Apprentice Estates Technician

Acorn Education Trust, Warminster, BA12 9DR

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  11 May 2026

• Closing date

  25 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,521 per annum

Apprentice Estates Technician job summary

Acorn Education Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to join our Estates team as an Apprentice Estates Technician. The role will be predominantly be based at Clarendon Academy, one of our Wiltshire-based secondary schools in Trowbridge, with opportunities to support other schools across the Trust.

Contract: Apprenticeship (typically 18–24 months, subject to apprenticeship standard). Working Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year). Location: Clarendon Academy (with support to other Trust schools as required). Required: ASAP.

At Acorn, we pride ourselves on transforming education locally, with our two nurseries, seventeen primary and four secondary schools being at the heart of their local communities. Working alongside Trust colleagues, you will help keep school buildings and grounds safe, clean and well-maintained, support with day-to-day site maintenance and logistics while learning safe working practices, and essential maintenance skills.

This apprenticeship is ideal for someone looking to start a career in estates, maintenance or facilities management. You will gain practical, real‑world experience in a school environment while working towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is practical, reliable and enthusiastic
  
• Takes pride in their work and is willing to learn
  
• Has a good attitude, teamwork and communication skills
  
• Is committed to completing an apprenticeship programme
  

We can offer the successful candidate:

• Paid apprenticeship with on‑the‑job training
  
• A supportive working environment within a growing Multi‑Academy Trust
  
• A varied role where no two days are the same
  
• The opportunity for progression following successful completion of the apprenticeship
  

For more information, including a full job description and person specification, please read our Applicant Information Pack.

Closing date: Monday 25th May 2026 at midnight

We welcome early applications and may close the vacancy early if an appropriate candidate is found.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Acorn Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Acorn Education Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/acorn-education-trust

The Acorn Education Trust was formed in August 2014 to create a local solution to a national strategy. Through close collaboration and a shared vision we believe each school will achieve great things while retaining their individual identity.

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