Contract to start ASAP

Duration: 14 weeks with a possible extension.

Responsibilities:

To administer the annual processes and procedures for dealing with applications for pupils to attend nursery classes, primary and secondary schools, including liaising with schools that are responsible for their own admissions procedures

To produce accurate and helpful information for parents and Head Teachers about school admissions in order to assist parents in applying for a place at the school of their preference, including advice about the statutory appeals procedure.

To enter applicant details on the pupil database, to maintain the database of children due for admission to schools and to provide schools and colleagues with appropriate information from the database.

To make appropriate checks on applicants eligibility for school places.

To administer co-ordinated in year application processes ensuring that children are offered places as quickly as possible, and that children without a school place are identified and monitored using locally agreed Fair Access Protocol.

To keep current information about the numbers of pupils in each year group in each school and to identify school vacancies.

To exchange information about applications with other local authorities, admission authorities and schools using the Pan London document exchange, S2S and secure email.

To arrange for pupils to take selection tests in accordance with the set guidelines including the organisation of venues, arrangements for test days, distribution and collection of test materials, invigilating tests, marking and checking papers, issuing results and supporting the selection review process.

To prepare the Authority's case to defend admission appeals.

(To present admissions appeals after sufficient training has been given for the officer to feel competent and confident to do so).

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