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We are looking for an IT professional who enjoys working as part of a committed and capable team to join us at Ridgeway Education Trust (RET).The successful candidate will join the RET IT Services Team, working across all three schools. They will undertake a range of IT responsibilities to support teaching and learning, and ensure the Trust’s day-to-day IT service tasks are completed in an efficient and effective manner. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, being able to communicate well with a wide range of stakeholders. They will have good IT skills, with the ability to learn and proficiently support Trust IT systems. Experience of working in an educational environment is desirable, but not essential. The position is permanent, full time, 37 hours per week, all year round (excluding bank holidays and personal holiday allocation). For more information, please visit the vacancy post on our website: https://www.mynewterm.com/jobs/762826484/EDV-2023-RET-72495 --- Ridgeway Education Trust is a 3-19 Trust serving 2,500 children and young people. The Trust currently comprises Didcot Girls’ School, St Birinus School, with whom we share a mixed sixth form of 300 students, and Sutton Courtenay CofE Primary School. We are realising the huge potential of developing a seamless 3-19 curriculum across the Trust. Didcot Girls’ School is an outstanding school, as confirmed by Ofsted (November 2022). The school has a commitment to the very highest standards and is an exciting and happy school where real attention is given to professional development and staff wellbeing. St Birinus School was judged to be a good school, once more, by Ofsted (February 2020) and is on its way to outstanding. The school has a strong sense of identity and a tangibly vibrant ethos. Sutton Courtenay (CofE) Primary School joined RET in April 2019, creating the opportunity to build an exceptional, coherent education provision from nursery up to, and including, sixth form. https://www.ridgewayeducationtrust.co.uk/ | https://www.didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk/ | https://www.st-birinus-school.org.uk/ | https://www.suttoncourtenayprimary.co.uk/ IT-Technician-March-2023-719 (1).pdf

We are looking for an IT professional who enjoys working as part of a committed and capable team to join us at Ridgeway Education Trust (RET). The successful candidate will join the RET IT Services Team, working across all three schools. They will undertake a range of IT responsibilities to support teaching and learning, and ensure the Trust’s day-to-day IT service tasks are completed in an efficient and effective manner. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, being able to communicate well with a wide range of stakeholders. They will have good IT skills, with the ability to learn and proficiently support Trust IT systems. Experience of working in an educational environment is desirable, but not essential. Subject to job evaluation, the salary is Grade 6: scale point 8 to 13 (£20,493 to £22,627). The position is permanent, full time, 37 hours per week, all year round (excluding bank holidays and personal holiday allocation). For more information, please visit the vacancy post on our website: https://www.ridgewayeducationtrust.co.uk/3013/ret-it-technician. Ridgeway Education Trust is a 3-19 Trust serving 2,500 children and young people. The Trust currently comprises Didcot Girls’ School, St Birinus School, with whom we share a mixed sixth form of 300 students, and Sutton Courtenay CofE Primary School. We are realising the huge potential of developing a seamless 3-19 curriculum across the Trust. Didcot Girls’ School is an outstanding school, as confirmed by Ofsted (November 2015). The school has a commitment to the very highest standards and is an exciting and happy school where real attention is given to professional development and staff wellbeing. St Birinus School was judged to be a good school, once more, by Ofsted (February 2020) and is on its way to outstanding. The school has a strong sense of identity and a tangibly vibrant ethos. Sutton Courtenay (CofE) Primary School joined RET in April 2019, creating the opportunity to build an exceptional, coherent education provision from nursery up to, and including, sixth form. Both secondary schools are unique as the only single sex state schools in Oxfordshire and all three schools share the same strong values of high-quality teaching and learning and respectful relationships within an inclusive learning community. www.didcotgirls.oxon.sch.uk / www.st-birinus-school.org.uk / www.suttoncourtenayprimary.co.uk / www.ridgewayeducationtrust.co.uk

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Community Schools Alliance Trust (CSAT) is an Academy Trust comprising of three schools, Cheney School Secondary School, Bayards Hill Primary School and Barton Park Primary School. Our aim is for every young child and young person to benefit from a world-class education and one which inspires our school communities to achieve more than they thought possible. Our commitment to these principles is evident through our working practices, which focus on making the difference to the life chances of our pupils and students. Academy staff and students work together and learn together, and by doing so our practice is continually improving and bringing about the changes required to deliver on our ambitious aims. The Trust’s common vision is to improve every learner’s life chances. We are looking for an innovative and energetic IT System Administrator to join our in-house IT Department. The main duties and responsibilities of the role are the strategic management, development and maintenance of the ICT infrastructure, and overseeing data management and the provision of technical support services, including the maintenance, deployment and upgrading of ICT resources across the schools. We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities. Visits prior to interview are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or if you would like more information about the role, please contact Thomas Mather, ICT Manager, via [email protected] or on 01865 765726, Extension 184. How to Apply: Please complete our online application form. Please note: to ensure we conduct a fair shortlisting process we are no longer providing any personal information, including the names and gender of applicants, to short-listing panels. If you have any questions about the application form or the recruitment process do not hesitate to connect us at: [email protected] IT-System-Administrator-Person-Specification.pdf IT-System-Administrator-JD.pdf The Community Schools Alliance Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before taking up the post, along with pre-employment safeguarding checks. Closing date: Friday 21st May 2021 at 08:00 Interview: W/C 24th May 2021 http://www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk

Big fan of Unifi here - We use it at all three of the schools within our trust - I've also previously used one model of EdgeSwitch, but found Unifi to be much easier to deploy and manage. At our secondary, we've got US-48-G1 and US-48-500W in most of our cabs, and use two US-16-XG for our core switches. Everything is then managed from a UDM-Pro, which also acts as our controller/firewall/gateway. The new Gen 2 (Pro) switches have L3 capabilities - a friend/former co-worker has just purchased a couple, so I'm keen to see how he gets on with the new features.

Sounds like you'll need a cabinet in the building either way - you could connect this via SFP/Fibre to your server room and then run cable to points around the external classroom as required. Provided you use a managed switch in the new cab, I don't see any issue with using VLANs in the new building. Not sure where you are, but I know a good cable installer if you wanted to drop me a PM?

Our secondary purchased a good number of Chromebooks from LGFL (which have finally reached us after a long voyage!). We're planning to subsidise costs on these and give one to each FSM student - Any spare devices will be offered to parents at near cost. After this, we can collect the DFE devices back in and redistribute to those who need them - If we have enough left over, there were talks of using some of them them to replace aging RM Ones running CloudReady, though I'm not sure how staff would react to 11" screens...

Community Schools Alliance Trust (CSAT) is an Academy Trust comprising of three schools, Cheney School Secondary School, Bayards Hill Primary School and Barton Park Primary School. Our aim is for every young child and young person to benefit from a world-class education and one which inspires our school communities to achieve more than they thought possible. Our commitment to these principles is evident through our working practices, which focus on making the difference to the life chances of our pupils and students. Academy staff and students work together and learn together, and by doing so our practice is continually improving and bringing about the changes required to deliver on our ambitious aims. The Trust’s common vision is to improve every learner’s life chances. We are looking for an innovative and energetic ICT Manager. The main duties and responsibilities of the role are the strategic management, development and maintenance of the ICT infrastructure, and overseeing data management and the provision of technical support services, including the procurement, deployment and upgrading of ICT resources across the schools. We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities.Visits prior to interview are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or if you would like more information about the role, please contact Ben Hegedus, Accounting Officer for the Trust, via: [email protected] or on 01865 755 266The role is full time (37 hours per week). It is a grade 10 role and attracts a salary of £31,346 - £33,782 per annum (depending on experience). How to Apply: Please complete our online application form. Please note: to ensure we conduct a fair shortlisting process we are no longer providing any personal information, including the names and gender of applicants, to short-listing panels. If you have any questions about the application form or the recruitment process do not hesitate to connect us at: [email protected] The Community Schools Alliance Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before taking up the post, along with pre-employment safeguarding checks. ICT-Manager-JD.pdf ICT-Manager-Person-Specification.pdf Closing Date: Monday 29th March at 8:00 am Interview: w/c Monday 29th March www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students who are eager to learn and to be challenged. We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities. We are also mindful of the competing demands people face in their lives so are happy to consider part-time applications. The school is part of the Community Schools Alliance Trust - a small MAT with one secondary school, one primary school and another due to open in September 2020. The Trust’s common vision is to improve every learner’s life chances. We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities. We are also mindful of the competing demands people face in their lives so are happy to consider part-time applications. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dedicated IT professional to join our IT department which is committed to providing the best possible support for our staff and students at the school. This is a great opportunity for an individual who: Has a passionate for IT; Has excellent troubleshooting skills and enjoys problem solving; Enjoys providing people with guidance on IT matters; Has a willingness to learn and develop new skills; Has an aptitude for fixing hardware, software and investigating IT problems; Has good interpersonal skills and enjoys working as part of a team. The post is for 37 hours per week. It attracts a Grade 5 (Points 5 - 7) with a salary of £18,795 – £19,554 (depending on experience). The position comes with 24 days’ of annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and membership of a comprehensive Healthcare Benefits Plan. Visits to the school prior to interview are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or if you would like more information about the role, please contact Corey Wilson, IT Support Leader at: [email protected] or on 01865 765726 Ext. 282. How to Apply: Please complete our online application form. This will open in a new window. If you have any questions about the application form or the recruitment process do not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected] CSAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before taking up the post, along with pre-employment safeguarding checks. IT-Technician-Person-Spec.pdf IT-Technician-Job-Description.pdf Closing date: Wednesday 11 March at 8:00 am Interview: w/c Monday 16 March www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students who are eager to learn and to be challenged. We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities. We are also mindful of the competing demands people face in their lives so are happy to consider part-time applications. The school is part of the Community Schools Alliance Trust - a small MAT with one secondary school, one primary school and another due to open in September 2020. The Trust’s common vision is to improve every learner’s life chances. We are seeking to appoint a Senior Data Analyst to develop and improve systems which enable student data to impact positively on learning and teaching. We are looking for a highly efficient person with great analytical skills and accuracy. The successful applicant will work with the Senior Leadership Teams at the two current schools on all aspects of their data reporting and census returns. Past experience of working with TimeTabler; Arbor; Excel and/or with SISRA Analytics would be beneficial, together with good ICT skills. We are looking for someone who is committed to working in a school environment and is keen to contribute to the school’s ethos and values. Visits to the school prior to interview are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or if you would like more information about the role, please contact Kartik Raturi, Head of IT Services at: [email protected] The role is for 37 hours per week, term-time only plus four weeks. It is a grade 9 role and attracts a pro rata salary of £25,682 - £28,190 per annum (depending on experience). The position comes with membership of a comprehensive Healthcare Benefits Plan. How to Apply: Please complete our online application form. This will open in a new window. If you have any questions about the application form or the recruitment process do not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected] CSAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before taking up the post, along with pre-employment safeguarding checks. Senior Data Analyst - Person Specification.docx Senior Data Analyst - Job Description.docx Closing date: Monday, 9 March, 8am www.cheney.oxon.sch.uk

Hey! Bit of a quick one - Is it possible to schedule a GPO to apply from a specific point? I can't find anything online about this, so I presume that it isn't possible, but maybe someone here knows how to work some magic! The query relates to changing proxy settings if anyone is wondering. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.