Sixth Form Manager

St John's Marlborough, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4AX

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  Mid-February 2026

• Closing date

  11 December 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,051.46 - £29,475.64 Annually (Actual) Actual salary for 41 weeks, term time plus 2 weeks

Sixth Form Manager job summary

SIXTH FORM MANAGER (maternity cover - End Aug 2026)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, articulate and personable person to join our Sixth Form Team as Sixth Form Manager on a maternity cover contract. You will need to be well organised with good IT skills and the ability to plan and prioritise your workload. It is essential that you can work with diplomacy, sensitivity and absolute confidentiality at all times.

The postholder will be responsible to the Assistant Vice-Principal for the duties of this post. The Sixth Form Manager will manage all aspects of the Sixth Form, including admissions and attendance, working alongside other key Sixth Form staff to ensure the smooth running of the Sixth Form.

A full job description is available but key areas of responsibility include:

Record and process Sixth Form attendance data eg: monitoring and investigating first day unexplained absence, identifying trends and patterns and producing of weekly, monthly and other timely reports as required.

Assisting students with the completion of UCAS applications as well as preparation of all UCAS references (approx. 140 per year) and sending all UCAS forms.

Organising interview schedule for external applicants.

Organising interview allocations to SLT for internal applicants (approx. 200 students).

Assisting with the organisation of Sixth Form outings, i.e. Safe Drive Roadshow, Leavers’ Dinner.

St John’s Marlborough is one of the highest performing academies in the country and a key member of the highly effective Excalibur Academies Trust. Being part of the Excalibur Academies Trust means we offer a very well thought through package of support and development, which includes a wide variety of opportunities. Our professional development offer ensures a very clear focus on the development and well-being of all our staff and students.

We believe this is a great opportunity to join a thriving and forward-thinking school.

If you would like to find out more about working at St John's Marlborough, please follow this link to the recruitment pages on our website www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/about-us/recruitment/

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust's recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About St John's Marlborough

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1712 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Marlborough website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-marlborough-marlborough

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