Admissions Officer | Milton Abbey School Job Blandford Forum England UK,Education / Teaching

Admissions Officer | Milton Abbey School

Admissions Officer – Visa, Agents and International Admissions

Duties and Responsibilities

To ensure that all admissions enquiries are handled professionally, courteously, efficiently and effectively, from initial call to handover to Housemaster, in line with the aims and ethos of the school
To share responsibility for the maintenance of comprehensive, detailed and accurate records
To maintain detailed and current understanding of Milton Abbey pupil recruitment and retention numbers, trends and patterns, briefing Head, Deputy Head Development and Admissions and Director of Finance as required
To monitor and respond to all enquiries and contacts related to Admissions, including:
- Monitoring Admissions Phone, directing enquiries to appropriate team members
- Monitoring relevant email accounts and action inbox, and having shared oversight of Admissions@
To handle initial enquiries from prospective parents
To maintain and promote good communications with entrants from enquiry to arrival
To administer and maintain detailed and accurate Admissions information via database
To lead on all statutory and regulatory Admissions requirements
To support the planning and hosting of prospective parent and pupil visits
To plan and implement the Admissions calendar
To administer and coordinate our work with presenting schools

Parent Visits

To share responsibility for all prospective parent visits and to lead on visits by agents
To ensure the Deputy Head Development and Admissions, Head and SENDCO have all relevant information and paperwork to make accurate and appropriate admissions decisions
To ensure any reasonable adjustments for interviews or assessments are put in place, in consultation with the Learning Development Department
To devise a bespoke visit for each applicant, focusing on areas of interest and need
To organise and brief pupil guides, liaising with Head of Sixth Form
To follow up visits appropriately and efficiently with parents/agents
To ensure regular contact with registered, confirmed and enquiry families, liaising with Marketing Officer to support communications for mailings/social media and events
To liaise with colleagues including the Head, Deputy Head Development and Admissions, SENDCO, Director of Finance, Head’s PA, Senior Deputy Head, Deputies, and HSM, as appropriate with regard to prospective pupils, pre and post visits
To ensure the school is prepared for tours, in conjunction with the Head of Operations

Staff Liaison and Briefing

To ensure that House Teams, Health Centre, and Deputies Team are fully briefed on arriving pupils
To provide Admissions induction and training for teaching and house staff
To communicate with the Deputies Team to ensure appropriate induction processes, class allocation and academic setting are in place for mid-year and mid-phase joiners
To liaise between parents and the Head of Lower School/VI Form on suitable options for incoming pupil

Statutory and Regulatory

To arrange with Deputy Head Development and Admissions the annual review, and Governor sign-off, of Admissions Policy
To coordinate the school’s Visa and Immigration work, taking responsibility for the CAS allocation process for relevant new pupils according to Home Office rules and guidance
To ensure that all pupils residents overseas have appropriate guardianship arrangements, meeting statutory requirements
To remain conversant with developments in immigration relevant to boarding, undertaking
To maintain all school records in line with current Child Student Visa policy
To ensure registration, confirmation and joiner forms are fully completed
To maintain necessary communication with and administration for the UKVI, including up to date paperwork on all CAS entries
To be responsible for Child Student Visa Parent and School Policies along with Guardian Agreements and Agent Agreements.
To act as a UKVI Level 1 user
To lead on inspection of Admissions, keeping all documentation and records inspection-ready, in consultation with Head of Compliance
To ensure that all legal requirements and statutory guidance (including Independent School Standards Regulations, Keeping Children Safe in Education and…


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