UCAS Early Entry Coordinator

ARK BOLINGBROKE ACADEMY; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in London seeks a UCAS Early Entry Co-ordinator for a fixed-term role until August 2026. This part-time position is essential to support the Director of Sixth Form’s initiatives, focusing on enhancing student experiences. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong attention to detail, initiative, and commitment to high educational standards. The role offers benefits such as generous pension schemes and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Weekly CPD sessions

Dedicated line management meetings

Encouragement for staff development

Generous pension scheme

Access to savings schemes

Interest-free loans

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail is essential.
• Ability to act on their own initiative is required.
• Commitment to Ark's ethos of high expectations and delivery is important.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Director of Sixth Form.
• Assist in the delivery and coordination of UCAS Early Entry programs.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ability to act on own initiative

Commitment to high expectations

Promote safety and wellbeing

Maintain confidentiality

Teamwork

Job description

About The Role

UCAS Early Entry Co-ordinator (Fixed-term)

Reports to: Director of Sixth Form

Start date Immediate start

Contract: Fixed-term until 31st August 2026

Working hours: 5 hours per week, Term-time only (39 weeks in a year)

Salary: TLR 2A (£3,389 per annum) for teachers or £17.40 per hour for non-teachers

Closing date: Monday, 6th October 2025

The Role:

This role at the centre of our school and within a successful and dynamic Sixth Form Team. This is an opportunity to show what non-selective education can achieve for all pupils and students in our community.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Have strong attention to detail.
• Have the ability to act on their own initiative.
• Have a commitment to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and delivery
• Have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of students and pupils.
• Ensure confidentiality at all times.
• Be able to work as a team.

Benefits:

• Weekly CPD sessions and twice as many training days as standard.
• Dedicated line management meetings
• Encouragement to staff to develop their own ideas and projects within their departments and beyond.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

About Us

At Ark Bolingbroke Academy, we are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.

Our talented teaching and support staff insist on high educational standards every single day, and their commitment is shown in our excellent results, with over 80% of our students achieving a top-third university or top 100 apprenticeship.

We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.

Visit arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please visit Ark’s website.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please visit Ark’s safer recruitment page.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.