Exams and Data Assistant (Maternity Cover)

David Nieper Academy, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 7JA

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 January 2026

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,194.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary: £19,034 - £19,328

Exams and Data Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

Job Purpose

To act as an Assistant to support the Exams Officer and the SIMS & Data Officer. You will have excellent communication and IT skills and a willingness to develop these skills. You will need to have an organised approach to your work, with attention to detail, and be motivated and enthusiastic.

Duties and responsibilities:

Exams-

Assist with the co-ordination, preparation and running of student examinations, including mock exams, external exams and online exams.

Ensure examination papers are delivered safely in the school, being responsible for their strict security. Ensure completed scripts are dispatched promptly and securely in line with JCQ and examination board requirements.

Ensure that all examinations start and finish appropriately, in line with the examination board regulations. Ensure that all necessary stationery and materials and other requirements are provided for examinations.

Assist with enquiries from parents and pupils, including former pupils. Retrieve pupil data, such as exam timetables, from SIMS management information system, as required.

Keep up to date with the necessary policies, procedures, rules and regulations set by the examination boards and JCQ.

Assist in the administration of exam certificate distribution.

Attend training courses/meetings as necessary.

Data -

Ensure that all student information is up to date and accurately recorded on academy database systems working with and through others.

To maintain and update information held on academy database systems relating to assessment and examinations.

Notify staff of any assessment requirements and dates to ensure that deadlines are maintained.

Assist in the production of data analysis and the production of student reports.

Assist with the maintenance and updating of the school’s data analyse tools such as, SISRA and FFT Aspire.

Use Microsoft packages, particularly Word and Excel to analyse and present data to different stakeholders within the academy.

Assist the maintenance and creation of all pastoral reports (Attendance, Behaviour and Rewards Data).

To ensure that data protection regulations are complied with and maintained.

General Responsibilities -

Adhere to existing working practices, methods and procedures. Undertake relevant training and development activities and respond positively to new and alternative systems.

Attend staff meetings and INSET activities where relevant.

Carry out any additional duties within the overall function commensurate with the grading and level of responsibility of the job

Safeguarding

Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies

Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

To undertake tasks of a similar nature and level, as directed by the Headteacher.

Benefits

We are committed to investing in our staff and their development as part of this, you will have access to ongoing training, support and mentoring.

• The support of a growing Multi Academy Trust in continuing to develop the school.
• Working collaboratively with our growing cluster of schools and the local community.
• The support of very effective and knowledgeable Trustees and Academy Governors.
• Free access to Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme.

• Generous discount at the David Nieper Ltd factory shop.

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

The Governing Body is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people, so all staff appointments are subject to employment checks and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Candidates should indicate an acceptance of, and a commitment to, the Academy’s policies in relation to equality and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

It is an offence to apply for this role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Please follow the below link to view the Christopher Nieper Education Trust Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy https://davidnieper.academy/about-us/academy-policies/

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 David Nieper Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 810 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: David Nieper Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/david-nieper-academy

Our Academy is sponsored by the Christopher Nieper Education Trust (previously David Nieper Education Trust), together with local employer partners, who are highly committed in supporting the development and achievements of our students. With a clearly defined approach to teaching, applied learning and brand-new purpose-built facilities, which opened in February 2017, we believe that this is a truly exciting time to join the academy. We are a growing academy now of 780 students 11-18 and will soon be at our full capacity of 850 students 11-18. This role is a new post due to our growing pupil numbers. Our September 2022 Ofsted Inspection graded the academy as ‘Good in all areas’, a fantastic improvement from the ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating when we took over the academy - and we endeavour to build on this as we grow and develop further. We are currently the only academy within the Trust however the Trust is likely to grow in the very near future with a number of other schools actively looking to join.

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