IT Team Leader - Highfield School
The Highfield School, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 3QA18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Mar/Apr
Closing date
16 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
26 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- IT support
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £39,881.00 - £42,500.00 Annually (Actual) £39,881 progressing to £42,500 (Fringe allowance included)
IT Team Leader - Highfield School job summary
IT TEAM LEADER - Highfield School
Grade: H9 + Fringe
Annual Salary: £39,881 progressing to £42,500 (Fringe allowance included)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks
Scholars’ Education Trust is seeking to recruit an experienced IT Team Leader with dynamic problem-solving capacity and the ability to work without supervision. Scholars’ Education Trust foci includes the use of Digital Technology in and out of the classroom developing an innovative educational experience.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Provide 2nd and 3rd line IT Support for Staff and Students including:
Line manage the onsite IT/Media Technician.
Manage the network infrastructure, servers, workstations, and software.
Ensure that clients’ ICT Support requests are dealt with effectively and within a timely manner.
Maintain and develop the ICT infrastructure and systems.
Develop and support the school’s use of technology within the classroom such as VR Headsets and 1-1 iPad scheme.
Advise on strategic development of IT service.
Ensure the Teaching and Learning needs of the staff and leadership are met.
We offer excellent personal development training opportunities, overseen and delivered by a highly experienced IT Team to develop the right candidates’ skills and expertise.
A professional dress code is expected.
Rewards and benefits of working with us include:
Annual cross-trust conference
- Access to Employee Assistant Programme from day one of employment
- Access to Wellbeing Programme (physio, GP service, counselling, menopause support and more) after 2 years of service
- Tax-efficient cycle to work scheme
- Free eye test every 2 years via Spec Savers
- Free annual flu vaccination
- Discounts and deals via Teachers’ Discount
- 27 holiday days (+8 Bank Holidays)
We offer excellent local government pension scheme membership with an employer’s contribution of 21.65%.
Further details and an application form are available from HR at hr@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk or on 01727 734424.
Closing date: Monday, 16th March 2026, 9am
Interview date: TBC
Start date: Mar/Apr
We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.
Diversity: Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the Trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.
Declaration of criminal offences: The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.
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 The Highfield School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 978 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Highfield School website
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