orderly packing area, complying with health and safety regulations.
• Conducted thorough quality checks on items before packaging to maintain high standards.