Data Analyst

Job Title: Data Analyst

Salary range: Scale 5 spinal point 12 £26,590 to spinal point 17 £28,939 Inc. London Weighting (Pro rata £24,954 - £27,158 Inc. LW)

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Working weeks: 42 Weeks

Location: Alperton, London

We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we expanded our roll in September 2018. Alperton Community School is an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2021 graded our school as Good "Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy their lessons"; "Pupils can focus because they feel safe"; "Leaders’ expectations of all pupils are high"; "Pupils behave well in school. They focus on their learning in lessons. Pupils follow teachers’ instructions and listen to one another".

Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for many years with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average”. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.

We are very fortunate to have a brand new school building. The new building has 83 classrooms with purpose-built specialist drama, music, art and DT facilities as well as 14 science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms, a dance studio, an activity studio, a very large sports hall and three outdoor MUGAs. Every classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art ICT facilities. We are very fortunate to have extensive outdoor spaces for break and lunchtime activities as well as a 6 acre sports campus.

Our school has become internationally recognised following the success of our Art and Textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou who won the $1million Global Teacher Prize recently. The school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark and one of only 100 schools to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.

Our teachers and support staff are well-qualified, friendly and committed to student achievement. This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth. The school offers excellent support for ECTs in their induction year.

The Role

We are looking for a hard working, committed and enthusiastic colleague to join our data and exams team. Knowledge or experience of school data and exam systems such as Bromcom would be helpful but training will be given. The successful candidate will need to be highly data literate, have the ability to manipulate data using spreadsheets. Attention to detail in the work with accuracy and precision being vital in the role.

The Person

We are looking for a candidate with excellent administration and organisation of all aspects of data and exams.

The successful candidate will have high aptitude in using Excel for manipulating data and MS Office in general to effective report and present data to wide range of audiences, they will be able to work to tight deadlines and be flexible to support data and exam functions of the school. It would be desirable to have experience of working in a school environment and using the Bromcom MIS system. However, training will be given.

The Benefits

• On-going extensive CPD programme
• Employee assistance programme
• Ride to work scheme

Closing Date: 29 January 2023 (23:59)

Assessment & Interview Date: 10 February 2023

To apply, please visit our vacancies page. Completed application forms may be emailed to; hr@alperton.brent.sch.uk.

Supplementary Information

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Only successful candidates will be notified. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.