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Explore this page to kickstart your journey in shaping the future of learning... Here, we present an overview of example careers within the our sector. We highlight typical hours worked, earning potential, and essential steps to enter these roles. While we focus on common pathways, remember that numerous other opportunities exist within both our central team and schools.
If there is a particular career pathway that you are interested in or would like to speak to us about future opportunities within our schools, please contact us: careers@bourne.education.
| Career | What this role involves | Average full-time entry level salary | You can get this job through.... | Example career pathways |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher (within an infant, primary, junior, secondary or specialist school) | Teaching children from the ages of 4 - 19 years. Some of our schools will also include nursery settings | £30,000+ | A university course (degree or postgraduate), an apprenticeship or school centred initial teacher training | Become a special educational needs teacher or move into pastoral care, become a specialist leader of education, move up to become a curriculum leader, head of year or senior leader, use your skills outside of a school as an education officer for a local authority or exam board |
| Teaching Assistant (classroom assistant, learning support assistant) | Teaching assistants help teachers and support children with reading, writing and learning activities | £21,269+ | A college course, an apprenticeship, volunteering or applying directly | With experience, you could take a course to become a Higher Level Teaching Assistant or, with further study you could become a fully qualified teacher |
| IT support | Our IT support teams help to integrate cutting-edge solutions, troubleshoot technical issues, and play a crucial role in enhancing the digital learning experience for both educators and pupils | £22,475+ | A college course, an apprenticeship, working towards this role | With experience, you could become a manager or Senior IT Support Technician. You could potentially teach in further education. With training you could move to a similar job such as network engineer, database administrator, systems analyst or IT project management |
| Finance | Our finance teams help to manage the finances of our organisation by keeping track of our income and controlling our spending | £24,977+ | A university course, a college course, an apprenticeship, working towards this role, applying directly | With experience, you could become a senior finance officer, finance manager or train to be an accountant |
| Administrator | Admin Assistants support the business function of a school working within the wider office team | £21,269+ | A college course, an apprenticeship, working towards this role, applying directly | With experience, you could become an office manager. You could also move into other departments including IT, payroll or accounting or specialise within an area of operations |
| Premises (Premises Assistant, Officer, Caretaker) | Our premises teams work to keep our schools well-maintained, clean and secure | £21,269+ | An apprenticeship, applying directly | With experience and/or further study you could become a premises manager or move into a wider facilities or estates role |