School Admissions Officer

Location: Civic Offices, Bexleyheath (Onsite)

Contract: 14 Weeks - 36 Hours per Week

Start Date: 23 February 2026

IR35: Inside

Rate:

• PAYE: £124.78 per day
• Umbrella/Ltd: £164.08 per day

Ribble Recruitment is supporting a London Local Authority within Children's Services to appoint an experienced School Admissions Officer to provide long-term sickness cover within the School Admissions Team.

This is a fast-paced statutory role requiring prior experience in local authority school admissions administration.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end administration of school admissions, ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, council policy, and legislative timescales.

Core responsibilities include:

• Managing nursery, primary and secondary admissions (standard entry and in-year applications)
• Administering coordinated admissions processes
• Processing applications in line with statutory deadlines
• Maintaining and updating pupil databases
• Monitoring vacancies and year group capacities
• Managing Fair Access Protocol cases
• Exchanging data with schools and other Local Authorities via Pan London systems, S2S and secure email
• Supporting and administering the Bexley Selection Test process (including logistics, invigilation and marking support)
• Preparing cases for admission appeals and presenting appeals (following training)
• Handling complex parent enquiries, complaints and disputes
• Monitoring children without a school place and escalating where appropriate

This role requires high levels of accuracy, organisation, and strong customer service skills when dealing with parents, schools and internal stakeholders.

• Previous experience working within a Local Authority School Admissions Team
• Strong working knowledge of the School Admissions Code and relevant legislation
• Experience administering coordinated admissions and in-year transfers
• Experience maintaining pupil databases and handling sensitive data
• Ability to manage appeals processes and complex parental enquiries
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage competing statutory deadlines
• Eligible to work in the UK

• Experience supporting selection test processes
• Experience presenting admission appeal cases
• Knowledge of Fair Access Protocol procedures
• Experience maintaining council webpages or online application systems