We Do Data

Website

We're not just any old recruitment agency...WeDoData like no other👏🏼

24/10/2026

Jay was a Bristol Flyers fan long before WeDoData became a sponsor.

Game nights have been a family tradition for him for years. Now we get to cheer alongside the families, first-timers, and regulars who fill the stands every single time, as more than just spectators.

Community isn't built in one night. It's built by showing up, season after season, for the people and places that matter. That's why we're backing this game, and why we want you in the stands with us.

📅 WeDoData Sponsored Game: 20th November
🎟️ Tickets are live now on the Bristol Flyers website

See you there.

21/10/2026

Introducing The Who's Who, our new series getting to know the humans behind WeDoData.

Episode one: we asked the team how they take their coffee. Turns out it says a lot more about a person than you'd think, from indecisive orders to secret habits to one surprisingly reliable answer.

It's a small thing, but it's exactly why we wanted to start this series. Behind every placement and every conversation about data roles in education, there's a team with its own quirks, habits and running jokes. Seemed worth sharing.

How do you take yours? Drop your coffee order in the comments, we want to see how it compares to the team's.

New episode soon. Follow along to get to know the team behind the recruitment.

20/10/2026

"This is particularly good for young people, right?"

"Honestly? It's across the board."

Bristol's got that forever-young energy, "the Neverland of the West" as Brandon puts it, and right now VOID's crowd does skew mid-twenties to mid-thirties. But sit at a pub table in the sun with good music playing and tell us that's not welcoming at any age.

Spotlight on VOID Radio 🎙️ proud to sponsor a station that's for everyone, not just who people assume it's for.

What age did you think this crowd skewed? Be honest 👇

15/10/2026

Thinking about a move into schools but not sure where you’d fit?

Plenty of roles outside education have a direct match inside it. The skills carry straight across, and often the job title is the only thing that changes.

A systems or CRM admin who keeps one big database clean is most of the way to MIS Officer, the person who keeps a school’s main database running. An events or project coordinator who can pull off a hundred moving parts against a fixed date already has the core of an Exams Officer role.

What’s genuinely new is smaller than you’d think. The year runs in terms and there’s a background check before you start. You also get to see who your work is for, every day.

We’ve matched five roles in the slides above.

Know someone in IT, data, finance or admin who’s fancied working in a school? Tag them below. Or tell us your job title and we’ll tell you the school version.

WeDoData places IT, data, MIS, finance and exams professionals into schools, trusts and colleges across England.

14/10/2026

Jay spent the day at Bradley Stoke Community School running a careers workshop, and it was a brilliant one.

The big takeaway for students: a complete profile beats a polished one. School, qualifications, work experience, achievements, get it all down, even if it feels unfinished right now.

Habits like this early on make a real difference in how employers and colleges find you later.

Great session, great group of students. More of this please.

12/10/2026

Ever read a school job advert and wondered what half of it means?

Term-time only. FTE. Grade 6, SCP 12 to 17. Enhanced DBS required. If you already work in a school, you’ll know these terms inside out. For anyone coming in from another sector, they can make a straightforward role look a lot more complicated than it is.

The salary is the one to get right. Many adverts list two figures. FTE is what the role would pay full time, all year round. Actual salary is what you’re paid for the hours and weeks in your contract, and that’s the number to plan around.

We’ve decoded the five phrases that come up most in the slides above.

Know someone thinking about a move into schools? Share this with them. And if there’s a phrase we’ve missed, pop it in the comments.

WeDoData places IT, data, MIS, finance and exams professionals into schools, trusts and colleges across England.

09/10/2026

"How do I stand out on LinkedIn when I'm 16 and have zero work experience?"

That was the question on the table when Jay sat down with students at Olympus Trust for a workshop on employability and building a LinkedIn presence that actually works for them.

No generic advice. They covered writing a profile that doesn't read like a template, understanding what recruiters are actually scanning for, and building habits now that pay off later. The goal wasn't to prep them for a job search this week, it was to give them a head start long before they need one.

This is exactly the kind of work we love being part of. If you're a school or MAT and want Jay in the room with your students, get in touch, we'd jump at the chance to do more of this.

06/10/2026

"Representation gets worse the further up you go."

VOID Radio is doing something about it: 50% non-male, one-third ethnic diversity, as an actual target, not a talking point.

Real industry experience without the usual barriers, so talent can move up instead of stalling out at entry level.

We sponsor VOID because this is the infrastructure that actually shifts an industry.

Who's in the room, or who's on the lineup, where's the bigger gap?

03/10/2026

Jay's interviewed people who said they play five sports and run a club. Then interview time comes, and none of it checks out.

That's the moment his CV workshop at Bradley Stoke Community School (for Olympus Trust students) was built around.

His top tips for the room:
→ Use Grammarly or spell check. No excuses for typos.
→ Add hobbies and achievements that aren't work related. If it shows what you've accomplished, it belongs on there.
→ Don't blag it. It's so easy to undo in an interview, and it always shows.
→ Before you send it, get someone you trust (a teacher, a parent, a friend) to proofread it.

Simple stuff, but it's the simple stuff that gets CVs binned.

What's the one CV mistake you see the most?

02/10/2026

Your next role might be in this post.

September's Jobs of the Month are live, and the range is wide this month, whether you're stepping into education data and IT for the first time, or you're ready for a Head of IT seat.

Here's what's open right now:

→ Head of IT, Greater London (Hybrid) - £48-51k
→ MIS Manager, South Wales (FTE) - £55k
→ Interim Head of MIS, SW London (Onsite) - £300-400/day
→ Systems and Reporting Developer, East of England (Remote) - £34k
→ Application Support Analyst, East of England (Hybrid) - £30k
→ Service Desk Administrator, East of England (Onsite) - £24k
→ Communication Support Worker (BSL), London (Onsite) - £30-35k
→ IT Technician, Surrey (Onsite) - £28k
→ Funding & Compliance Manager, North Wales (Remote, 1 onsite day/month, Fixed Term) - £44-48k
→ Interim Exams Team Lead, West Midlands (Onsite) - £170/day

Remote, hybrid, onsite, interim, FTE: there's a setup here for how you actually want to work.

See one that's got your name on it? Get in touch and we'll talk you through what's right for you, what's not, and the best next step.

Who do you know that needs to see this? Tag them below.

Address

2 Whiteladies Road
Bristol
BS81PD

Website

https://wedodata.co.uk/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when We Do Data posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.