School Admissions & Medway Test Assistant

Overview

Medways Education and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Division is committed to support all children and young people to learn and grow and to achieve their potential in education. The Education and SEND Division covers a wide scope of services, including school admissions, place planning, Medway Test, school transport, capital developments, high-needs funding and support for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans, early years funding and sufficiency, school improvement and effectiveness, inclusion and attendance.

The Governments ambitions for the provision of quality education and improvement plans for the SEND and Alternative Provision system are important strategic drivers for our vision for these services.

• Assist in the administration of the processes for the Medway Test and undertake tasks as allocated by the senior members of the team.
• Liaise with schools and families as necessary and handle any service-related enquiries ensuring that they are answered effectively within agreed timescales and processing.
• Maintain and monitor data and information records relating to the work of the department.
• Utilise customer service, problem‑solving, data recording and analysis, processing requests, paperwork and archiving and organisation skills to provide high‑quality business support to your team and customers.
• Handle manual handling of large quantities of Medway Test materials (such as test papers) prior to, during and after the Medway Test.