School Performance Analyst
Scale 6 (£31,537 - £33,699)
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking (ideally one or two days a month in the office)
Application Deadline: 7th September 2025, 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 8th September 2025
Interview Date: 9th September 2025
Interview Type: Online Assessment and MS Teams Interview
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Your Role
We are seeking a talented Business Intelligence Analyst to join our Education Data Team at Stockport Council.
The successful candidate will work with the Education Data Manager and Senior School Performance Analyst within the Education Data Team.
About You
The ideal candidate will have the following essential skills:
* Analytical skills and can interpret information and identify inaccuracies.
* Knowledge/experience with SQL and/or VBA and/or Macros.
* Displays effective interpersonal skills, collaborating with both internal and external teams to achieve positive outcomes.
* Brings experience in assisting projects from inception to completion, achieving both time and quality objectives.
* Exhibits excellent organizational skills, proficient in negotiating and managing workloads.
* Shows an enthusiasm to learn new techniques and approaches to working with data, seeking out way to improve processes and devise innovative solutions to problems.
* Can provide tangible examples of personal growth and development in a previous role.
* Holds practical experience with MS Excel.
Working to the Council’s values and behaviours by:
* Keeping the people of Stockport at the heart of what we do
* Succeeding as a team, collaborating with colleagues and partners
* Driving things forward with ambition, creativity and confidence
* Showing value and respect to our colleagues, partners and customers.
* Previous involvement in an education/education data setting (i.e. a school, Academy Trust or a council’s Education team), along with familiarity with relevant systems (especially SIMS)
About Us
As well as the key responsibilities listed above, the role also offers opportunity for further development and training around producing education dashboards via Tableau (training provided), and contributing to the preparation and enhancement of reports that support school performance improvement. There will also be opportunities, if the candidate wishes, to represent SMBC in regional and national education data working groups, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with the team to improve the pupil tracking system, enhancing schools' ability to analyse assessment data and elevate children's attainment. You will also be able to identify data requirements and analyses to drive operational improvements and align the Council's strategic direction for Education.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Stephen Bray at [emailprotected] for an informal discussion about the role
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Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.
We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.
Piccadilly, Stockport, SK1 3XE, United Kingdom
A generous annual leave allowance, up to 30 days annual leave dependent on grade and length of service, plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional annual leave
Work Life Balance
Work and personal life balance. Many jobs include part time working, flexi-time and homeworking
Employee engagement networks to support colleagues and create opportunities to feed into both workforce and borough strategies
Support for volunteering by allowing up to 4 hours per month (pro rata) to carry out any duties associated with this
Learning and Development
A suite of learning and development opportunities, from important data protection training to all level apprenticeships
Discounts
A huge range of discounts via an easy to use portal, including: Gym memberships, restaurants, events, travel, cycle to work scheme, home electronics and more.
Access to an employee support hotline, available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Pension Scheme
Option to join the Local Government Pension Scheme and give your pension a boost by enrolling into a salary sacrifice scheme.
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Shortlisting
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Interviews
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Offer stage and pre-employment checks
Offer stage and pre-employment checks If you're offered the job after interviewing, you'll be sent a conditional offer detailing your new role. Along with the conditional contract and offer letter, our team will be in touch regarding your pre-employment checks.
The pre-employment checks that you will need to undertake will depend on the role that you've applied for. These checks may include:
• right to work in the UK
• Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The information provided will be dealt with in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice
• gaps in employment
• reference checks. We will request references prior to issuing your conditional contract
• pre-employment health declaration
• qualification checks
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