Director of Admissions

Director of Admissions - Prestigious Independent School

Contract: Full Time, Permanent (Regular UK & international travel required)Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience

We are partnered with a prestigious independent boarding school to appoint an experienced and strategic Director of Admissions. This is a key leadership position, responsible for shaping and delivering the school's admissions strategy at a time of growth and development.

The Director of Admissions will oversee the full admissions process from enquiry to enrolment, ensuring a professional and welcoming experience for all families. The successful candidate will act as a persuasive ambassador for the school, lead a well-established team, build feeder-school relationships, and contribute to the school's wider strategic aims, including an expansion of Sixth Form provision and increased access through bursaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Admissions team and own the admissions strategy, presenting plans to the Governing Body and Senior Leadership.
• Devise targeted recruitment campaigns for the Sixth Form and international markets and expand feeder-school relationships.
• Oversee the full admissions journey - outreach, open days, tours, assessments, interviews, offers and conversion monitoring, ensuring a warm and rigorous experience.
• Use data and KPIs to forecast rolls, report to Headmaster and Governors, and support financial planning with the Bursar/Director of Finance.
• Maximise the impact of bursary provision by working closely with the Bursary Advisory Group to widen access.
• Ensure compliance with UKVI (student visas), ISI, GDPR and safeguarding best practice.
• Line-manage Registrars and admissions staff, build a high-performing team and collaborate closely with Communications & Marketing.

The successful candidate will have:

• Degree level (or equivalent) with significant senior experience in pupil recruitment/admissions - ideally in the independent boarding sector or with a strong feeder-school network.
• Proven track record of developing and delivering strategic plans, comfortable presenting to governors and senior leaders.
• Strong commercial awareness; numerate and skilled in using data/CRM systems for forecasting and reporting.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to represent the school confidently to prospective families and partner institutions
• Experience of international recruitment, UKVI compliance, and working with bursary/scholarship processes is highly desirable.

The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package, commensurate with the seniority of the role.

If you have the required skills to be considered for the post, we welcome an application from you. For further details, contact Joseph at Connaught Education.

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Connaught Education is a trading brand of Connaught Resourcing and operates as an Employment Business and an Employment Agency. We are a committed equal opportunities employer who respect and value cultural diversity. We are committed to supporting the welfare of children and young people. In support of current Safeguarding legislation we will carry out background checks and an Enhanced DBS Disclosure as part of our recruitment and selection procedures.