Education Access Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Permanent, Full Time, Education Access Officer to join Southampton City Council (SCC) in the Children and Learning Team.

About The Team
You\’ll be joining a dedicated Education Access Team that works closely with schools, families, and partner agencies to ensure every child receives appropriate educational provision. Reporting to the Team Manager and supporting Senior Admissions Officers, you\’ll play a key role in managing admissions processes, handling appeals, and supporting children missing education or electively home educated. This is a collaborative environment where your contribution helps uphold statutory responsibilities and safeguard children through effective education access.

About The Role
The Education Access Officer will manage and deliver statutory duties on behalf of the local authority. They will implement operational policies, ensuring effective consultation with education settings, children, and families, and communicate these with appropriate guidance.

They will support the delivery of the service area, including policies and processes such as:

• School Admissions and appeals
• Children Missing Education (including enforcement)
• Elective Home Education
• Part-time timetables and flexi-school arrangements
• Delivery on traded Service Level Agreements (as necessary)

For further information about this role please view the job description.

About You
Essential Skills:

• Evidence of Significant CPD
• Demonstrate an understanding of equality issues and how they affect the workplace and individual behaviours.
• Excellent level of IT literacy to be able to use self-service, digital user platforms and applications and MS Office.
• Demonstrate an understanding and evidence of working practices to equality of opportunity, diversity, anti-discrimination and social inclusion.
• Ability to take personal accountability, whilst also utilising the skills to hold others to