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Digital Strategy & Information Manager

Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EF

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 40 weeks per year (term time plus 2 weeks), Fixed term of two years 15 hours per week, 2-3 days per week Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - 2 years, until 31/12/2027
• Actual salary: : LP18 £28,220 actual salary (FTE £79,092)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential:

• Degree-level education in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in relevant areas, including IT strategy, cyber security, or data compliance.

Desirable

• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. IT TQM qualification, Prince2 or similar, GDPR practitioner certification)

Experience, understanding and knowledge

Essential:

• Substantial experience in strategic leadership of digital services, IT systems and/or data functions, ideally in an educational setting and utilising the Microsoft 365 suite.
• Proven experience managing and developing multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated success in leading major IT or digital transformation projects. Practical understanding of data protection legislation
• Experience of process mapping and quality services provision

Desirable:

• Previous experience in the secondary school sector.
• Familiarity with School MIS systems, MS Power platforms or similar.
• Experience of leading a data protection function.
• Familiarity with the DfE Technology standards.

Personal Qualities:

Qualities specific to this role that we are looking for:

• Strong leadership, interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive and strategic mindset.
• Ability to balance high-level strategic thinking with hands-on project delivery.
• Effective communicator, able to translate complex technical matters for non-specialist audiences. Personal and Professional
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive and strategic mindset.
• Ability to balance high-level strategic thinking with hands-on project delivery.
• Effective communicator, able to translate complex technical matters for non-specialist audiences

What the school offers its staff

Lifestyle and wellbeing

Salary sacrifice electric car leasing scheme
Four electric car charging points
Family-friendly policies
Attractive salary and pension
Generous annual leave entitlement/term timeonly working options
Free one-to-one wellbeing support
Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
Free/discounted access to the school’s onsiteGym (conditions apply)
Cycle to work scheme
Techscheme – save money on the latest techfrom Apple and Currys PC World
Blue Light Card - Discount Scheme
Staff social events
Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily)

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

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1862 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre website
• Email address: recruitment@bournside.com
• Phone number: 01242235555
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheltenham-bournside-school-and-sixth-form-centre-cheltenham

Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.com.

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