Admissions and Student Support Manger

If you are ready to add further value to our committed team of staff and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.

About the role:

We are seeking a motivated, compassionate and proactive individual to work with our fantastic primary pastoral team and our pupils in primary phase. The role will also focus on building relationships with new starters to our school, working with SLT and our office staff to oversee our all-through admissions.  You will play a vital role in supporting pupils’ learning by focusing on behaviour, attendance and wellbeing, ensuring all of our pupils are able to achieve success.  The successful candidate will be committed to young people and their development, with an understanding of the issues young people are currently facing and a good understanding of the community we serve. You will work closely with staff, parents and external agencies to develop positive attitudes and approaches to learning and be the first point of contact for parents with queries about support for their child.

You will work with families to support successful transitions and to ensure a sense of belonging for all.  You will oversee the day-to-day administrative procedures relating to student admissions at Ark Victoria Academy and lead on all administration relating to primary and secondary school admissions.

The successful candidate will:

• provide high quality, well-planned pastoral support and guidance to students and their families in order promote high expectations, raise aspirations and facilitate academic progress
• enable all students to develop our Ark values, personal excellence and a sense of pride within the academy
• help secure an aspirational culture of achievement, hard work and perseverance within the school through day-to-day discussions with parents and students, formal assemblies and other formal events
• lead the admissions process all-through, with support from SLT

If you are ready to add further value to our primary pastoral and operations teams and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding. 

Ark Victoria Academy provides pupils with an excellent education through an ambitious curriculum, personal development and character programme, and an extensive student experience and extra-curricular offer. Although we are a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they flourish and leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.

Our school values and virtue pathways are crucial to our culture and ethos, they are also part of the way we work and learn together and have been instrumental to us on our school improvement journey. Our values of Ambition, Resilience and Kindness permeate our curriculum, our culture, school and our learning community.

It is for these reasons that Ark Victoria Academy was judged to be significantly improved in all areas from the 2019 ‘Good’ inspection, by Ofsted, in October 2024: ‘This is a school which lives out its values in full for the benefit of children in Nursery to the pupils in Year 11…pupils thrive at all stages of Ark Victoria Academy…as the school knows its pupils very well, they are very well supported to engage with the school’s ambitious curriculum’. The full report (September 2024) can be found here: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50262921  

We prioritise staff development with a strong emphasis on securing expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our pupils and staff.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. 

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.