Admissions Registrar

Job description

An enthusiastic and highly professional individual, with strong administrative skills and possibly with experience of special educational needs, is sought to join our dynamic Admissions team in the role of Admissions Registrar, assuming leadership of the team.

Our staff are committed and inspirational, transforming the futures of pupils with literacy and language-related additional challenges, by empowering them.

About this post

The Bursar seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and highly professional individual to lead the current Admissions team. The School’s Admissions process is integral to the success of pupils and the School, and works to build a partnership between prospective parents and the School in order to ensure all parties develop a comprehensive understanding of the pupil – his strengths and needs – and of the School’s provision and expertise. A rigorous process is highly effective in ensuring discrepancies between potential pupils’ needs and the School’s provision are identified as early as possible, managing expectations, and in ensuring places are only offered for children and young people whom the School has the capacity to support effectively, enabling the genuine transformation of their futures.

Full training and ongoing mentoring in the role is provided, together with a comprehensive induction programme. Ongoing professional development is supported through INSET days and other training opportunities.

Key responsibilities

To lead the School’s Admissions team, responsible under the Bursar/Headmaster for promoting and facilitating entry into the School for children whose needs can be met effectively in accordance with the School’s Admissions Policy, with regard to the School’s provision, purpose and capacity for each age-group as determined by the Headmaster and Board of Governors. The performance of other duties as deemed appropriate by the Headmaster/Bursar.

Specific duties include:

· Provide at all times a welcoming and professional service for all in contact with the Admissions department.

· Coordinate and manage the Admissions assessment process in accordance with the School’s Admissions Policy, liaising with other members of the Admissions team, the Headmaster, the Director of Assessment and Therapy, the Head of Boarding, the Bursar and other professionals, ensuring all parties receive accurate information in a timely manner.

· Obtain and interpret all relevant information, including education, health and therapeutic professionals’ reports, regarding any prospective pupil, relating to their cognitive and learning profile, using such information to assess suitability in respect of the School’s provision in order to provide advice and to make appropriate decisions in respect of the admissions process.

· Oversee arrangements for prospective pupils’ on-site assessment visits, welcoming children and their parents on arrival, providing reassurance, checking on their progress and wellbeing through the day.

· Identify and communicate to applicant parents as early as possible indications of incompatibility between the needs of the prospective pupil, and the School’s provision and purpose.

· Communicate the findings and outcome of the assessment process to the parents applying for the admission of their child, taking responsibility for obtaining and collating information from professionals involved, and for preparing and sending letters from the Headmaster confirming the outcome.

· Maintain accurate records of all admissions enquiries and progress of the admissions process using the school’s Management Information System (ENGAGE).

· Maintain the School’s Admissions Register, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable regulatory and School requirements.

· Provide accurate and timely reports as required regarding the current and anticipated pupil-roll, admissions enquiries being processed and anticipated or actual vacancies to the Head of Boarding, the Bursar, the Headmaster and the Board of Governors.

· Work closely with the Head of Boarding to manage and promote the admission of pupils as boarders to the School, aiming to maintain the boarding-roll as close to capacity as possible whilst managing the admissions assessment process to ensure suitability of prospective pupils.

· Ensure the School’s obligations are met in terms of reporting to the local authority and other bodies as necessary, pupils joining and leaving the School-roll, mindful of stipulated time-frames and formats.

· Ensure the protection of all personal data relating to pupils admitted to the School, and to those applying for entry, in accordance with the School’s Safeguarding and Data Protection policies.

· Encourage, as far as possible, the receipt of written confirmation of acceptance, and the timely return of joining-papers and registration-fee, from parents of children offered a place or, where applicable, the placing local authority.

· Ensure parents of pupils expected to join the School-roll receive all relevant and necessary information to support their preparations and transition, in a timely manner.

· Maintain the pupil database so that it reflects the current status of all pupils.

· Promote the link with ex-pupils through involvement in coordinating, managing and developing the More House School Alumni Association.

· Attendance at INSET training days and other School events.

Essential Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree or other higher-education qualification.

Desirable Qualifications:

Higher-education qualification relating specifically to education, child development or a therapeutic discipline.

Teaching or specialist tutoring qualification.

Experience of using a school Management Information System (database, e.g. SIMS) - More House School uses Engage, by Double First.

Hours

8.15am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday.

Five weeks’ paid holiday entitlement, in addition to public holidays. It is expected that holiday will be taken during School-holiday periods; however, at the Bursar’s discretion, occasional holiday taken during School term-time may be permitted.

Attendance at occasional school events outside of normal working hours, from time to time, including Founder’s Day. Some flexibility is welcomed.

For a full job description, and to apply please visit our website and complete the application form for support staff : https://www.morehouseschool.co.uk/supportapplicationform.

Closing date for Applications - Sunday 12th June 2022

Interviews Week Commencing Monday 20th June 2022