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IT Apprentice
Cygnus Academies Trust, Swanscombe, DA10 0BU14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2025
Closing date
9 September 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
26 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,216.00 Annually (Actual)
IT Apprentice job summary
Post Title: IT Apprentice
School: Cygnus Academies Trust
Contract Type: Fixed Term -18 months
Hours: 37 Hours
Weeks: 52 weeks
Grade: KS Entry Apprentice
Salary: 19,216
Start Date: October 2025
Advert Closing Date (We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date): 8th September 2025
Interview Date: w/c 22nd September 2025
Cygnus Academies Trust is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our dedicated IT team as an IT Apprentice. This is a hands-on, developmental role designed to provide you with practical experience and training in IT support within a dynamic educational environment.
As an IT Apprentice, you will assist in the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the Trust’s IT systems and infrastructure. Under the guidance of experienced technicians, you’ll learn to provide first-line support to staff and students, both remotely and on-site, depending on the nature of the issue.
This role is ideal for someone looking to start a career in IT, offering valuable exposure to a wide range of technologies and real-world problem-solving. Your contribution will help ensure the smooth running of technology across our schools, supporting effective teaching, learning, and administration through secure and reliable IT services.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Nathan Gaimster on 01322 224201.
About Us
Cygnus Academies Trust
Cygnus Academies Trust is a dynamic and forward-thinking multi-academy trust, committed to providing exceptional education to young people across the region. We are driven by our core values of Collaboration, Citizenship, Achievement, and Sustainability.
Cygnus Academies Trust has 8 primary schools, and they are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.
For further information about the trust, please visit Cygnus Academies Trust - Welcome from the Chief Executive- Cygnus Academies Trust
Safer Recruitment
Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.
Equal Opportunities
Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Additional Information
- References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.
- Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.
- Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.
- Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.
- The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
- The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website
This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
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 Cygnus Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
We are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children.
Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all.
Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn. Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness.
While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.
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