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IT Support Engineer

Furze Down School, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 3BL

This job expired on 17 July 2025

• Closing date

  17 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • IT support
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,625.00 - £27,770.00 Annually (FTE)

IT Support Engineer job summary

Furze Down is an outstanding special school on split sites in Winslow and Buckingham, which provides for 220 pupils with communication and interaction differences aged 4 to 19. We are incredibly proud of our school. Furze Down employs a dedicated multi-disciplinary team who ensure pupils, and their families, are at the heart of everything.  We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals.

Our vision is “to promote our inclusive philosophy, so all thrive and flourish”. The school’s values of personal responsibility and respect have been instrumental in developing an ethos where views, beliefs and differences are appreciated and given a voice.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated IT Support Engineer to join our dedicated IT team.
In this role, you will support both staff and students, ensuring that all devices and systems run smoothly to facilitate effective learning. You’ll be involved in general network administrative duties and will need to work methodically and calmly under pressure, prioritising tasks to meet day-to-day demands. Strong customer service skills are essential, as is the ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.

In return we can offer you:

• A school committed to your professional learning and development

• A supportive work environment which values (and challenges) everyone

• An exciting, vibrant and creative place to work

• Brand new facilities and a supportive staff team

We reserve the right to close this position earlier should sufficient applications be received before the advertised closing date. We also reserve the right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.

Furze Down School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check before they are appointed.

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.

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About Furze Down School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 219 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Furze Down School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/furze-down-school

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