Data and Exams Officer
Sheffield Springs Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S12 2SF10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time 37.5 hours per week, Term Time (plus five weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE £36,055 per annum, an actual pro rata salary of £35,098.16
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job title: Data and Exams Officer
Location: Sheffield Springs Academy, Hurlfield Road, Sheffield, S12 2SF Starting salary: FTE £36,055 per annum, actual pro rata salary of £35,098.16
Contract: Full-time 37.5 hours per week, Term Time (plus five weeks) Start date: As soon as possible
We are seeking to appoint an experienced and dedicated individual to the role of Data and Exams Officer at Sheffield Springs Academy.
The main purpose of the role is to support the Data and Exams Manager in maintaining the effective running of the Data, Exams, Assessment and Records functions, by providing full administration and high-level support.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ academy. The academy is part of United Learning, a national group of schools and academies. Sheffield Springs Academy is an 11-16 school. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost.
United Learning is one of the largest and most successful Trusts in the country who offers unrivalled Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training, including opportunities for nationwide networking.
The city of Sheffield itself is a vibrant place to live and work with two universities and a range of entertainment opportunities alongside the access to the Beautiful Peak District. Quality of life is routinely ranked very highly and it is one of the greenest cities in Europe: Welcome to Sheffield
We will offer you:
• Highly competitive pay above national average.
• Term Time (plus 5 weeks)
• An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• A respectful working environment.
• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Access to Westfield Rewards with discounts across a variety of retailers and service providers.
• Access to the corporate Health Cash Plan which includes a range of health benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Free on-site parking.
• We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
We are looking for:
• An experienced line manager with excellent communication and team building skills.
• Ability and confidence to coach and mentor colleagues.
• A professional with validated operational services experience.
• Experience of developing a high-quality administrative service.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to present operational proposals in a simple and effective way to senior internal collaborators.
• Good collaborator skills, including an ability to set expectations and balance conflicting demands.
• Report writing and presenting to a variety of audiences.
• Excellent IT skills. • Ability to effectively contribute to the review and development of policies and procedures.
• You must have good organisational skills and a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to adapt to changing and diverse workload with autonomy and resilience.
• Demonstrate a positive, proactive and professional approach at all times.
Please see the job description and person specification for further detail.
To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Sheffield Springs Academy Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted. The closing date for this post is midnight on the 21 September 2025. Interviews will take place soon after.
If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer you:
• Highly competitive pay above national average.
• Term Time (plus 5 weeks)
• An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• A respectful working environment.
• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Access to Westfield Rewards with discounts across a variety of retailers and service providers.
• Access to the corporate Health Cash Plan which includes a range of health benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Free on-site parking.
• We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Sheffield Springs Academy
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1047 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sheffield Springs Academy website
- Email address
- Hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
Sheffield Springs Academy is an 11-16 secondary school and is Ofsted rated ‘Good’. As part of United Learning, our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’. Our values are Respect, Excellence, Ambition and Pride, and these are demonstrated in all aspects of academy life and by all members of our wonderful team
Sheffield Springs Academy is an outward-facing school, learning from outstanding schools both within the group and beyond. We are unapologetic about our high standards and unashamedly ambitious for all our students and our staff team, we are embarking upon a journey towards becoming a great school. As part of this journey, we are creating an academic culture that is warm, disciplined and joyful and ensures impeccable behaviour. We aim for a culture that means teachers can teach and students can develop their knowledge.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our Subject Specialists, Group-wide Intranet, our own curriculum and online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, which supports simplifying work processes and managing workloads for an improved work-life balance.
We are committed to staff wellbeing and have a wide-reaching wellbeing programme in place, we listen to the views of our staff team and we strive to make Sheffield Springs a brilliant place to work. We hold celebration briefings, ensure early finishes on INSET days, have a realistic marking policy, calendar in meeting-free-weeks and host a range of wellbeing activities to make sure staff have the time and support they need to fully support our pupils.
Our academy is located at one of Sheffield’s highest points, with incredible views across our catchment area directly to Stanage Edge, Hathersage and beyond into the Peak District. We are less than 30 minutes from the beautiful Peak District National Park, only 15 minutes away from the M1 motorway network and just a 5-minute walk to the nearest Supertram stop which provides efficient links to all areas of the city. Sheffield is a vibrant and diverse city; we are incredibly lucky to be in such a fantastic location which offers so much.
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