IT Technician - Full-time

Leigh Academy Mascalls , Paddock Wood

• Ref:KCC886-5439-305S
• Posted:17/07/2026
• Pay:Starting at £26,861 per annum
• Start Date:August 2026
• App Close Date:27/07/2026 at 23:45
• Interviews:TBC

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Do you have a positive and helpful attitude towards work and colleagues? Can you work efficiently as part of an extended team? Do you have a willingness to perform above and beyond normal expectations when necessary? If you answered yes to all of the above, continue reading!

Working as part of the Trust IT team, we are seeking to appoint an experienced IT Technician to join Leigh Academies Trust as soon as possible. In this role you would play a key part in ensuring the smooth running of our IT services for the benefit of our staff and students. You will have up-to-date knowledge of IT best practice, products and statutory requirements..

The IT Technician will:

• Respond to requests for ICT support in accordance with Help Desk procedures and priorities. To resolve issues within Service Level Agreements (SLA's) assigned by the helpdesk
• Support the Trusts Team Leaders with install, support and maintenance of all the Academies Trust IT hardware and services.
• Support Trust Projects by carrying out specific testing as directed by the Project Team. Provide reports on testing that has been completed

Our successful candidate will:

• Be part of a Trust-wide team of approx. 30 IT Technicians with a wealth of experience between them, so you'll be part of a close-knit and supportive group of colleagues
• Receive 25 days annual leave per annum (plus bank holidays) which increases to 30 days when you've been employed for 5 years
• Have access to a range of career development opportunities
• Have access to an attractive pension scheme (LGPS)

This is a permanent position offering a salary starting at £26,861 ( depending on experience ) per annum based on 37 hours per week, full year. The working hours for this role are 8am - 4pm, Monday - Friday, with an earlier finish of 3:30pm on a Friday.

This role is based across multiple academies, working in the Tonbridge and Maidstone area, including Leigh Academy Mascalls, Leigh Academy Marden, and Leigh Academy Horsmonden.

As the role involves regular travel between Trust sites, a full valid UK driving licence with business insurance cover is desirable. Travel expenses for journeys between academies will be reimbursed.

Information about the school

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Leigh Academy Mascalls community. As a successful and popular academy, we provide our students with the opportunities within the classroom and beyond to develop into young people who will contribute positively to our local, national and global communities.

At Leigh Academy Mascalls, we offer an incredibly wide curriculum, there are twenty seven different subjects being taught at GCSE level and twenty nine subjects at A level. We are also proud to be an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Middle Years Programme in Years 7-9 which is designed to develop happy, inquisitive, rounded, independent, globally aware and resilient young people. Our co-curriculum offers an incredible eighteen lunchtime clubs and twenty one after school clubs alongside teams in football, netball, rugby, volleyball and many more.

We achieve academic excellence and promote the Arts, our Creative Arts National Area of Excellence develops the skills and confidence our students need to succeed through visual art, dance, drama and music. There really is an opportunity for everyone to be happy and succeed here and that underpins the very core of our purpose.

Whilst our academy is large, we support our students by breaking it down into smaller schools, known as colleges. Each college is roughly the size of the average primary school and is headed by a large and dedicated leadership team devoted to the academic and pastoral care of the students within it. We prioritise mental health and well being alongside academic achievement through our on-site provision of Place2be, offering full time individual and group therapy sessions for those who need it. In partnership with parents we work closely through the seven-year journey from the very first day to the confident, knowledgeable and disciplined individuals leaving our academy as young adults.

We have incredibly high expectations of behaviour. Our students are happy, they are polite and show respect. Our behaviour systems promote a discipline within our students that prepares them fully for the world beyond the academy. As an academy, as a community we achieve academic excellence, develop strength of individual character supported by our culture of aspiration and celebrating success. Our rewards system recognises the success of our students through achievement points, Golden Tickets, half colours and full colours. Achievement and progress are rewarded within every lesson.

Our recent OFSTED report confirmed that our Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school. They feel safe and are well looked after and there is very little disruption to learning and staff act quickly to deal with any that occurs.

What underpins all that we do is that we truly care, Leigh Academy Mascalls really is a community in the truest sense. Developing successful and happy young people requires a team, and strong and supportive communication between all members of our community is essential to ensure this. Our students are balanced and compassionate young people who care for one another and have pride in what we all achieve each and every day.

Thank you for reading and I hope we will be welcoming you to the Leigh Academy Mascalls community in the future.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Talent Team, Leigh Academies Trust
• Address:Carnation Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412 258
• Email: Joinus@LATrust.org.uk

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