Director of Admissions and Bursaries

Ref: SCH-RAaAS-0129
Establishment: Royal Alexandra & Albert School Location: Reigate Salary: 48000 Department: Admissions, Marketing & Development Job Type: Full Time
Closing Date: 26/08/2024 09:00 Interview Date: TBC Start Date: ASAP

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Hours per Week: 40.00 Weeks per Year: 52.000 Pay Grade: £48,000 per annum

The Role

The Royal Alexandra and Albert School exists to give our children a distinctly different start in life, preparing them for the world with hope, optimism, compassion and empathy.

We are a co-educational, non-selective state boarding school, for boys and girls aged 7 - 18,. This is a boarding school with Flexi Boarding students attending from the local area and a lively community of around 400 Full Boarders,passionately involved in a wide range of after-school and weekend activities and trips.

Our Ofsted inspection of March 2024 states ”pupils are happy and well cared for at Royal Alexandra and Albert School. They benefit from positive relationships with staff across the school. Pupils feel safe, confident that if they report any concerns or worries they will be dealt with”.

We are seeking an inspiring and strategic Director of Admissions and Bursaries to lead our student recruitment activities and bursary programme. As the Director of Admissions and Bursaries, you will be responsible for developing and implementing innovative strategies to attract, convert, and admit Full Boarders and Flexi Boarders, ensuring alignment with our annual targets. You will build and lead a world-class admissions team, delivering an exceptional customer journey while ensuring all processes are fair, transparent, and efficient, in compliance with the Admissions Policy and Admissions Code.

We are looking for candidates from a range of backgrounds, who are:

  • Passionate about education and helping to provide life enhancing opportunities to students from difficult home life circumstances..
  • Customer-focused and dedicated to providing an outstanding experience for prospective students and their families.
  • Adaptable - comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
  • Empathetic and collaborative with  strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ethical - committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and fairness

The school reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date.

Related Documents

Job Description Director of Admissions & Bursaries JD July 2024.pdf Download

Safeguarding Information

The Royal Alexandra and Albert School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post if successful, including an Enhanced DBS check. Staff must be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety regulations, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns as appropriate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.


At The Royal Alexandra and Albert School we strive to be inclusive and value the positive impact of diversity and equality within our school. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and particularly encourage those from ethnic minority groups who reflect the diversity, and varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds, of our student community / boarding community. 

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Gatton Park
Reigate
Surrey
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