Head of Admissions (Maternity Cover) - Repton School

Package Description

Location:  Repton School

Responsible to:  Deputy Head, Admissions and Marketing

Salary: Commensurate with skills and experience

This would be a full-time role on a temporary contract for the purposes of covering maternity leave, required from January 2025 until approximately mid February.

Benefits: Company Pension Scheme, Sports Centre Membership, Generous Holiday Allowance: 5 weeks holiday plus Bank Holidays plus Christmas Closedown

Job Introduction

Repton School require an experienced and hard-working individual to cover the Head of Admissions while the current incumbent is on a year of Maternity Leave. 

This exciting, energetic and diverse customer-facing role organizes and manages the recruitment of pupils to Repton from B Block to Lower Sixth. They are supported by an experienced line manager (Deputy Head, Admissions and Marketing), a part-time Recruitment Officer, the Director of Year 9 Recruitment, and two Admissions Officers, one directly responsible for administrating the Y9&10 entry points and the other looking after Sixth Form.

The role has responsibility for the careful tracking of progress towards the department’s admissions goals, including both the overall health of the yearly intake in terms of number, and the strategic recruitment of talented individuals for Scholarship (managing the academic, sporting and creative scholarship process accordingly) as well as the financial impact of any scholarships and bursaries allocated.

The Head of Admissions is responsible for providing exemplary customer service to all prospective families, and for establishing and maintaining strong information exchange between our admissions department and feeder schools/agencies. They are the first point of contact by phone or email, and then delegate organizational tasks accordingly, both to those actively recruiting (Deputy Head, Recruitment Officer and Director of Year 9 Recruitment) and those administrating the process (the two Admissions Officers)

The Head of Admissions will arrange and run various recruitment events throughout the school year and provide additional important information in support of an application and the decisions around it to the Deputy Heads (Admissions, Academic and Pastoral), contributing their opinion on that application’s strengths and weakness.

Excellent communication and people skills are essential, as well as the capability to interact with students and their families. The ability to maintain accurate records and be highly organised is essential. High levels of computer literacy and excellent administration skills are also required

Please submit your application online by 5th November 2024

Should you wish to complete an offline application form, or should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR team via HR@repton.org.uk.

About Repton School

Repton School, founded in 1557, is a leading co-educational School situated in the historic village of Repton. Five miles from Burton upon Trent and eight miles from Derby, Repton lies in the very centre of England. The School boasts a consistently fine academic record and is active and successful in a wide range of other activities. The School’s 600 plus pupils, both boys and girls, are predominantly boarders. Each belongs to one of the ten boarding houses. Repton prides itself on its long and close association with the village. 

With the establishment of Repton Dubai in 2007, Repton was a pioneer among UK independent schools in establishing overseas ‘branches’. Repton International Schools Ltd has now established a family of six international schools (seven as of September), with four in the UAE, one in China, one in Malaysia and Repton Cairo opening in September. The School takes great pride in its international family and works closely with its overseas partners to ensure that each Repton International school fully reflects the ethos and values of the UK school.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, therefore the following shall be deemed to be included, in addition to the duties that you may be required to perform:

Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.

Under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 it is a criminal offence for a person over 18 (e.g. teacher, matron, sports coach) to have a sexual relationship with a child under 18 where that person is in a position of trust in respect of that child, even if the relationship is consensual. This applies where the child is in full-time education and the person works in the same establishment as the child, even if s/he does not teach the child. Moreover, whatever the age of the pupil, a sexual relationship between an employee and a pupil will be considered an abuse of a position of trust and gross misconduct, likely to result in dismissal.