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Trainee IT Technician - Fixed Term

Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone

  • Ref:KCC886-5422-173S
  • Posted:22/11/2021
  • Pay:Starting Salary £18,517
  • Start Date:January 2022
  • App Close Date:03/12/2021 at 12:00
  • Interviews:From 6th December 2021

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Trainee IT Technician

We are seeking to appoint a Trainee IT Technician to work within the IT Support department at this popular boys’ Grammar School, with a co-educational Sixth Form from 4th January 2022.

The successful applicant should have a sound educational background and have good levels of achievement in English, Maths and IT.  Applicants should be proactive and well organised and be able to work as part of a team, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The post is for 37 hours a week, all year round with a salary in the Oakwood Range Band 4 (starting at £18,517 with 24 days annual leave) and is initially a two-year temporary post.

For further details and an application form telephone 01622 726683 or email office@opgs.org.  A letter of application to the Headteacher together with the application form should be received by the closing date of 12 noon on 3rd December 2021.

Oakwood Park Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with former employers and Enhanced DBS check.

 

Information about the school

Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of currently 1095 students. We have a co-educational Sixth Form of 311 students. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.

We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). This gives the site a unique feel with over four thousand students.

Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.

Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production. We also have other extra-curricular activities such as robotics, debating and chess.

Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.

In 2019 we were graded Good overall by Ofsted but did achieve Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision.

We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Mrs J Nichol
  • Address:Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AH
  • Telephone: (01622) 726683
  • Email: kmoody@opgs.org

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.