About this role
Salary: £57,500 - 61,000 per year
Requirements
- Experience as a data professional, ideally working in a trust
- Experience working across multiple sites and leading a data team
- A proactive, forward-thinking approach to data
- Experience working with Arbor and liaising directly with individual school leaders
- Ability to commute between our sites across the North West when required
Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic development and use of data across our organisation, creating a joined-up view of information across education, finance, HR, estates, health and safety, and other core business areas
- Develop accurate, meaningful reporting, dashboards and insight using tools including Power BI and Microsoft Fabric to support evidence-based decisions by senior leaders and governance teams
- Oversee the development and effective use of our Management Information Systems, ensuring data is consistent, accurate and used effectively across all sites
- Lead and develop the Data team, working with senior leaders and school-based teams to strengthen data quality, reporting and processes
- Oversee educational performance, attendance, behaviour and safeguarding data, statutory returns and examination processes
- Identify opportunities to automate processes, reduce manual workloads, and improve how information is captured and shared
- Build strong relationships across our organisation and establish a consistent, high-quality approach to data and insight that supports continuous improvement
Technologies
- Fabric
- Support
- Power BI
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We are a well-established, ambitious multi-academy trust with 11 academies across the North West. We support a diverse family of schools, combining strong central services with experienced school-based teams while respecting each schools individual identity and needs. We are investing in our central capabilities and infrastructure and exploring new data technologies. This Head of Data & Insights role reports to the CIO and leads a team comprising two direct reports who manage more than 10 data and insights professionals. The role is based across multiple sites in the North West. We offer a salary of £57,500–£61,000, dependent on experience, a school benefits package including generous holiday entitlement and a local government pension scheme, and opportunities for further qualifications, with development support from the CIO.
last updated 45 week of 2026