Data Officer

The Castle School, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 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 plus INSET days - 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 12 – NJC points 12 – 19 (£28,598 – £32,061) Actual starting salary £24,489

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Castle School is seeking a Data Officer to join our school. Are you someone who enjoys working with data, systems, and people? Do you take pride in accuracy, organisation, and supporting others to get the best out of digital tools? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a Data Officer to join our support staff and play a key role in the smooth running of our school’s Management Information System (MIS). This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a busy environment and enjoys making a real difference behind the scenes.

Applicants should be enthusiastic, patient, demonstrate flexibility, initiative and excellent communication skills. Previous experience in a similar role is desirable but not essential, however you must be able to use Excel.

What the school offers its staff

Our school is part of the Blackdown Education Partnership, we believe that our schools should sit at the heart of our communities; that there are no limits to what our children and young people can achieve; and that they should be great places to work and learn.

We are incredibly proud of our Trust and the schools within it. Strong partnerships, collaboration and generosity are the bonds which underpin our collective mission to provide great education for all children no matter what their starting point or their background.

We can offer you: An opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow. A friendly, busy and dynamic workplace where each day is different from the last. A competitive salary. Wider opportunities to be involved across our Trust. An energised and professional working environment.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Applying for the job

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About The Castle School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Castle School website
• Email address: office@castle.bep.ac
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-castle-school-ta1-5au

The Blackdown Education Partnership is a multi-academy trust (MAT) working across Devon and Somerset. It was born of a merger between two established MATs: The Castle Partnership Trust and Uffculme Academy Trust and currently looks after a family of 12 schools: 6 primary and 6 secondary and 4 nurseries.

Blackdown Education Partnership is, therefore, a single organisation established to deliver the education and to safeguard the wellbeing of every child in our Trust. The Trust seeks to ensure that high quality collaboration and system leadership continue to improve the education in our schools. We are responsible for the good governance of the schools within our Trust and are accountable for the performance of each school. We work with an exceptional team of leaders, teachers and support staff whose combined efforts deliver on our promise to believe in every child.

We can offer you: An opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow. A friendly, busy and dynamic workplace where each day is different from the last. A competitive salary. Wider opportunities to be involved across our Trust. An energised and professional working environment.

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