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Administrative Assistant - Data & Exams

Administrative Assistant - Data & Exams

Sir John Thursby Community College

Lancashire

  • £22,414 - £24,270 per year
  • New
Salary:
Grade 5
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
26 November 2024

Job overview

32.5 to 37 hours per week / Term time only + 2 weeks

(flexibility around hours and working weeks to be discussed at interview)

Actual Starting Salary for 37 hours / TTO + 2 wks:

Grade 5: £22,414 - £24,270 pa

We are characterised by how we treat our people

“Pupils enjoy attending this thriving and popular school. They feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community. Pupils achieve well and almost all successfully move on to apprenticeships, A levels or other forms of education, employment or training. Staff have high expectations of behaviour and know pupils very well.” Ofsted April 2023

Following internal career progression of the current postholder, the school is seeking to appoint a personable, enthusiastic and highly effective Business Support Officer with the skills and ability to collate and produce accurate data and reports to inform on the progress and achievement of students and the school.

Ideally, the successful candidate will be experienced in SIMS.net and have an understanding of the organisation and administration of exams, although training is available. A good knowledge of Microsoft Excel is essential.

The successful candidate must be able to communicate effectively with staff, students and parents. They must ensure deadlines are met and work flexibly and on their own initiative to prioritise their workload. 

Sir John Thursby Community College is a good school and we are passionate about and ambitious for our students. We understand the importance of assessment and behaviour data in helping our students to be successful, but we are mindful of collecting data for data’s sake. We are looking for an Admin Assistant – Data & Exams who will:

  • Manage pupil data in SIMS
  • Manage the effective collection of student’s achievement and approach to learning data
  • Manage the production of the reports we share with students, parents and staff
  • Work effectively with staff across the school
  • Work effectively with external agencies such as the DfE and FFT
  • Model commitment, resilience, patience, hard work and a good sense of humour


For an application pack please:


Send your completed Application form (only the version attached) stating which post you wish to apply for to: recruitment@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 26th November 2024

Shortlisting:   27th November 2024

Interviews:    Week commencing 2nd December 2024

The college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and other recruitment checks. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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About Sir John Thursby Community College

Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16, multi-cultural, fully inclusive school which values all students, staff and our community partners. We have over 1,100 students on roll and over 150 staff enjoying working together to provide the best for everyone. We are also fortunate to work in a fantastic building that was one of five community high schools within the Building Schools for the Future project in Burnley.  We work hard to support and develop our staff and make sure they can thrive as valued members of our team.

Everything we do is driven by our strategic vision and our high ambition for students and staff.  Three words are central to what we do: Belong, Believe and Achieve. We are committed to ensuring that all our students have bright futures and we commit to our beliefs which are set out in our Strategic Vision and we are characterised by the way we treat our people.

In our latest Ofsted report in April 2023, the school was graded ‘good’ in every area and inspectors commented that the pupils ‘enjoy attending this thriving and popular school’ and that they ‘feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community.’ The report also identified that students ‘achieve well’ and that ‘almost all pupils successfully move on to apprenticeships, A levels or other forms of education, employment or training’.

People and relationships are at the heart of what we do. One of our key values is that all members of our school community are known, valued and loved and we work hard to ensure this happens. We were delighted that Ofsted saw this in our relationships with our young people when they commented that ‘staff know pupils very well’. We work hard to create an environment in which staff feel a strong sense of belonging to our school, our students and our families. We are firmly committed to ensuring that all our staff have a positive work/life balance and as a result we give all our teaching staff a minimum of 20% non-contact time and staff have excellent CPD opportunities.

In our 2023 staff survey, 97% of staff were proud to be a member of our school community and 95% said that they enjoyed working at the school. Staff commented that:

· ‘Leaders care and lead by example’

· ‘SJT is a great place to work’

· ‘I love being part of the SJT team and appreciate the opportunities that the school provides for its staff and pupils’

· ‘The staff are extremely positive and supportive of each other and value relationships with their students’

· ‘I do believe this is a great place to work, and I feel lucky to have this opportunity’

We have a highly ambitious curriculum with over 70% of students following the EBacc subjects. Our results are consistently strong with students Attainment 8 above expectations and Progress 8 in 2022 +0.16

We have a positive behaviour system which has ‘high expectations of pupil’s behaviour’ (Ofsted 2023).

We are proud of our achievements and continue to go from strength to strength. I would encourage you to come and visit SJT to see why we all believe that it is a special place to work and make a difference. We look forward to receiving your application and please contact us if you would like any further information.

https://youtu.be/Kgk_syuQTfA  Follow the link to watch 'Burnley By Drone' to see a beautiful area in which to live and work.

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