Apprentice ICT & Media Support Technician
Swindon Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1JR11 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £15,000.00 - £18,000.00 Annually (Actual)
Apprentice ICT & Media Support Technician job summary
We are excited to be able to offer an Apprentice ICT & Media Support Technician to join our busy team within our Cluster Swindon Academy/Nova Hreod Academy.
Job title: Apprentice ICT & Media Support Technician
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract for 24 months
School: Swindon Academy, Nova Hreod Academy
Start date: September 2026
Working hours: 37.5 hours a week Monday-Friday (there will be a requirement to work flexibly, including occasional evenings and adjustments to working hours during busy performance periods)
Are you looking to start a career in IT and digital technologies? Would you like to gain hands-on experience supporting both classroom technology and live performances?
We are looking for a motivated Apprentice ICT & Creative Media Support Technician to join our Swindon cluster team.
This is an exciting apprenticeship opportunity where you will develop practical IT skills while also supporting music, drama and school productions. You will work across Swindon Academy and Nova Hreod Academy, playing a key role in both technical support and live event delivery. You will complete a recognised IT apprenticeship qualification alongside your role, with structured training and hands-on experience in both ICT systems and creative media technologies.
Main Duties:
- Assist the IT team when installing computer equipment. maintaining equipment .
- Support the Helpdesk, adding and updating support calls.
- Set up equipment required to deliver a practical music, theatre or dance lesson.
- Support teachers and groups of students in the use of technology, including sound and audio equipment in the recording studio and other resources.
- To provide theatrical lighting and sound production support for music, dance, drama productions, academy events and celebrations, which may on occasion include evening and weekend support for the annual productions.
- Meeting the apprenticeship course requirements
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Sound literacy and numeracy, GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or above
- Excellent communication skills and be able to build good relationships with young people and adults
- An ability to deal with students and staff so that they feel they have been dealt with consistently and fairly
- Good judgement over matters of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information about students
- Strong IT skills with the ability to positively respond to training in the use of school IT packages
Additional Information
Swindon Academy and Nova Hreod Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.
Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
United Learning
Swindon Academy and Nova Hreod is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Swindon Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1854 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Swindon Academy website
At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.
We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years. Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19.
The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities, and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.
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