Milton Keynes College Group

Milton Keynes College Group was formed in 2021, with the mission of Building Fairer Futures. The College Group includes 1,200 colleagues who work across MK College, the South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) Bletchley, our prison education services in 30 prisons and MK Commercial which comprises The Brasserie restaurant, Sport Central, Courtside and the Chaffron Centre.

At MK College, our colleagues support more than 3,000 16-19 year olds currently studying with us and a total student population of over 8,000. Founded in 1982, MK College offers a broad variety of qualifications, including vocational courses, apprenticeships, T levels, higher education and professional certificates, as well as employability skills and community training.

We are proud to have opened one of the biggest Institutes of Technology in the country. The South Central Institute of Technology (SCIoT) in Bletchley is a consortium of prestigious partners led by Milton Keynes College. Anchor partners include Microsoft, Evidence Talks, Activate Learning, Cranfield University and KPMG. The SCIoT provides higher level technical qualifications, apprenticeships and short courses. We offer a hub of innovation and world-leading technological advancements with relentless dedication to future-proof the lives and skills of learners. At South Central IoT, our learners can be anything ready.  

The College is also a national provider of education services in prisons across the country. For nearly 30 years, we have worked with offenders in both custody, the wider community and currently work with 30 prisons across England. This includes 13 prisons which make up the Long Term High Security Estate, 16 category B, C and D prisons and the new HMP Fosse Way.

Founded on the principle of Further Education’s ability to transform lives through learning, we’re proud to create an environment that attracts the best colleagues and students from Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas, and supports education in prisons nationally.  The value we gain from the diverse communities we serve is immeasurable. We want all our colleagues, students and learners to feel they are an integral part of the College Group and together we will create an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute to College life and our collective knowledge and growth.

We know that education has the power to build fairer futures for all, and we know that we can’t create real change on our own. That’s why we work with employers to ensure that our learners develop the skills that their industries need, as well as partnering with local charities and community groups to make a difference in our local communities. 

When applying for a role at the College Group, you can expect the same level of commitment towards diversity and inclusion as you’ll experience when you’ve started with us. We treat all our applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability or any other individual characteristic. We particularly encourage applications from people with backgrounds which are currently under-represented within Milton Keynes College Group.

Milton Keynes College Group is a committed safer recruitment employer in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). We take extreme care in ensuring the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 

15 Oct, 2026
Full time
£30,000 - £34,000 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Milton Keynes, UK
Are you passionate about your trade/industry and looking to do something different? Do you think you could teach, but don’t want to be based in a classroom Monday – Friday? Milton Keynes College is seeking a Workplace Trainer with strong multi-skilled construction expertise to join our Apprenticeship Construction team. As a Workplace Trainer, your role will be dynamic, varied and highly rewarding - working with employers, apprentices and the college curriculum teams. You will have some autonomy with your diary, with the expectation of certain days/times on campus delivering face to face lessons, appointments to be scheduled with employers at their workplace and some working from home also supported. Workplace trainers are assigned a caseload of apprentices to train and assess throughout the evolution of their apprenticeship. Our apprentices’ journey runs all year round, therefore you are able to take your annual leave at any time of the year. We are looking for...
15 Oct, 2026
Full time
£30,000 - £38,500 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Aylesbury, UK
HMP Springhill and Grendon have an exciting opportunity for an English Lecturer to join the prison-based Education Team. We are seeking a creative and inspiring Lecturer who can deliver engaging classes to learners who are based within the prison. As an English Lecturer, you will be supporting learners to achieve success and guiding them through the courses. You will not only help them to achieve qualifications, but also confidence and skills they can apply to employment upon release, or to other areas within education. MK College Group works to reduce re-offending by providing learners with opportunities to learn and develop skills. We would like you to be part of the learner’s journey, providing them with a positive learning experience. If you are as passionate as we are about reducing re-offending and ensuring learners have a positive learning experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for you!   OUR BENEFITS 35 days annual leave, 3 additional company...
15 Oct, 2026
Part time
£30,000 - £38,144 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Aylesbury, UK
Location: HMP Grendon, Edgcott, Aylesbury HP18 0TL Hours: 15 hours per week, 52 weeks per year (Mon-Thurs - 3 x afternoons) Salary: Up to £15,257 pro rata (£38,144 FTE - Subject to experience) Creative Arts & Skills / Music Tutor Make Creativity Matter MK College Group is seeking an enthusiastic and adaptable Creative Arts & Skills / Music Tutor to join our education team at HMP Grendon. This is a unique opportunity to use creativity as a tool for engagement, confidence-building and personal development within a prison education setting. Working with learners from a wide range of backgrounds, you will deliver practical, inclusive and engaging sessions that encourage participation, develop skills and support positive progression. Unlike a traditional classroom environment, success in this role is not measured solely by qualifications or completed projects. It's about helping learners develop confidence, explore their creativity, build...
09 Oct, 2026
Full time Permanent
£30,000 - £35,000 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Bristol, UK
HMP Bristol have an exciting opportunity for an English & Maths Lecturer to join the prison-based Education Team. We are seeking a creative and inspiring Lecturer who can deliver engaging classes to learners who are based within the prison. As an English & Maths Lecturer, you will be supporting learners to achieve success and guiding them through the courses. You will not only help them to achieve qualifications, but also confidence and skills they can apply to employment upon release, or to other areas within education. MK College Group works to reduce re-offending by providing learners with opportunities to learn and develop skills. We would like you to be part of the learner’s journey, providing them with a positive learning experience. If you are as passionate as we are about reducing re-offending and ensuring learners have a positive learning experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for you! OUR BENEFITS 35 days annual leave 3 additional...
09 Oct, 2026
Full time
£30,000 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Milton Keynes, UK
Milton Keynes College are looking for a Barista/skills coach to provide support to our students, and catering team You will provide support in skills delivery to students in the Brasserie with the Barista. As vocational skills coach for our catering and hospitality students you will provide general and practical support to both students and staff. We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and hardworking individual who enjoys contributing to and working as part of a team. You will play a key role in the correct and appropriate use of equipment and resources used as well as support and guide students with their practical and theory work. It is important that you can use your own expert knowledge from the industry to inspire and motivate learners to achieve success. You will work closely with commercial and Teaching staff to provide an outstanding teaching and learning experience. We are keen to hear from candidates with experience from the catering and hospitality industry,...
08 Oct, 2026
Part time
£35,000 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Gloucestershire, UK
We have an exciting opportunity for a Life Skills and Progression lecturer to join the prison-based education team at HMP Long Lartin for 2 days a week (Wednesday & Thursday). The suitable candidate will be delivering courses across multiple levels from Entry 3 to level 3 and covering subjects such as Peer mentoring, Education and Training, Health and Wellbeing and Financial Awareness. We are seeking a creative and inspiring tutor who can deliver engaging classes to learners who are based within prison and have struggled to engage with courses in the past. As a lecturer, you will be supporting learners to progress and achieve courses and qualifications and to inspire them to take up further education and employment opportunities within the prison. You will not only help them to achieve qualifications but also gain confidence and skills they can apply to employment upon release, or to other areas within education or the prison. MK College Group works to reduce re-offending...
07 Oct, 2026
Full time Part time
£38,144 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Winchester, UK
This is a full-time role but part-time hours will be considered as requested. Do you think you could engage prison learners with interesting and innovative lessons? Teaching qualifications a benefit but not essential.  If you are as passionate as we are about reducing re-offending and ensuring learners have a positive learning experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for you! MK College have an exciting new opportunity for a ESOL Lecturer to join the team based at HMP Winchester within South Central. As the ESOL Lecturer, you will be actively engaging prison-based learners with creative classes and resources from Pre- entry to Entry 3.  Many of the learners have a diverse range of needs and learning abilities, they will often have had a negative experience with education. As a successful tutor, you will truly inspire them and provide learners with a positive learning experience. As an ESOL Lecturer, you will be supporting learners to achieve success and guiding...
06 Oct, 2026
Full time
£32,000 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Milton Keynes, UK
Location : Milton Keynes – Multi-site – Campus based Hours : 37.5 - Mon-Fri - 09:00-17:00 Contract : Term time only (36 weeks per year) Salary : Up to £25,220 pro rata (£32,000 FTE - dependent on qualifications and experience) If you have experience of working with individuals with additional needs and hold a British Sign Language qualification at Level 3+, we would love to hear from you! We are keen to hear from passionate individuals who enjoy working within a variety of different educational environments and subject areas. As a Teaching Support Assistant (Communication Support Worker) within the Learning Support department, you will have a recognised qualification in British Sign Language and work directly with students using BSL to offer 1:1 support. The Learning Support team are committed to developing our students to achieve their highest potential through their chosen subject, whilst learning invaluable skills to support them in their future. You will...
06 Oct, 2026
Part time
£40,000 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Milton Keynes, UK
Are you super passionate about Teaching and Learning? Milton Keynes College Group deliver an exciting and varied curriculum and currently have a vacancy for an Advanced Quality Practitioner to work across the whole campus-based curriculum, as part of the wider Group Quality Team. It’s an exciting time to join a newly formed team and drive excellent T&L forward.  This is a part time role - working pattern is not set, so can be discussed with the successful candidate. Salary: Up to £24,000 pro rata per annum (£40,000 FTE Subject to experience) As a valued member of the Quality team, you will drive improvements in teaching, learning and assessment through identifying and developing models to share best practice, effectively coaching colleagues and planning and delivering engaging CPD sessions.  You will be innovative and demonstrate exemplary teaching and assessment practice. You will use a range of strategies to identify where we can improve our provision to...
06 Oct, 2026
Part time Seasonal
£14.30 hourly
Milton Keynes College Group Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom
Flexible Hours - ad-hoc cover/hourly paid Hours would fall between Monday - Friday Based on site at the prison. Milton Keynes College are recruiting an education-based administrator to provide ad‑hoc cover for sickness and vacancy gaps at HMP Standford Hill. Tasks are likely to include carrying out general administrative duties, performance recording and exam invigilation. Due to the location of HMP Standford Hill, access to own transport is essential. You will be a capable administrator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will be responsible for administrative processes, data entry and maintenance related to the learning experience, liaising with both internal and external stakeholders at the prison and the wider College team.  This opportunity involves supporting the Department Manager in the day-to-day administration and operations of the department. Your ability to work on your own initiative is critical for this role and you will need to...
06 Oct, 2026
Part time
£37,480 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Portland, UK
Salary: Up to £37,480 per annum FTE approx £29,984.00 pro rata (Subject to skills and experience) HMP Portland have an exciting opportunity for an ICT & Digital Media Tutor to join the prison-based Education Team. We are seeking a creative and inspiring Tutor who can deliver engaging classes to learners who are based within the prison. As a ICT & Digital Media Tutor, you will be supporting learners to achieve success and guiding them through the courses. You will not only help them to achieve qualifications, but also confidence and skills they can apply to employment upon release, or to other areas within education.   MK College Group works to reduce re-offending by providing learners with opportunities to learn and develop skills. We would like you to be part of the learner’s journey, providing them with a positive learning experience.   If you are as passionate as we are about reducing re-offending and ensuring learners have a positive learning experience,...
06 Oct, 2026
Part time Seasonal
£29.64 hourly
Milton Keynes College Group Banstead, UK
Occasional Cover Tutor (Hourly paid) – HMP Downview -  Beauty Therapy Do you like working in a challenging but rewarding environment where each day is different and time flies? Are you passionate about your trade/skills? Would you like the chance to visit the prison to see if it’s somewhere you can see yourself working? Milton Keynes College Prison Services Team at HMP Downview are seeking an Occasional Cover Tutor to deliver Beauty Salon Services courses. These consist of Nails, Manicure, Facials from the City and Guilds Salon Services suite of courses. Whilst a teaching qualification would be desirable, those willing to work towards a teaching qualification who hold supporting subject specialism or industry quals/experience will also be considered - we can provide the training to help you achieve your full potential. Who better to teach our learners than those who have worked directly in the industries! Hourly paid opportunities can be varying and...
06 Oct, 2026
Full time
£25,844 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Bicester, UK
Based on site at HMP Bullingdon, full time hours are Monday-Thursday 08:00-17:00 with a lunchtime finish every Friday. Milton Keynes College is recruiting an Administrator to join the Prison Education team based at HMP Bullingdon. As an Administrator, you will be a capable and experienced administrator with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will provide a high-quality service to both internal and external stakeholders at the prison and the wider College team. This opportunity involves supporting the Department Manager in the day-to-day administration and operations of the department. Your ability to work on your own initiative is critical for this role and you will need to have a flexible and resilient approach to your work as it will be varied. Milton Keynes College is looking for a patient and friendly individual who is self-motivated and work well under pressure. If you possess excellent administration and communication skills, we will welcome...
08 Sep, 2026
Full time
£26,884 yearly
Milton Keynes College Group Banstead, UK
Location: HMP Downview Working hours on site are: 08.15 -  17:00 Mon -  Thu 08.15 - 13.45 Fri Salary: Up to £26,884.00 per annum Milton Keynes College is recruiting an Administrator to join the Prison Education team based at HMP Downview. As an Administrator, you will be a capable and experienced administrator with excellent verbal and   written communication skills. You will provide a high-quality service to both internal and external stakeholders at the prison and the wider   College team. This opportunity involves supporting the Department Manager in the day-to-day administration and operations of the department. Your ability to work on your own initiative is critical for this role and you will need to have a flexible and resilient approach to your work as it will be varied. Milton Keynes College is looking for a patient and friendly individual who is self-motivated and work well under pressure. If you possess excellent administration and communication...