Apprentice Desktop Support Engineer

Salary National Minimum Wage (£5.28 – 10.42 per hour rising scale dependent on age)

Location South Croydon

The Vacancy

Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1500 pupils including over one hundred boarding pupils and flexi-boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

We are seeking to appoint an Apprentice Desktop Support Engineer to provide a first line support service for the School’s complex networks, technical incidents and IT service desk customers. The successful candidate will have good organisational and problem-solving skills, along with excellent verbal and written English language. A positive attitude and the desire to develop knowledge through attending relevant courses and actively seeking to broaden existing skills is essential. You will be part of a small team, so the ability to work independently as well as part of a team is key to the role. A customer service background (or similar) and the ability to work to changing deadlines in a professional manner would be an advantage.

The Apprentice will be expected to undertake a Level 3 Information Communications Technician Apprenticeship course provided by Primary Goal Limited via supported distance learning and on the job training which is assessed over a period of approximately 15 to 18 months. You will be released from your duties for one day per week to complete the required virtual classroom modules. Subject to a suitable vacancy existing on the completion of your apprenticeship you may then be considered for a permanent position at Whitgift School.

In return we offer a generous salary and benefits package including a money purchase pension scheme (plus Life Assurance Cover), Employee Discount Club, discounted school fees for the Foundation Schools, discounted off-peak membership at our on-site gym, membership of a healthcare plan, a range of family-friendly benefits and season ticket loan.

We welcome applications from all sectors of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract.

For further information about the role and the skills required, select the white  'documents available ' button at the top left of the advertisement, and the green ' apply ' button on the top right for the online application form. For any queries, please telephone Human Resources Department on or e-mail .

Applications will be reviewed daily so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. Interviews may take place at any time prior to the closing date.

` Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers, the Disclosure & Barring Service and on-line media checks (including personal, professional and other online activities)`. 

The Company

For more than 400 years, Whitgift has been transforming boys’ lives through education.

Whitgift 2025 was created as a result of the input and imagination of staff and students and the next few years will represent an exciting time of evolution for the school, both in terms of our site development plan and the educational partnerships we are embarking on.