Admissions and Transition Co-ordinator - The Buckingham School
Location: Buckingham
Overview
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 4 (£30,361 - £32,594 FTE) Actual Salary- £27,142 - £29,139- 37 hrs per week/41 Weeks (Term Time plus 5 Inset Days, to include 2 weeks during the summer holiday)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 09/03/2026
Interviews to be held: w/c Monday 16th March 2026
About us
The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.
Website: www.buckinghamschool.org
About the role
The Buckingham School is seeking to appoint a friendly, organised and proactive Admissions and Transition Co-ordinator to join our dedicated and supportive school. You will have the ability to work independently and as part of an amazing team - both are essential! In addition, you will be required to professionally communicate and consult with Local Authorities, networking schools, agencies and parents /guardians, whilst warmly welcoming prospective families into our community and guiding them through each step of the transition process.
This is an exciting and varied role, and whilst academic achievement lies at the heart of what the school does, we never forget the importance of fostering our Virtues in our students and ensuring Success for All.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- Oversee the admissions arrangements of the school, both for each new year academic year and for mid year joiners
- Arrange and facilitate school tours as required
- Proactively obtain key information from new students and communicate to relevant stakeholders, ensuring student records are maintained in line with policy
- Contribute as a key player to the Transition Team, working closely with SEN, Head of Year, Student First Team & Marketing / Communications
- Represent the school at internal and external admission / transition events as required and running and supporting Open Morning / Open Evening events
- Build positive relationships with all stakeholders
- LiaIse with the the Data Manager to facilitate systems for pupils leaving the school
Key Skills Required
- Excellent administration skills, including the use of IT Systems
- Confident and friendly telephone manner
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to problem solve and use own initiative – can do approach
- Excellent personal appearance
For further information please see attached Job description & Person specification.
Other information
Please access the full job description, application form and self-declaration form from the school’s website www.buckinghamschool.org.
Send completed application, giving full contact details of two recent relevant professional referees (one of which is your current employer) to: Mr Andy McGinnes, Headteacher, The Buckingham School, London Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AT or email to [email protected]
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
