Deputy Registrar
St. Swithun's Senior School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2021
Job overview
The deputy registrar will play a key role in the admissions of pupils to St Swithun’s and is primarily responsible for helping to deliver a warm, welcoming and efficient admissions process from initial enquiry to a student joining St Swithun’s.
The successful candidate will need to develop excellent relationships with prospective parents, feeder schools and agents by delivering a positive year-round admissions process that the supports the school’s vision, ethos and values.
In the last few years the work of the admissions office has expanded in order to meet the needs of St Swithun’s as well as the changing requirements of feeder schools, UK-based and international families, educational consultants and agents and the Home Office with regards to student visas and immigration practice.
In addition to increased travel abroad to attend education exhibitions and future schools’ events there has been greater emphasis on proactive measures and individual personal contact with the hundreds of families on our lists. We are dealing with markets across different time zones in both term time and when school is closed and wish to ensure that each family has the necessary individual attention as they build their relationship with the school.
St Swithun’s is a renowned academically selective school which attracts worldwide interest amongst parents and agents for both its normal entry points at years 7, 9 and 12 as well as for occasional places in year 8 and year 10.
Please see the job description document for more details; for an informal conversation before application please contact Kate Cairns, registrar at cairnsk@stswithuns.com
Closing date for applications: Monday 19 April 2021.
Interviews: Interviews are anticipated to be held during the week beginning 26 April 2021.
The school reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date so please do apply early.
Further details of the post and an application form are available from recruitment@stswithuns.com or 01962 835701.
St Swithun’s is a registered charity providing education for boys and girls and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All staff are expected to share and support this commitment and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Attached documents
About St. Swithun's Senior School
St Swithun’s Senior School is an independent, Church of England, 11-18, day and boarding girls’ school, situated in Winchester in Hampshire. The school, which has approximately 520 girls on its roll, is a registered charity and is governed by the school council.
In 1884, seventeen pupils began attending Winchester High School. The pupil population then grew to over 60 and the school began to take day pupils and boarders. Its name was changed to Winchester Girls’ School in 1909 and then, after World War I, to St Swithun’s School.
Headmistress
Ms Jane Gandee
Values and vision
St Swithun’s Senior School aims to be renowned for its excellent all-round education; its forward-looking teaching methods; its scholarship; and the attitudes it fosters in its students. The school strives to house a civilised and compassionate community in secure and well-maintained buildings, and to thoroughly prepare all its pupils for life beyond its gates. The school wants to be regarded by teachers as a desirable place to work and develop one’s craft.
St Swithun’s Senior School’s vision is that by the time a girl leaves she will be courageous, compassionate, committed and self-confident with a love of learning, a moral compass and a sense of humour.
ISI report
“Pupils’ outstanding success in academic examinations and national competitions was noted, together with achievement in a wide range of extra-curricular activities, with county and national recognition in several sports. Pupils had exceptional communications skills and the ability to analyse complex problems. A highly effective academic tracking and monitoring system was found to support strong progress. The report highlighted collaborative working among pupils, considerable positive commitment to others, both within and beyond the school, and a strong sense of moral responsibility as features of pupils’ personal development.”
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