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Great job working with a small tight knit team across the trust with lots of support available. Please DM me any questions if you don't want to ask on here. Thanks! https://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/143773/EDV-2023-RABHS-00918/api-feed-referral We have an exciting opportunity for a new ICT Technician to join our School Contract: Permanent Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day Salary: Grade E, Scale Points 11 - 17 £24,054 - £26,845 (2023 / 2024 Support Staff Pay Award Pending) Annual Leave: 25 days. Additional 3 days following 5 years' service. We are seeking to appoint an ICT Technician to provide ICT / Network support to ensure the smooth day to day operation of our school’s ICT network and support systems. The successful candidate will provide first and second line support to staff, both administrative and academic on a wide range of IT matters, specifically for the development, maintenance, and support of all schools within the Trust's ICT network and systems. You will have proven experience in a similar of ICT support role, ideally within an education setting, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. About the school: Website: http://www.rbhs.co.uk Rivington and Blackrod High School is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are located close to the M61 and M60 motorway network, and have free car parking. For more information about the benefits of working at Rivington and Blackrod High School, please click here. The school has strong links with the local community with a heritage of over 450 years and is successful and popular with parents. You will be joining a staff team that is committed, welcoming, supportive and friendly. We are an ambitious community committed to young people and supporting them on their journey to achieve their dreams and ambitions. We strive to meet the needs of every learner; drive them, motivate them and support them to achieve. We celebrate all success and truly believe that every student matters and that it is our job as educators to ensure they know and feel that they matter. Rivington & Blackrod is part of the Leverhulme Academy Trust and we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust. Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 8th October 2023

This is a readvertisement of a previous post due to not being able to appoint last time. If you attempted to apply last time we have some new recruitment software now which should be much smoother to apply through! Any issues or questions please just message me. ICT Technician We have an exciting opportunity for a new ICT Technician to join our School Contract: Permanent Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day Salary: Grade E, Scale Points 11 - 17 £24,054 - £26,845 (2023 / 2024 Support Staff Pay Award Pending) Annual Leave: 24.5 days, rising to 25 days from September 2023. Additional 3 days following 5 years' service. We are seeking to appoint an ICT Technician to provide ICT / Network support to ensure the smooth day to day operation of our school’s ICT network and support systems. The successful candidate will provide first and second line support to staff, both administrative and academic on a wide range of IT matters, specifically for the development, maintenance, and support of all schools within the Trust's ICT network and systems. You will have proven experience in a similar of ICT support role, ideally within an education setting, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. About the school: Website: http://www.rbhs.co.uk Rivington and Blackrod High School is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are located close to the M61 and M60 motorway network, and have free car parking. For more information about the benefits of working at Rivington and Blackrod High School, please click here. The school has strong links with the local community with a heritage of over 450 years and is successful and popular with parents. You will be joining a staff team that is committed, welcoming, supportive and friendly. We are an ambitious community committed to young people and supporting them on their journey to achieve their dreams and ambitions. We strive to meet the needs of every learner; drive them, motivate them and support them to achieve. We celebrate all success and truly believe that every student matters and that it is our job as educators to ensure they know and feel that they matter. Rivington & Blackrod is part of the Leverhulme Academy Trust and we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust. Closing date: Wednesday, 2nd August 2023 at midnight https://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/143773/EDV-2023-RABHS-49113

AV Technician We have an exciting opportunity for a new AV Technician to join our School Contract: Permanent Working hours: 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day Salary: Grade E, Scale Points 11 - 17 £24,054 - £26,845 (2023 / 2024 Support Staff Pay Award Pending) Annual Leave: 24.5 days, rising to 25 days from September 2023. Additional 3 days following 5 years' service. We are looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced AV Technician to join our busy central IT support team, working flexibly across the schools in our Trust (currently Rivington and Blackrod High School and Harper Green High School). This is an opportunity for an AV technician to develop their skills and knowledge to directly support the ICT Manager. You will be responsible for providing audio visual support for all staff and students across the Trust and ensuring that all the audio visual equipment across the Trust functions in an optimal state. Other duties include the installation of software, maintenance of the asset register, responding to support requests from users, liaising with suppliers and reporting unresolved issues. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm for technology and education. You will have proven experience in a similar of AV and ICT support role with an excellent understanding of current AV hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills, be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. Closing date: Wednesday, 26th July 2023 at midnight Any questions please feel free to ask! https://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/787162537/EDV-2023-LACEACT-71882 Thanks

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Apprentice ICT Technician to join our Trust. Duration: Fixed-term 18-month contract Workplace: Based at Rivington & Blackrod High School, Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton BL6 7RU Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri Salary: £6 per hour, which equates to £11,576 for working all year round, 37 hours per week Annual leave: 24.5 days annual leave, rising to 25 days from 1st September 2023 Main purpose of the job: To support the provision of a high quality, efficient and customer focused ICT service across the Trust. You will work towards your Information Communications Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship across a duration of 18 months. You will have an allocated tutor through our external apprenticeship provider, LMP Education, who will support you throughout the apprenticeship, along with support from the school. About the school: Website: http://www.rbhs.co.uk Rivington and Blackrod High School is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are located close to the M61 and M60 motorway network, and have free car parking. The school has strong links with the local community with a heritage of over 450 years and is successful and popular with parents. You will be joining a staff team that is committed, welcoming, supportive and friendly. We are an ambitious community committed to young people and supporting them on their journey to achieve their dreams and ambitions. We strive to meet the needs of every learner; drive them, motivate them and support them to achieve. We celebrate all success and truly believe that every student matters and that it is our job as educators to ensure they know and feel that they matter. Rivington & Blackrod is part of the Leverhulme Academy Trust and we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust. The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and it expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any questions please feel free to ask! Thanks

ICT Technician - Leverhulme Church of England & Community Trust Salary: Grade E SCP 11-17 Actual salary £24,054 to £26,845 We are seeking to appoint an ICT Technician to provide ICT / Network support to ensure the smooth day to day operation of our school’s ICT network and support systems. The successful candidate will provide first and second line support to staff, both administrative and academic on a wide range of IT matters, specifically for the development, maintenance, and support of all schools within the Trust's ICT network and systems. You will have proven experience in a similar of ICT support role, ideally within an education setting, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. Total hours 37 hours per week. Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day. Hours to be negotiated but will need to support during, before and after school hours. To apply, please click on the link, and register for an account to complete our online application form: http://www.leverhulmeacademytrust.org/Vacancies/ Closing date: Sunday, 25th June 2023 at midnight The Trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible. Rivington and Blackrod High School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust. Any questions please ask. Link

Do you use impero by any chance? We have a current issue with the (as of the time of writing) latest version of impero which seems to disable the mouse after you disconnect from a session with that machine. If this happens on a desktop you can just reseat the mouse in a different port and it fixes it but obviously this isn't possible with a touchpad so we have to enable it within Device Manager. At least we think the 2 are linked. We have the Dell Latitude 3190 laptops and the same thing you describe is happening.

ICT Technician - Leverhulme Academy Trust (Bolton) - £21,748-£24,491 Closes 02.02.2022 We are seeking to appoint an ICT Technician to provide ICT / Network support to ensure the smooth day to day operation of our school’s ICT network and support systems. The successful candidate will provide first and second line support to staff, both administrative and academic on a wide range of IT matters, specifically for the development, maintenance, and support of all schools within the Trust's ICT network and systems. You will have proven experience in a similar of ICT support role, ideally within an education setting, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. Total hours 37 hours per week. Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day. Hours to be negotiated but will need to support during, before and after school hours. To apply, please click on the link, and register for an account to complete our online application form: www.leverhulmeacademytrust.org/Vacancies/ Closing date: Wednesday 2nd February 2022 at midnight. Interviews wc 7th February 2022. The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible. Rivington and Blackrod High School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.

ICT Technician - Leverhulme Academy Trust (Bolton) - £21,748-£24,491 Closes 04.01.2022 We are seeking to appoint an ICT Technician to provide ICT / Network support to ensure the smooth day to day operation of our school’s ICT network and support systems. The successful candidate will provide first and second line support to staff, both administrative and academic on a wide range of IT matters, specifically for the development, maintenance, and support of all schools within the Trust's ICT network and systems. You will have proven experience in a similar of ICT support role, ideally within an education setting, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. Total hours 37 hours per week. Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day. Hours to be negotiated but will need to support during, before and after school hours. To apply, please click on the link, and register for an account to complete our online application form: www.leverhulmeacademytrust.org/Vacancies/ Closing date: Tuesday 4th January 2022 at midnight Interviews wc 10th January 2022 The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible. Rivington and Blackrod High School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.

AV Technician - Leverhulme Academy Trust (Bolton) - £21,748-£24,491 Closes 08.01.2021 https://www.leverhulmeacademytrust.org/Vacancies/ We are looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced AV/ICT technician to join our busy IT support team across the Trust. This is an opportunity for an AV technician to develop their skills and knowledge to directly support the ICT Manager. You will be responsible for providing audio visual support for all staff and students across the trust and ensuring that all the audio visual equipment across the Trust functions in an optimal state. Other duties include the installation of software, maintenance of the asset register, responding to support requests from users, liaising with suppliers and reporting unresolved issues. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm for technology and education. You will have proven experience in a similar of AV and ICT support role with an excellent understanding of current AV hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day. Interviews will be held week commencing 18th January 2021. The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible.

IT Technician - Leverhulme Academy Trust (Bolton) - £21,748 - £24,491 (Closes 08.01.2021) https://www.leverhulmeacademytrust.org/Vacancies/ We are looking to recruit a dynamic member of staff to join our busy ICT support team. We are seeking to appoint an ICT Technician to provide ICT / Network support to ensure the smooth day to day operation of our school’s ICT network and support systems. The successful candidate will provide first and second line support to staff, both administrative and academic on a wide range of IT matters, specifically for the development, maintenance, and support of all schools within the Trust's ICT network and systems. You will have proven experience in a similar of ICT support role, ideally within an education setting, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of hardware and software. You must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with a diverse range of people and have a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service. Hours of work: 8.15am – 4.15pm (Mon to Thurs), 8.15am - 3.45pm (Fri), with a 30 min unpaid lunch break each day. Interviews will be held week commencing 18th January 2021. The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible.

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Leverhulme Academy Trust are a new trust formed within Bolton. Looking for a new Network Technician to work across the trust. https://www.eteach.com/job.aspx?it+network+technician&vacno=795171

Hi, thanks a lot for your prompt replies everyone. So long as I'm not alone in lacking the Enterprise full blown edition. Yeah I can see the Education edition. I just had some trouble blocking the Store on 32 bit machines on anything other than Enterprise edition. Doesn't matter that much as we only have a few machines that are 32 bit only. Everything else on 64 bit. Thanks again guys

Hi there, I am trying to get a test build ready for Windows 10 Enterprise so that we're ready to roll it out whenever we think the right time is however the key doesn't seem to be available when I log into our volume licensing (EES agreement) area. Does anyone else with the EES agreement have access to a MAK code for Windows 10 Enterprise? Not the LTSB, Education, Pro or anything else please, they're all available. I called Microsoft but they said I'm not eligible for it. Seems weird that everything else is there just not this. Have attached image of what I see just wanted to check if anyone else with the same agreement as us can see their license key or not. Obviously don't want the actual key from you! Thanks Richard

I've been playing with Windows 10 group policy over the last couple of weeks. I've found the best way is to install the Windows Server 2016 TP4 on a VM and install group policy management on that. Then you can use the local policies from that to manage most things. Been able to block store, set up custom start menu and a bunch of other stuff that way. Cheers.

I've just enabled it by opening Group Policy Management from RSAT on my Windows 8.1 PC and creating a new policy top level to enable the option. Couldn't find the option on any of the group policy servers. Mustn't have the right update installed. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3080351

"The policy path is Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update Policy. Enable the setting Turn off the upgrade to the latest version of Windows through Windows Update." (May only be available on Windows Server 2016 TP4 or Windows 10 Group Policy) Cheers

Hi, Just in case it will save anyone a headache in the future I've noticed on several of my test machines that you can't block the Windows Store using Windows 10 PRO x86 (32 bit): Computer Configuration --> Policies --> Administrative Templates --> Windows Components --> Store --> Turn Off The Store Application (Enabled) When the block is working correctly the store app loads but there's no content and it just says that it's block by the administrator. Other versions do seem to allow you to block it. Ones I've tried that DO work are: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit Windows 10 Enterprise 32 bit Currently testing more versions to see. Anyone else come across this? Cheers EDIT: Just tried Windows 10 Education 32 Bit and this doesn't appear to block the Windows Store either.

You can block the store app with group policy. To do "proper" windows 10 group policy stuff I installed the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 on a VM and added group policy management console to it. Works great so far.

We have turned off the first login animation on a couple of test machines and it just comes up with the "old" style Windows 7 login information which is good. Extra tip: Make sure you enable verbose login information in group policy to see more info on what it's doing as it's logging on.

@minimoo - that's brilliant thanks so much for the info. Apologies for hijacking this thread. Hmm, might give SOLUS3 a go then... I also tried it out early on and it was a real PITA. I said I wouldn't install it until we were able to configure it so that when the end user ran SIMS it would check first if there was a more up to date version. I'm sorry but getting the user to check with the agent if there's an update before they just click the SIMS icon just isn't going to happen. Cheers everyone

Does SOLUS3 allow users to pull the update down yet (ala SOLUS2) as well as the server pushing them out? This is the main reason we haven't updated yet... Thanks

Hi all, We've been having major headache with our SIMS server running slowly for some time now. Not sure if it's something to do with the fact that it is a Hyper-V virtual machine or some other reason. What is the ideal configuration for a Hyper-V VM that is set up as our SIMS server? IE: What CPU, RAM, Disk conifiguration etc should I have it set as? We have ours currently set up with a massively overpowered 12 CPU cores, 24GB RAM (with 16GB set aside for SQL 2008 R2). We also have it connected up to a Dell Equallogic PS4100. We have no other issues on other servers with regards to things running slow and all our other servers are on the same SAN and physical server setup. We've have several people from Capita, local authority and other outside agencies looking at this over some time but no one has been able to come up with anything. If there's anyone out there that has a similar config and things are running great for you I'd love to hear how you have it set up. OK, thanks for taking the time to look at this anyway. Richard

Just tried the hold exit and power trick worked first time. Saved us £150 cheers!