Package Description:
The Role:
The Admissions Officer will actively uphold the ethos and values of St Leonards School, managing, protecting and projecting the School’s reputation both locally and overseas.
With operational responsibility for St Leonards’ pupil admissions, the postholder will work to actively drive pupil recruitment with a focus on expanding both our boarding population and our day community through both agent partnerships and direct engagement with families, domestically and internationally. The Admissions Officer will support effective and efficient pupil recruitment in order to meet and exceed the School’s recruitment targets. Working with the Registrar, Assistant Registrar and wider External Relations Team, the post-holder will manage the customer-centered admissions journey for families from initial enquiry to enrolment and successful onboarding.
The ideal candidate will be a proactive, target-driven professional with outstanding interpersonal skills and a passion for education. They will be a natural relationship-builder, capable of acting as a compelling ambassador for the School while managing a seamless and customer-centric admissions journey.
About St Leonards
St Leonards is a friendly and forward-looking independent, coeducational, boarding and day school situated on an historic campus at the heart of the university town of St Andrews. The school enjoys an unrivalled location - there are sandy beaches, world-class Links golf courses, and historic sites on its doorstep.
St Leonards delivers the inspiring, globally-recognised International Baccalaureate curriculum (which has been praised by university admissions officers for its focus on deepening learning learning, offering wider subject options, and enriching minds) for pupils aged five to 18, and was the first school to be accredited as an all-through IB school in Scotland. It is one of just two schools in the UK to actively offer all four IB programmes, ensuring a seamless learner journey. The youngest pupils follow the Primary Years Programme, which goes hand-in-hand with the vibrant Outdoor Learning programme at St Leonards. This is followed by the Middle Years Programme and (I)GCSEs. In the Sixth Form, pupils choose between the Career-related Programme and the Diploma Programme.
St Leonards enjoys a rich sporting heritage, and continues to boast a strong record of achievement with pupils representing the school nationally in golf, rugby, lacrosse, hockey, horse riding, and small-bore rifle shooting. The leading five-tier Golf Programme continues to go from strength to strength, the Duke of Edinburgh Award is the fastest growing of all Scottish independent schools, and an exciting calendar of trips and activities ensures pupils leave St Leonards equipped with the skills required to succeed in today’s ever-changing world. Truly an education ‘Ad Vitam’ (for life).