ICT Engineer
Torquay Academy, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7NU14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week: 8.00am - 4.00pm Monday - Thursday and 8.00am - 3.30pm Friday with flexibility during examination periods and for school events.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- SCP 7-11 (£26,403 - £28,141)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Torquay Academy is seeking a proactive ICT Engineer to join our ICT team. Our mission is to transform the life chances of children in Torquay by ensuring everyone succeeds, driven by our core values of Hard Work, Integrity, and Pride. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining a network of end-user devices—including laptops and Chromebooks—managing user accounts, and installing hardware and software across the school, alongside many other critical roles. We are a school that utilises the Google Workspace for Education as our primary platform.
The successful candidate will provide essential technical support for teaching and learning, from setting up presentation equipment for assemblies to ensuring digital compliance during examinations. You must possess at least 5 GCSEs (Grade C/5 or above) in English and Mathematics and demonstrate strong problem-solving skills across various hardware and software issues.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at Torquay Academy include:
- Priority admission to the Academy for secondary places
- Free gym membership to support health and wellbeing
- Cycle to work scheme through salary sacrifice
- Electric Vehicle leasing scheme through salary sacrifice
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Torquay Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About Torquay Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1453 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Torquay Academy website
- Email address
- admin@TQacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01803 329351
Torquay Academy’s results have improved dramatically over the past few years thanks to our brilliant teachers. This has resulted in us being an oversubscribed school where students achieve well above national averages. We know that the results can improve further and we are looking for people who are committed, passionate and highly motivated to join our team.
We know that a world class school can only be built by having the very best teachers. We invest in all of our staff and you will be working with colleagues who share a passion for teaching. If you join us you will be signing up to the belief that “everyone succeeds” and that “every student who joins Torquay Academy is capable of going on to university”. It is important you share our goals and values.
We believe in strong discipline and support teachers with a strong pastoral team and centralised behaviour systems. We work hard to reduce unnecessary workload so that our teachers can focus on teaching great lessons. We invest in the professional development of all of our staff through 1-to-1 coaching, leadership development and high quality CPD.
Lessons are centrally planned and set into exceptional pre-printed workbooks which contain all necessary lesson resources. The entire team contribute to this.
If you join us you will be signing up to the belief that “everyone succeeds” and that “every student who joins Torquay Academy is capable of going on to university”. It is important you share our goals and values.
Arranging a visit to Torquay Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@TQacademy.co.uk.
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