Data Manager

St Thomas More Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2NJ

Deadline is tomorrow

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 February 2025

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week Term Time + 2 weeks + INSET
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: FTE £27,711, Actual starting salary: £25,445

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual to support our senior leadership team with the maintenance and analysis of academic data systems. The successful candidate must be a strong all-rounder and confident within their abilities.

Purpose of the Post

The responsibility of the Data Manager is to develop and maintain academic data systems within the school, to provide accurate and clear management information and to lead on all aspects of data management, with particular emphasis on academic, attendance and behaviour data.

This is a key post within the Academy which requires dedication, professionalism, and a highly efficient, confidential, and responsible approach. To ensure a consistent, reliable, and valid data collection and reporting facility is in place across the Academy, being able to produce data as and when required in all formats and report styles, for Senior Leadership Team as agreed.

Principal duties and responsibilities

Provision of academy level data management services, including:

- Responsibility for the management of Arbor and other web-based systems (e.g., SMID, Class Charts, School Cloud etc) and the timely maintenance of data with regards to student records.

- To oversee and maintain a data/information strategy which will support the School’s Development Plan through the provision of accurate data, analysis of data and preparation of complex reports.

- Administration of statutory data returns (e.g. census)

- Keep abreast of best practice developments relating to data and information to ensure that internal procedures and processes are most effective.

- Academy level implementation of standardised trust data procedures, to include data population of SEFs, SIPs, and DIPs

- Oversee the processing of assessment data, i.e., that accurate student performance information is available each term, and as required on an ad hoc basis.

- Provide management information and student statistics to the Senior Leadership Team, middle leaders and external bodies as required.

- Have an understanding and ensure that the school complies with the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and carry out work in accordance with these requirements.

- Coordination of attainment data collection and reporting to internal and external stakeholders (e.g. academy staff, parent, trust), including

- Collection, collation, analysis and distribution of student targets and outcomes (both teacher assessments and external assessments)

- Preparation of results analysis following release of A-Level and GCSE results during August

- Production of performance data, mostly within standardised trust formats but occasionally for ad hoc requests from Principal/data lead

- Maintenance of transfers of data between Arbor and other systems

- Meeting training needs of academy staff, including working with academy Support Staffinvolved with data to ensure efficient systems and solve problems

- Oversee the data collection for tracking of attendance and behaviour data

- Provide expertise on Data Protection to academy staff and support, including preparation of Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests as received.

- FSM – Maintain FSM register/list sent by LA (Local Authority) ensuring systems are correct and up to date, promotion of FSM.

Generic Responsibilities

- A positive attitude and commitment to continuous improvement

- A positive commitment to team working and participation

- Analyse and evaluate data/information and produce reports/information/data as required within timescales.

- Undertake complex IT based tasks, ensuring that databases and spreadsheets are customised to meet information/data needs.

- Assist the Senior Leadership Team with the updating of information, in particular: student academic data

- The planning of one-off events as and when they arise.

What the school offers its staff

The school is proud to be able to offer a number of benefits to its employees including:

Access to CareFirst 24/7 our EAP confidential support
Cycle to work scheme
Sick pay
Wellbeing forum
Termly staff breakfasts
Weekly rewards to the employee of the week
Continued Professional Development reviewed annually

Commitment to safeguarding

Positions are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointments will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All appointments made are also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and Right to Work in the UK.