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About the Role
Lead vital statutory services for vulnerable children, ensuring they receive the education, support, and protection they deserve across two London boroughs. Guide a dedicated team, navigate complex casework, and prevent young people from falling through the gaps in the education system.
Responsibilities
- Provide operational leadership and management for the Access to Education Service across two London boroughs.
- Oversee In-Year Admissions, Elective Home Education (EHE), and Children Missing Education (CME).
- Line-manage a team of five officers, fostering a collaborative and positive culture.
- Build strong working relationships across agencies and lead critical responses.
- Manage responses to Home Office emergency requests for refugee and asylum-seeker arrivals.
- Oversee allocated government funding effectively.
- Represent the service in high-level multi-agency settings.
- Represent community schools at independent admission appeal hearings.
- Draft comprehensive formal statements.
- Coordinate primary and secondary Fair Access processes to secure suitable places for hard-to-place young people.
- Step in with legal backing when parents or carers prevent a child from receiving a suitable education.
- Draft Council witness statements and represent the authority during School Attendance Order court proceedings.
- Analyse operational data to identify emerging trends.
- Complete statutory Department for Education returns.
- Drive continuous digital process improvements across both authorities.
Requirements
- Substantial senior-level experience in school admissions, access to education, inclusion, or related Children’s Services.
- High standard of education.
- Comprehensive working knowledge of relevant legislation and statutory guidance, including the Education Act 1996 and the School Admissions Code.
- Proven experience managing budgets and writing clear, formal reports.
- Analytical thinker with sound judgement and practical resilience.
- Comfortable making complex case decisions in formal, high-pressure settings under tight statutory deadlines.
- Outstanding interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Ability to build trust and work collaboratively with headteachers, elected members, partner agencies, and families.
- Genuine empathy balanced with professional composure to uphold statutory duties.
- Deep commitment to equal opportunities, inclusion, and Council values.
- Standard DBS required.
Skills
- School admissions
- Access to education
- Inclusion
- Children's Services
- Legislation and statutory guidance
- Budget management
- Report writing
- Analytical thinking
- Judgement
- Resilience
- Complex case decision-making
- Interpersonal skills
- Negotiation skills
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior-level
Education Level
- High standard of education
Benefits
- Ongoing professional development
- Leadership training
- Competitive benefits
- Workplace culture that supports wellbeing
- Annual salary increases
- Cost of living pay rises
About the Company
- Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places.
- Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.
- As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence.
- We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.
- In this role, ‘we’re all in’ means bringing energy, empathy and determination to ensure no vulnerable child falls through the gaps.
- Managing access to education across two boroughs brings fast-paced challenges and high scrutiny, but your leadership will deliver direct, lasting outcomes for local families every day.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
- We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.