About Us
The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham, 'Collyer's', is one of the leading sixth form colleges in the country and the top state provider of A Levels in West Sussex. The College has an attractive campus and classrooms are well resourced, with ambitious plans for growth in the coming years that are already started. There is a collegiate and professional ethos amongst staff and students within which excellent teaching and learning can flourish.
The College provides education for over 2,750 young people in the 16-19 age range. Around half of each year's intake comes from the four partner 11-16 schools in Horsham: Forest, Millais, Tanbridge House and Bohunt. Many others come from a wide range of schools which are further afield, including the independent as well as the maintained sector. Collyer's has a very successful and consistent record in external
examinations. In 2025 the A level high grade rate (A*-B) was 61%. Results across our other course types such as vocational, technical, foundation and GCSE are equally strong. Collyer's also runs leisure Adult Education courses in the evenings with students studying a range of recreational adult learning courses.
Job Details
Student Services Officer
Term-time only (43.6 weeks paid per year)
hours 3-5 days per week
We are looking for a suitably skilled and experienced person to work within our busy Student Services and Safeguarding Teams. Student Services Officers support a wide range of pastoral functions at the college, both administratively and through direct interaction with students, parents and staff. Their work covers student enquiries, absence reporting, wellbeing triage, safeguarding (1-1 support and record-keeping), liaison with parents and external services, student progression and administrative support for the disciplinary process. This particular post has a key focus on safeguarding and so experience of working with young people is essential. Ideally the pattern of work for 22 hours would be 3 days per week including Friday, 8.30am – 4.30pm for 2 days and 8.30am -4.00pm on Friday. There may be the opportunity to increase the contracted hours to 4 or 5 days per week term time only, if this is of interest to the right candidate.
If you think that this role is a good fit for your skills and you would enjoy working in a supportive team, we look forward to hearing from you.
We would be happy to discuss the role in more detail with you, please contact if you have any questions.
To apply please follow the link to our online recruitment system. We look forward to receiving your application.
Salary: Point 6 rising to Point 7 on the Support Staff Pay Scale. The annual salary for a full time post in this range is £25,558 - £25,951. This equates to £12,741pa rising to £12,937pa prorated for 22 hours pw term time only fte). For 37 hours pw term time only (0.838fte), this equates to £21,429pa rising to £21,758pa.
Closing date: 9am Friday 27th February
Further Information
The College of Richard Collyer and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.
How to Apply
To apply please visit our website
Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please feel free to email us on
NOTE TO CANDIDATES - Please do not select the 'Apply online' button as the School processes your applications directly rather than through this site.
The reference number for this role is SCHO01813.
LOCATION
Horsham area
CONTRACT TYPE
Permanent
JOB TYPE
Education - Teaching
CLOSING DATE
27 February 2026