Admissions Officer
Queen's Park High School, Chester, Cheshire, CH4 7AE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
13 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,185.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Pro-Rata Salary £22,189.43 to £22,897.80
Admissions Officer job summary
Admissions Officer - Core Purpose
- To be responsible for maintaining and developing school processes around admissions for the Handbridge Site.
- To lead on and manage the schools admissions process for Year 10 and 12 and ‘in year transfers’ for Chester International School.
- To lead on and manage the schools admissions process for Year 7, Year 12 and ‘in year transfers’ for Queen’s Park High School.
- Contribute to the wider administrative function of the schools, supporting colleagues, students and families.
- To uphold the school ethos and set high standards in all areas of work.
Key Tasks
- To lead and effectively manage the schools admissions process for entry into year 10 and 12 and ‘in year’ transfers for Chester International School. CIS is its own admissions authority.
- To lead and effectively manage the schools admissions process for entry into year 7 and year 12 and ‘in year’ transfers for Queen’s Park High School. QPHS uses the Cheshire West and Chester admissions authority.
- Coordinating applications, appeals and waiting lists.
- Organising school tours/transition events.
- Communicating decisions to parents and external agencies.
- Ensuring compliance with School Admissions Code.
- To submit referrals and student data reports to the Fair Access Panel when required.
- Assisting with student records maintenance, including filing, scanning and data input.
- Supporting the organisation of school events, open evenings and admissions evenings.
- To complete any other general administrative tasks when required to ensure the effective operations of the school office.
- To support students records and data collections and transfer, in accordance with the school, DfE regulations and GDPR.
- To provide high quality administrative support services for teaching staff and students.
- To support, train and work with the office administrators in their use of all relevant school information systems to ensure effective collection, use, security, accuracy, and validity of the data.
- To support the development and implementation of new administrative software across the school.
- To liaise with external authorities to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Providing cover for other office staff during absences or peak periods.
- To advise on the efficient use of SIMS to all staff.
Safeguarding
- Promote and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come in to contact with.
General Support
- Comply with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of, support and ensure equal opportunities for all.
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals.
- Attend and participate in regular meetings.
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
- Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others.
- Be willing to undertake regular and appropriate continued professional development in line with the expectations of the role.
Notwithstanding the detail in this job description, in accordance with the Trust’s/School’s Policies, the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by the CEO, ATDB, Headteachers, Governing Bodies or Support Operations Manager from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the main responsibilities of the job.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Queen's Park High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 785 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Queen's Park High School website
Queen’s Park High School values its hardworking and dynamic staff and seeks to recruit and retain the very best people. We are a smaller than average 11-18 academy within The Learning Trust, beautifully situated, close to the heart of the historic city of Chester. We work in partnership with Christleton High School, Chester International School (CIS) and Belgrave Primary School to serve young people, to educate, enlighten and give them the expertise and confidence to succeed.
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