Job Description
The role
Oxford High School is looking for a strategic and dynamic Head of Admissions to lead our busy admissions team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape our admissions strategy, enhancing both the school's visibility and applicant experience from initial enquiry through to enrolment.
In this pivotal role, you will provide both operational leadership and strategic oversight of the admissions function, ensuring a seamless and customer-focused journey for prospective families. You will manage the Admissions team, fostering a high-performing, customer-focused culture through clear direction, coaching and professional development, while maintaining the highest standards of service and delivery.
You will oversee the full admissions cycle, ensuring every stage reflects the values and ethos of the school by building strong relationships with prospective families, feeder schools and key stakeholders to enhance the school's reputation and appeal. You will take ownership of our admissions policy and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and alignment with school values.
Working closely with colleagues from across the school, you will develop and deliver strategies to increase enquiries, applications and conversion rates, identifying and pursuing new opportunities for student recruitment at local, national and international levels. You will also lead the planning and delivery of recruitment and admissions events, including open days, taster sessions and assessment days.
About you
We are looking for a candidate with proven leadership experience in admissions, marketing, business development or a similar customer-facing role, who can bring strong strategic thinking and a track record of delivering growth. You will have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build rapport and trust with a wide range of audiences, along with experience in developing and refining high-quality communications across multiple channels.
You will be confident using CRM and admissions systems such as SIMS, along with Microsoft Office and Google Suite, and will demonstrate the ability to lead and motivate teams, manage competing priorities and drive continuous improvement.
About Oxford High School
Since its foundation over 150 years ago in the heart of Oxford's historic city centre, Oxford High School GDST has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls' education.
Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work. As well as our commitment to girls' education, we are committed to investing in our staff's personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the Girls' Day School Trust network.
As part of the Girls' Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls' schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- Free school lunches
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing Date: 09:00am on Friday 8th May 2026.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening and online checks will apply to this post.
