Wilmslow High School
Cheshire East
£41,771 - £48,072 per year
Salary:
Grade 10; Point 31-35 Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Structure
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
06 October 2025
Apply by:
29 September 2025
Job overview
Role: Senior Leader: ICT & Network Operations
Salary: £41,771 to £48,072
Grade: Grade 10; Point 31-35 Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Structure
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: 37 hours per week (full time), 52 weeks per year (full year)
Contract Term: Permanent
Closing Date: Midday, Monday 29th September 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, early applications are encouraged.
Interview Date: Friday 3rd October 2025
Interview date: Friday 3rd October 2025
This is a full-time position (37 hours per week) Monday – Friday, 52 weeks per year (full year) on appointment.
We are looking to appoint an experienced ICT & Network Operations Leader to lead and manage the school's Information Systems Support Team and ICT facilities. As a member of the extended Leadership Team, you will lead the development and implementation of the school's ICT strategy, ensuring that ICT facilitates the school's aims and objectives. You will translate strategic intent into operational activity, oversee continuous improvement, and ensure efficient management of ICT infrastructure and services.
The successful candidate will be a strong strategic leader and team player and will:
* Have proven experience managing ICT services and support teams within an education setting or similar environment.
* Take overall responsibility for ensuring a secure, resilient, and responsive ICT infrastructure, including servers, networks, cloud services, end-user devices, and telephony.
* Have up-to-date understanding of ICT infrastructure, networking, software, and emerging technologies.
* Knowledge of data protection legislation and best practices in information security.
We are looking for a strong Senior Leader of ICT & Network Operations, ideally with experience in the education sector, who has a confident, solution focussed approach and is fully aligned with our schools' visions and values. You will report to the Deputy Headteacher: Personal Development & Community and will be responsible for managing the ISS and reprographics teams.
We offer a happy and caring environment rooted in our core values, in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. A consideration of the person's suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process.
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About Wilmslow High School
Wilmslow High School
Holly Road, Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 1LZ
United Kingdom
Rated as Good by Ofsted in 2019, Wilmslow High School is heavily oversubscribed in both the 11 – 16 sector and the sixth form. Student numbers have increased with more and more students from outside the town and from the independent sector of education seeking places. As the only state secondary school in the town, it enjoys good relationships with the partner primary schools in Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge, from where the majority of our students come
Headteacher
Mrs Christina Kane
Location
Wilmslow, a pleasant commuter town with a population of about 32,000, is situated on the southern outskirts of Manchester. It is within easy reach of attractive countryside both locally and in the nearby Peak District. The town is well served by the motorway network and by rail; Manchester Airport is nearby. A wide variety of housing is available in south Manchester, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and the surrounding Cheshire countryside. The town is mixed socially, with many areas of affluence and some communities of relative social deprivation.
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