Head of Computer Science

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Head of Computer Science to join a Academy based in Brent.

Salary: £37,667 – £58,278 Inner London Pay Range + TLR2c

Start date: September 2024

Interviews: To be arranged on an ongoing basis. The school reserves the right to close this advert early and interviews may take place before the advertised closing date. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early for this role to avoid disappointment.

Great opportunity for a passionate teacher seeking a new challenge at an outstanding academy.

About the role:

The Academy is looking for a Computer Science Teacher who is committed to ensuring every child is challenged to achieve their maximum potential. You will have passion, enthusiasm, alongside the skills and desire to develop and nurture every child in your care. You will deliver consistently excellent teaching and learning, to help all students to achieve excellent academic results.

You will join a friendly and close-knit geography department who believes strongly in teamwork and co-plan units of work to ensure consistency and best practice across all classes and year groups.

By joining our school, you will be well supported with your professional development. The Academy has an exceptional track record for training teachers.

The ideal candidate will:

• be an outstanding teacher or have the potential to become outstanding
• be experienced in raising or the desire to raise attainment in a challenging classroom environment
• have proven experience working or the desire to work successfully with students of all abilities
• be committed to Academy’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses and the belief that every child can succeed

About the Academy:

They are an all-through school in Wembley Park, set against the backdrop of the iconic Wembley Stadium.

Our commitment is to know every pupil as an individual, and to foster the principles of team spirit, responsibility and care for others. Our pupils enjoy both a nurturing environment and the social benefits of a small school and the range and resources of a large, well-equipped academy.

They are very proud of our reputation for academic excellence and the superb pastoral care our students receive along with the support they provide for the less academically able. They now want your help to enable us to go beyond outstanding and achieve ‘excellence for all’.

Benefits of working for our school:

• Access continuous staff development. They have a minimum of 10 training days and weekly in school sessions of a high standard. They strongly support NPQML, NPQSL and Lead Practitioner course.
• Our successful behaviour policies treat student behaviour not as the responsibility of individual teachers, but of the entire school. This ensures as a teacher at the Academy, your time is never wasted dealing with discipline. Our students know what is expected of them, allowing both students and teachers to focus on learning.
• As a member of Academy, you will receive extensive professional development geared towards excellence. Weekly sessions designed by those who understand the context of the school, are ensured to cater for our teachers’ every need. In addition, the school provides continual support and career progression. Numerous comprehensive training programmes are available to our staff from ECT’s to aspiring middle and senior leaders.
• By being part of the network, you will have access to a range of other benefits including reduced gym membership and large retail discounts.

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC2016593 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.