Student Services & Data Manager

35 Hours a week

8am-4pm Mon-Fri

41 Weeks a year (Term time + 2 weeks)

We are looking to appoint a Student Services and Data Officer with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills to work alongside key school staff to promote excellent attendance and to provide a professional cover and data service.

This is a very busy and varied role and requires someone who has excellent administrative skills and can work under pressure accurately and with attention to detail. The successful candidate will manage all issues relating to attendance in the School, improving attendance rates and engaging and supporting families to fulfil their legal obligations as well as being responsible for the production of all student reports in collaboration with SLT member responsible for data and timetabling; coding the report specification and liaising with teaching staff for spot checks, to ensure timely and accurate reporting to parents/carers.

Organising daily staff cover and providing general administrative support will also be an important part of the role.

Discretion, good interpersonal skills, assertiveness and a sense of humour are important along with a willingness to work as a member of a collaborative team.

Candidates should have good IT skills and experience of SIMS would be desirable, although training will be provided.

Why you?

• You are creative, flexible and kind in your approach to supporting children to achieve their best
• You demonstrate good communication skills and show commitment to working in a caring, supportive team
• You have a clear understanding of the importance of safeguarding

 Why us?

• Join a positive, supportive and encouraging team
• A fantastic Local Government Pension Scheme
• 24/7 access to employee wellbeing services
• Encouragement of further and continued professional development
• Term time only employment

Candidates should ensure that they and their referees are easily contactable, with the correct phone number and email address and able to reply promptly if references are requested.

We reserve the right to close the recruitment process earlier than advertised should it received a high volume of applications for this vacancy. Therefore, it is advisable to apply as early as possible if you would like to be considered for this role.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive 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 and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Our School

St Thomas More prides itself on educating students, to do their very best, in an inclusive environment. We aim for this to be carried forward within a caring, happy and supportive community, taking moments to celebrate the success of all of our learners, both academically, as well as from an extracurricular perspective. The education that ‘STM' provides develops pupils to achieve their very best academically, but also focuses on helping them be prepared to be confident young adults.

We are very proud to offer our students a wide-range of extra-curricular activities, including an abundance of trip opportunities (locally, nationally and internationally) allowing students, and staff alike, to be exposed to a variety of cultures and learning platforms, beyond the classroom. In addition to this, the majority of our students are active in our DofE programme, as well as contributing their time to a wide-range of charity-events.

Our school was recently awarded the Inclusion Quality Mark Award. We are so proud of this achievement as it demonstrates our strive to ensure all members of our community are respected and that we continue to take active steps to implement equity for equality. While we are a faith school, we accept applicants from all spiritual backgrounds and encourage our students to be well-informed on faiths different to our own.

The school has a Well-Being committee, consisting of members from the teaching staff, as well as those from the administrative and support staff. The committee meet regularly and serve as a voice for others to raise any concerns, but also to invent ways to further celebrate all staff. As a small school, one of the benefits is that everyone is valued as an individual. It is important to us that all staff feel that they are respected and appreciated.

The continued success of ‘STM’ in regards to progress is a result of the high-quality teaching, supported professional development, outstanding behaviour for learning and support of our students' families. We are an OFSTED-rated 'Good' school and have been consistently in the top 1 or 2 percent for Progress 8 and this is a success we nurture by encouraging all students, of all abilities, to feel seen and supported.

Our MAT

St Thomas More Comprehensive is part of the St Oscar Romero Catholic Academy Trust (www.oscarromero.co.uk ) and new colleagues would be expected to share our mission of creating a family of schools that together, through shared support and challenge, strive to provide an authentic Catholic education where all children will be empowered, inspired and flourish.