Job Description

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The King's School, Canterbury
09/05/2025


Director of Admissions


The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.


Job details

Salary

Competitive

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Admissions

Date posted

17/04/2025

Job reference

VAC00500




The King's School
is one of the oldest schools in the country, and today, one of
the UK's leading co-educational boarding and day schools,
providing an outstanding, 21st century education to pupils ages
3-18.



With a new Head,
Jude Lowson, who joined in September 2023, King's is entering a
new chapter and has ambitious targets to attract high-quality
applicants to the school.



We are looking
for an outstanding Director of Admissions to lead and oversee our
pupil recruitment and on-boarding across all three schools. With
entry points ranging from the nursery to Sixth Form, this is a
varied and wide-ranging role that has both strategic and
operational responsibilities.



The aims of the
role are:
To further develop and implement strategies to attract highly capable pupils of talent, energy and academic curiosity from the UK and internationally. To ensure that all communications and events for prospective parents are effective in driving demand for places at the school. to nurture and further develop relationships with feeder schools such that we remain a highly recommended destination of choice. to further develop ways of assessing talent and potential in candidate pupils. To report admissions data, both qualitative and quantitative, to senior managers and governors and further develop systems which accurately record and monitor key metrics. To lead and effectively manage the admissions team in order to deliver on the objectives above.




Candidates with a
wide range of experiences and backgrounds are encouraged to
apply. You may currently be a teacher but with experience in
admissions functions, an existing registrar or someone who has
transferrable skills from an allied sector. Given the scale of
responsibilities it is anticipated that the appointee is likely
to be a non-teaching member of staff. However candidates who
have a teaching background alongside the responsibilites of this
role are encouraged to apply and to indicate this as part of
their supporting statement.


The King School offers an extensive rewards package,
including:
Gold membership at The King School Recreation Centre Enhanced employer pension contributions up to 10% Employee Assistance Programme Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme Free meals during term time In house training and CPD opportunities

For further information and to , please
visit: Current
Job Vacancies & The King's School, Canterbury



Closing date for
receipt of applications:

9

May 2025

The King's School is 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 which is in line with the statutory Keeping Children Safe
in Education guidance. This includes online checks for
shortlisted candidates.


All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced
DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from
teaching check.


Director of Admissions