Curriculum & Timetable Officer
Posted 9 days 12 hours ago by Allscreens Nationwide Ltd
Permanent
Full Time
Academic Jobs
Hertfordshire, Waltham Cross, United Kingdom, EN7 5
Job Description
What skills and experience we're looking for Contract Type: Full Time, Term Time Plus 2 Weeks, 37 hours per week
Closing Date: 9.00am, Monday 7th September 2026
About the Role Goffs Academy, part of the Generations Multi Academy Trust, is seeking a highly organised and methodical Curriculum & Timetable Officer to join the team from September 2026. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in the smooth operational running of a vibrant and successful 11-18 comprehensive school.
As Curriculum & Timetable Officer, you will support the construction, maintenance and optimisation of the school's complex whole-school timetable, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team to translate the school's curriculum vision into a workable, efficient schedule for staff and students. You will balance curriculum needs, staffing and room capacity, ensuring resources and teaching hours are maximised.
Key Responsibilities
Safer Recruitment Goffs Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, qualifications, experience checks, medical clearance, enhanced DBS checks, social media checks, and documentary evidence showing your entitlement to work in the UK. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and you will be required to declare any unprotected convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings.
What the school offers its staff INFORMATION ABOUT THE GENERATIONS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (GMAT) GMAT is a cross-phase Multi Academy Trust based in Cheshunt, currently comprising two secondaries and two primaries - Goffs Academy, Goffs-Churchgate Academy, Flamstead End School and Oakview Primary School. Across the piece, GMAT currently has just under 3,000 students in its care and employs just under 400 staff. The MAT also operates nursery provision on the Goffs-Churchgate site, with subsidised and term-time only places for staff, run by Ashbourne Nurseries -
All of the schools are situated within close proximity of each other in Cheshunt, and share many activities, including CPD for staff. One of the Trust's fundamental principles is that no one school or phase is in any way more important or successful than the other. As such, CPD and other events are rotated through all schools in the Trust, with everyone learning from and sharing with each other. This collegiate and collaborative approach permeates our Trust.
The MAT's finances are overseen by a highly skilled Chief Finance Officer with considerable financial expertise in the private sector, plus a highly experienced Finance Manager. The Trust deliberately created an innovative Income Generation function, and extensive lettings and business development work now takes place across all sites in the MAT. This additional income - now yielding around £600k per annum - underpins generous levels of staffing at both schools, plus many "extras" that would otherwise be unaffordable in the current funding climate.
GMAT is a fully centralised MAT, with all of our schools able to access dedicated, expert advice and support from centralised functions in HR, Finance, Income Generation, Data/Business Analysis, ICT and Estates.
The MAT is extremely clear about its daily purpose, reflected in its motto of "no set destiny for any child." All of our schools, leaders and staff believe fiercely in the life-changing nature of education and work tirelessly to that end, day in and day out. There is no set destiny for any of the children in our care; rather, we are each very clear that our daily work across the piece allows children to forge new futures and destinies.
Flamstead End School is a thriving primary school with approximately 485 children on roll. It has a preschool, a 60-place nursery offering 30 hours provision, and two classes per year group from Reception to Year 6. Flamstead End is also a ' Herts Therapeutic Thinking' school, and seeks to understand and support children's behaviour so that they are able to learn and achieve to the best of their ability. The school is a tight knit community, with a well-established staff who care for one another and the children in their charge.
Goffs Academy is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive academy with approximately 1,600 students on roll, including a thriving and successful sixth form. The school is also extremely popular in the local area, with an average of over 800 applications annually for the 240 places available, and significant waiting lists for places across the year groups.
Goffs-Churchgate Academy is a fully mixed 11-16 comprehensive school, with approximately 600 students on roll. The school has rightly established a very strong reputation for both its academic outcomes and its close-knit, nurturing community, receiving an average of over 600 applications for just 120 available places. The decision to cap student numbers at 600 is entirely deliberate, enabling us to maintain a strong sense of community where everybody knows everybody else.
Oakview Primary School is a one-form entry warm and welcoming primary school with currently approximately 170 children on roll. In September 2025, Andrews Lane Primary was relaunched as Oakview Primary, marking the beginning of a significant transformation under the leadership of the Generations Multi Academy Trust. This was far more than a rebrand. The change of name signaled a new identity, reflecting the ambition to deliver a higher quality of education, stronger community links, and continuously improving outcomes for all children. The school benefits from significant space, including a field and a forest . click apply for full job details
Closing Date: 9.00am, Monday 7th September 2026
About the Role Goffs Academy, part of the Generations Multi Academy Trust, is seeking a highly organised and methodical Curriculum & Timetable Officer to join the team from September 2026. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in the smooth operational running of a vibrant and successful 11-18 comprehensive school.
As Curriculum & Timetable Officer, you will support the construction, maintenance and optimisation of the school's complex whole-school timetable, working closely with the Senior Leadership Team to translate the school's curriculum vision into a workable, efficient schedule for staff and students. You will balance curriculum needs, staffing and room capacity, ensuring resources and teaching hours are maximised.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the annual construction of the whole-school timetable using scheduling software (e.g. Arbor and Timetablr), collaborating closely with the SLT.
- Manage and implement in-year timetable adjustments arising from staff changes, student choices, or curriculum adjustments.
- Optimise the use of classrooms, specialist laboratories and sports facilities to minimise room changes and travel time.
- Assist in creating and managing GCSE and A-Level option blocks and subject allocation to maximise student choice satisfaction.
- Ensure the school's Management Information System (MIS) is accurately populated with curriculum structures, class lists and teacher assignments.
- Manage the end-of-year rollover and comprehensive setup of the new academic year within the school's data systems.
- Generate data reports on class sizes, staff utilisation rates and curriculum delivery costs for the SLT.
- Act as the primary point of contact for Heads of Department on scheduling queries, rooming requests and timetable constraints.
- Resolve scheduling clashes logically and empathetically, keeping staff wellbeing and student outcomes in mind.
- Support the organisation and implementation of key Curriculum and Options events across all key stages.
- Provide administrative support to relevant members of SLT, including managing email, calendar and stakeholder communication.
- Good standard of education, including GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent.
- Proven experience working within a secondary school administration, data, or operations role.
- Substantial experience using secondary school Management Information Systems (MIS).
- Exceptional analytical, logical and algorithmic problem-solving skills.
- Advanced Excel capability (e.g. VLOOKUPs, INDEX/MATCH, Pivot Tables, data manipulation).
- High level of IT literacy and the ability to learn complex software systems quickly.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet strict operational deadlines.
- Meticulous attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to negotiate and manage expectations.
- Resilience, discretion and flexibility when working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Direct experience constructing a complex school timetable using Arbor and Timetablr or equivalent scheduling software (desirable).
- Experience managing options processes and academic year rollovers (desirable).
- Degree or relevant professional qualification in data management, mathematics, statistics, or ICT (desirable).
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting equality and diversity.
- A £20million school building, with additional new facilities which opened in April 2022.
- Outstanding career development, including dedicated leadership development and coaching in a national "Leadership" school.
- Access to high-quality, personalised CPD and bespoke leadership development programmes.
- Subsidised nursery provision through Ashbourne Nurseries.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme offering health and wellbeing resources.
- Discounted membership to the state-of-the-art Lifestyle Fitness gym at Goffs Academy.
- Cycle-to-work scheme and onsite car valeting at reduced rates.
- Generous sick pay allowances and a two-week autumn half term.
Safer Recruitment Goffs Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, qualifications, experience checks, medical clearance, enhanced DBS checks, social media checks, and documentary evidence showing your entitlement to work in the UK. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and you will be required to declare any unprotected convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings.
What the school offers its staff INFORMATION ABOUT THE GENERATIONS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (GMAT) GMAT is a cross-phase Multi Academy Trust based in Cheshunt, currently comprising two secondaries and two primaries - Goffs Academy, Goffs-Churchgate Academy, Flamstead End School and Oakview Primary School. Across the piece, GMAT currently has just under 3,000 students in its care and employs just under 400 staff. The MAT also operates nursery provision on the Goffs-Churchgate site, with subsidised and term-time only places for staff, run by Ashbourne Nurseries -
All of the schools are situated within close proximity of each other in Cheshunt, and share many activities, including CPD for staff. One of the Trust's fundamental principles is that no one school or phase is in any way more important or successful than the other. As such, CPD and other events are rotated through all schools in the Trust, with everyone learning from and sharing with each other. This collegiate and collaborative approach permeates our Trust.
The MAT's finances are overseen by a highly skilled Chief Finance Officer with considerable financial expertise in the private sector, plus a highly experienced Finance Manager. The Trust deliberately created an innovative Income Generation function, and extensive lettings and business development work now takes place across all sites in the MAT. This additional income - now yielding around £600k per annum - underpins generous levels of staffing at both schools, plus many "extras" that would otherwise be unaffordable in the current funding climate.
GMAT is a fully centralised MAT, with all of our schools able to access dedicated, expert advice and support from centralised functions in HR, Finance, Income Generation, Data/Business Analysis, ICT and Estates.
The MAT is extremely clear about its daily purpose, reflected in its motto of "no set destiny for any child." All of our schools, leaders and staff believe fiercely in the life-changing nature of education and work tirelessly to that end, day in and day out. There is no set destiny for any of the children in our care; rather, we are each very clear that our daily work across the piece allows children to forge new futures and destinies.
Flamstead End School is a thriving primary school with approximately 485 children on roll. It has a preschool, a 60-place nursery offering 30 hours provision, and two classes per year group from Reception to Year 6. Flamstead End is also a ' Herts Therapeutic Thinking' school, and seeks to understand and support children's behaviour so that they are able to learn and achieve to the best of their ability. The school is a tight knit community, with a well-established staff who care for one another and the children in their charge.
Goffs Academy is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive academy with approximately 1,600 students on roll, including a thriving and successful sixth form. The school is also extremely popular in the local area, with an average of over 800 applications annually for the 240 places available, and significant waiting lists for places across the year groups.
Goffs-Churchgate Academy is a fully mixed 11-16 comprehensive school, with approximately 600 students on roll. The school has rightly established a very strong reputation for both its academic outcomes and its close-knit, nurturing community, receiving an average of over 600 applications for just 120 available places. The decision to cap student numbers at 600 is entirely deliberate, enabling us to maintain a strong sense of community where everybody knows everybody else.
Oakview Primary School is a one-form entry warm and welcoming primary school with currently approximately 170 children on roll. In September 2025, Andrews Lane Primary was relaunched as Oakview Primary, marking the beginning of a significant transformation under the leadership of the Generations Multi Academy Trust. This was far more than a rebrand. The change of name signaled a new identity, reflecting the ambition to deliver a higher quality of education, stronger community links, and continuously improving outcomes for all children. The school benefits from significant space, including a field and a forest . click apply for full job details