Referrals & Admissions Administrator

High Close School is looking for Referrals & Admissions Administrator to join our dynamic, fun office team. This is a diverse, visitor facing role requiring a warm, attentive personality with excellent interpersonal and administrative skills and an eye for detail.

High Close School is a special school catering for around 80 young people with a complex range of Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.

We offer a traditional KS2, KS3 and KS4 school experience equivalent to mainstream with outcomes that includes recognised qualifications at the end of KS4. We do this in small classes with high levels of pastoral care and support.

This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to become part of a highly skilled team to provide support to the growing number of young people in our flourishing school.

So, are you...

• Comfortable in a busy office environment using IT systems such as Word, Excel and Outlook

• Able to effectively communicate with a broad demographic of staff, visitors and young people

• Experienced working within a team as well as on your own initiative

• Able to maintain confidentiality within strict data protection guidelines?

Then we would love to hear from you!

 Main Duties and Responsibilities include:  

• Administration of student referrals including the onboarding processes.
• Attending admissions meeting and taking minutes as required.
• Dealing with incoming phone calls/voicemails/emails and responding accordingly.
• Maintain Reception and waiting areas in a clean, tidy and welcoming condition.
• To assist in providing telephone and reception arrangements which are welcoming to children, young people, families and visitors.
• To provide general administrative support for the Office and main school as and when required.
• To develop and maintain records, both electronically and manually.

Interviews may take place before advert closing date.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Barnardo's Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. Applicants must be willing to undergo relevant pre-employment checks, including references being taken up prior to interview and for the successful candidate, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance.

As part of your application, you will need to provide full details of your employment since leaving secondary education, starting with your current or most recent employment first and then by working backwards, including reasons for leaving. Please also include any periods of voluntary work and/or training, providing reasons for any periods not in employment, education or training.

Read further about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks in our applicant information sheet below.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.

• Reference number:22772
• Job Title:Referrals & Admissions Administrator
• Location:High Close School
• Contract type:Permanent
• Hours:36.25
• Salary:£26,164 - £28,172
• Closing Date:15 May 2026
• Interview Date:To be confirmed

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Additional Info

• Read about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks.pdf (59.64 KB)
• Recruitment of Ex-offenders Policy (Oct 2018).pdf (0.56 MB)
• Information Sheet for Applicants Applying for Positions Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults (updated July 2021).pdf (107.00 KB)
• Service Administrator F (A4) - Job Description and Person Specification.pdf (255.98 KB)
• 2026-04 - Additional Information Sheet.pdf (153.19 KB)