Data Officer

Meadowhead School Academy Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8BR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £33,143.00 - £37,280.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary including holiday pay £29,709.39 - £33,417.79 per annum based on working 41 weeks per year

Data Officer job summary

Meadowhead School Academy Trust is committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for students, staff, and visitors.

We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Data Officer to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting student success by providing high-quality data analysis and reporting to inform strategic decision making across the school.

The successful candidate will help maintain and develop our school data systems, working closely with staff to ensure accurate, timely information that drives improvements in student progress and outcomes. We are looking for someone who shares our commitment to excellence and who will thrive in a collaborative, supportive school environment.

The Role:

The Data Officer will play a key role in supporting effective decision-making across the school by managing and analysing student data. The role involves working confidently with SIMS, ClassCharts and Power BI to collect, collate and analyse data, and sharing clear, meaningful information with staff. The successful candidate will work closely with departments to support data collection processes and will contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the school’s administrative and data systems.

The working hours for this role are 37 hours per week working 8am - 4pm Monday - Thursday and 8am - 3.30pm on a Friday over 41 weeks of the year.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Data Manager in using data to monitor and improve student performance
• Manage, analyse and present data using school information systems
• Work with departments to collect, validate and share data effectively
• Contribute to the development and improvement of data and admin systems
• Prioritise workload to meet deadlines in a fast-changing environment

The successful candidate will have:

• Essential

  • Proven experience working with data, information systems and databases (e.g. SIMS, ClassCharts, Power BI or similar
  • Strong skills in data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting
  • Ability to manage and prioritise workload to meet deadlines and targets
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with a range of staff
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
  • Flexible, proactive approach with the ability to adapt to change
  • Commitment to confidentiality and data protection
  • Desirable
    • Experience working in an education or school setting
    • Understanding of student performance data and assessment systems
    • Experience contributing to the development or improvement of data/admin systems
    • Willingness to engage in ongoing professional development

    What we offer:

    • A supportive and friendly working environment.
    • Opportunities for professional development.
    • A chance to make a meaningful contribution to our school community.
    • Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing support

    SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

    Meadowhead School Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

    We welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

    Any position that involves working with children requires declaration of all convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences. Should you be shortlisted for this position, you will be asked to declare any convictions.

    In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.

    References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment. Any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Meadowhead School Academy Trust

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1960 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Meadowhead School Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/meadowhead-school-academy-trust

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