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Central Admissions Officer - Central Kent

Central Admissions Officer - Central Kent

Leigh Academies Trust

Medway

  • Expired
Salary:
Actual salary £21,868 - £23,825 per annum (£24,789-£27,007 FTE)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
14 June 2024

Job overview

Working as part of a new central team dedicated to administering admissions for all phases across Leigh Academies Trust, we are looking for a Central Admissions Officer to join our team! You will be responsible for 2 secondary academies in our Central Kent cluster in Maidstone and Tonbridge - splitting your time equally between both, with a day spent at HQ in Strood with the rest of the team. Reporting to the Central Admissions Lead (CAL), you will be part of a dynamic team that is working to streamline and shape the admissions process, creating a simple yet informative and professional journey for parents and students alike.


Key tasks include, but are not limited to:

  • The set up and maintenance of Admissions+ in accordance with best practice, ensuring the system is ready and available for each phase as needed.
  • Ensuring admissions forms are reviewed to ensure information being captured is relevant and necessary to the student and academy, as well as being compliant with the School Admissions Code.
  • Liaise with SLT to produce a timeline of events relating to admissions throughout the year and setting them up, as needed, in Admissions+. This will include open days and Post-16 meetings.
  • Manage waiting lists for In Year Casual Admissions.
  • Set up and administer fair ability banding tests, open evenings, taster days and other events as applicable to your academies.
  • Act as the first point of contact for all admissions related enquiries in the allocated academies, referring complex requests or points of issue to the CAL.
  • Become familiar with the School Admissions Code and the School Admissions Appeals Code ensuring all stages of admissions within academies are compliant with these.
  • Become familiar with how the LA relevant to your academies handles admissions for each phase.
  • To travel to other academies providing support where needed as directed by the CAL.


The working basis of the role is 37 hours per week, term time + 2 weeks inset, actual salary £21,868 - £23,825 per annum (£24,789-£27,007 FTE)

Please note, interviews will be conducted week commencing Monday the 24th of June.

For any queries in regards to the application process, please contact Charlotte Herberts (Recruitment Coordinator) on charlotte.herberts@latrust.org.uk / 01634 412 245

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st April 2024, our Trust comprises 32 geographically organised academies (16 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

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About Leigh Academies Trust

Leigh Academies Trust is one of the country’s largest and most-established multi-academy trusts operating across Kent, Medway and South East London. It contains primary, secondary and special academies and is highly inclusive and successful. Our mission is to deliver “education for a better world” by ensuring that young people in our academies have an excellent start in life regardless of their background or ability.

We are a non-profit making charitable company, based in Strood, Medway. The Trust exists to support and assist schools to build upon their existing strengths and to help them achieve rapid educational transformation. It has significant experience in running schools, and today includes both sponsored academies and schools which have chosen to convert to academy status.

The Trust was formed in 2008 with the linking of the Leigh Technology Academy and Longfield Academy under one governing body. Today, we encompass more than 20,000 students between the ages of 2 months and 19 in over 30 primary, secondary and special academies including one all-through academy and one grammar school.

In addition to providing high-quality educational opportunities for all of our children, aged from 2 months to 19 years, and their families, we are proud to provide many opportunities for lifelong learning.  These are delivered through the organisations under our umbrella: Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, LAT Apprenticeships and Kent and Medway Training (KMT), which delivers routes into teaching. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

Benefits for LAT employees

We strive to offer a range of benefits that all employees can take advantage of which we regularly review and improve, based on what our staff want and need - click here to view what you’d receive as a member of staff with Leigh Academies Trust.

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