Reports to: Vice Principal - Assessment & Achievement

Start date: As soon as possible.

Contract: Permanent, all year round Salary: Grade 8 (£35,742 - £41,717)

Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm

The Role

Take a lead role in planning, development, design, organisation, and monitoring of data and exams within the academic systems. To work alongside the leadership, teaching and support staff to develop the uses of, and implementation of data systems, providing support for the effective use of academic data in all areas.

You will be required to maintain up to date records of student and assessment details, ensuring that the information kept is both accurate and confidential. In addition to this, the successful candidate will provide comprehensive administration support across all areas of the school as required and deputise for the Exams Officer.

It is essential that the postholder is organised, excellent at multi-tasking, works flexibly and has a 'can do' attitude. The role involves liaising with internal and external stakeholders on daily basis therefore will require a high level of independence as well as excellent teamwork.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and be responsible for staff cover process including managing the absence line calls.

Coordinate and process data input, output and data integrity within the Academy's MIS system; including attendance data, reporting, staff details; support of data required by exam officer; Census returns; options data; admissions/leavers, exclusion, timetabling, student details, parent details, assessment records and systems; special educational needs, free school meals and timetabling.

Process various data to provide statistical reports and analysis and identify trends and patterns.

Provide comparisons of school, subject, student group, and individual student assessment, trial and formal examination performance against corresponding relevant data

Report on and maintain school-based pupil assessment data.

Populate pre-planned data sheets, save data and ensure an accurate back up process is secure.

Be comfortable using assorted software tools to manipulate large and complex data sets to extract relevant information, through use of relevant software such as Excel/MIS

Provide other data and analysis, as requested by ALT, SLT, teaching staff, and support staff in a format that is easily accessible.

Design report templates that reflect the Academy priorities to ensure that all stakeholders are communicated effectively regarding academic progress and other key information e.g. attendance.

Other

Carry out other reasonable tasks as directed by the Executive Principal and ALT.

Share best practice with the wider team and approach all tasks with a growth mindset.

Ensure the working environment is to a professional standard e.g. clear desk policy

Contribute towards the wider academy objectives and improvements.

Be one of the Academy main first aiders and fire marshals.

Undertake various ad hoc duties, when required, including exam invigilation, playground duties, first aid, cashless till operation.

Be willing to undertake appropriate training in line with contractual duties.

Be flexible in regards to working hours.

Attend and support out of hours' academy events e.g. summer fair, parents' evenings, open morning and evenings, admin evening, academy performances, competitions, summer school, results days etc.

Role review

This job description sets out the main duties of the post at the time of drafting. It cannot be read as an exhaustive list. These responsibilities will be discussed annually as part of the post holder's annual performance review and are subject to change. However, it may be altered at any time subject to need in consultation with the post holder subject to the Executive Principal's approval