Job Description
Post Title
Salary
Accountable to
Leading &
Managing
Working Time
Purpose
SIMS/Data Systems Manager
£35,000 (52 weeks per year)
Assistant Headteacher
Examinations Officer
Administration Assistants
Full Time
 To create, oversee and develop the school’s use of data for the Leadership
Group and Teaching Staff
 To provide statistical analysis of complex data in a user friendly form
 Oversee School Student Census statistical return
 Management of the input and extraction of data from SIMS
 Responsible for the school’s assessment and assessment reporting systems.
Manage the production of other whole school data as required
 Oversee the school’s examination entry process
 Oversee target setting and new starter data import process
 Support Assistant Headteacher in overseeing timetable management
 Management of SIMS
 Oversight and production of all media publications and school branding
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
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To create, oversee and develop the school’s use of data for the Leadership Group and Teaching staff
Provide clear, concise accurate information
Oversee maintenance of student specific data to a high standard
Maintain and review highly complex data
Support the Assistant Headteacher in the update and production of data for
Governors/Government/DFE etc.
Support the Assistant Headteacher in the operational and strategic use of data and systems
throughout the school to effectively analyse data
Support the Assistant Headteacher in identifying key trends and priority areas which will facilitate the
raising of standards and performance across the school
Support the Assistant Headteacher in the production of data regarding attendance
To provide statistical analysis of complex data in a user friendly form
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Create and prepare complex strategic and operational data analysis for the Leadership Group and
other senior staff by key stage, year groups, teaching groups, community groups as well as different
groups of learners e.g. ethnicity, gender, SEN, free school meals, at risk etc. in an understandable
format
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Create, devise and manage data systems to highlight and improve in school variation in performance
Manage and develop systems for tracking the progress of pupils
Analyse, problem solve and develop solutions and/or strategies with SLT, for school improvement
Analyse data held in SIMS and produce reports as required
Provide data for the Leadership Group on value added performance or individual students, teachers,
subjects and departments
Provide and interpret pupil data
Training of staff and governors on data and interpreting results and findings, assisting them to use
and understand data and target setting
Provide CPD training specific to the school’s use of assessment and tracking
Respond to education developments both strategic and operational that have implications on data
management
Co-ordinate and manage systems to provide effective analysis of data to support the Assistant
Headteacher
Create and prepare complex strategic and operational data analysis for Faculty Leaders and Heads of
Department by categories agreed with Assistant Headteacher
Guide staff in the analysis of student performance data
Manage the production of statistics to support effective self-evaluation and completion of forms as
required e.g. school SEF
Under guidance of Assistant Headteacher, manage and develop systems for intervention coding and
tracking
As directed by Assistant Headteacher, provide data and present in a variety of formats as required, to
the Governing body, Leadership Group and public authorities (e.g. Ofsted)
Oversee School Student census statistical return
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Line manage team member responsible for school student census return
Provide managerial support, where necessary
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Promote and develop the effective use of SIMS
Utilise SIMS software features to ensure a sound data structure is available for use for relevant data
input
Create and modify reports for data extraction
Management of the input and extraction of data from SIMS
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Responsible for the school’s assessment and assessment reporting systems. Manage the
production of other whole school data as required
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Ensure effective and appropriate systems are in place for regular student progress data collections
Manage the technical aspect of Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 data collection process
Support the Assistant Headteacher in creating ‘Data collection Calendar’ for academic year
Collaborate with the Assistant Headteacher to ensure staff are aware of deadlines for data entry
Collaborate with the Assistant Headteacher to provide ‘completion reports’
Collaborate with the Assistant Headteacher to manage the timely production and distribution of
reports
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Oversee the school’s examination entry process
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Line manage team member responsible for examination process
Provide relevant managerial support to team member responsible for the administration of the
examinations room for internal and public examinations
Provide relevant managerial support in streamlining processes including reducing resit/late entry
costs
Oversee target setting and new starter data import process
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Collaborate with Assistant Headteacher responsible for new students and targets
Provide data framework for student target ‘flight paths’, as directed by Assistant Headteacher
Provide relevant managerial support, where necessary
Support Assistant Headteacher in overseeing timetable management
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Devise and maintain technical aids, to streamline processes
Support in overseeing maintenance of rooming, staffing and class lists
The Headteacher retains the right, as a condition of your employment, to require you to undertake
such other duties as may reasonably be expected of you in this post. These duties will correspond
to the general character of the post and are commensurate with its level of responsibility.
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