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Education Managers

Education managers plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the administration, support systems and activities that facilitate the effective running of a school, university, college or other educational establishment.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£21,357
£38,687
£59,373

New workers start around £21,357. Normal pay is £38,687 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £59,373.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 29,339 vacancies for this type of job

3.10%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.

  • Assists with recruitment, public relations and marketing activities.

  • Organises examinations, invigilation and any security procedures required.

  • Drafts and interprets regulations, deals with queries and complaints procedures and coordinates and maintains quality assurance procedures.

  • Acts as secretary to statutory and other bodies/committees associated with the educational establishment.

  • Controls administrative aspects of student admission, registration and graduation.

  • Leads or contributes to decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, disciplinary and other matters.

  • Provides administrative support to the academic team.

  • Considers staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Administrative Support

  • Finance

  • Project Management

  • Curriculum Development

  • Student Services

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Marketing

  • Working With Children

  • Mental Health

  • Auditing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Teaching

  • Management

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • English Language

  • Customer Service

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Detail Oriented

  • Innovation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Applied Education Studies

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Education

University of Warwick

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education Studies (Online)

University of East London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Distance learning (full-time) · Stratford · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Education

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education Studies

Bishop Grosseteste University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Education Studies

Bradford College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bradford · 09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Education with Foundation Year

Keele University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Keele · 09/2025

Tariff points: 40/40

Education

University of Brighton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Physical Education

Southampton, Solent University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Education Studies

University of Bristol

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bristol · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education Studies (Top-up)

University Centre Peterborough

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Peterborough · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education and Learning

University of Bolton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Bolton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Education Studies

University of Wolverhampton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Wolverhampton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Education Studies

Birmingham City University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 96/96

Certificate in Education (Lifelong Learning)

University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College)

CertEd · 2 Years · Part-time day/evening · Wakefield, · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education (Top-up)

University of Huddersfield

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Huddersfield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education and Learning (Top-up)

South Thames College Group (inc Carshalton, South Thames and Kingston College)

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Carshalton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Education (with Foundation Year)

University of Central Lancashire

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Preston · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

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