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Full or Part Time Head of Computer Science (12-month Maternity Cover)
Sawston Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 3BPThis job expired on 21 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Computing
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Full-time: 32.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday. Part Time - minimum attendance: 22.75 hours per week (70%FTE) - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12-month - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Classroom Teacher Pay Scale M1 (£31,650) to U3 (£49,084)
Additional allowances
TLR 2.2
What skills and experience we're looking for
Computer Science is a popular subject that enjoys a high profile at Sawston Village College, and we are seeking an enthusiastic, inspirational and visionary leader. With a passion for computational thinking, you will be comfortable coding in Python 3, have experience of HTML and CS;JavaScript and other languages would be beneficial. The department runs a range of extra-curricular activities from Image and Video Editing, First Lego League to Coding Club. This post will provide the successful applicant with a wealth of opportunities to stamp their mark on the department, and to continue the department’s established academic success. We welcome applications from early career teachers as well as those with more experience.
Please refer to our Candidate Pack for full details about this role - thank you.
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits
Anglian Learning offers the following benefits to staff.
- Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme (CARE)
- Free membership to all Anglian Leisure Sports Centres – Bassingbourn, Bottisham, Sawston, Joyce Frankland, Linton and Netherhall
- 20% discount on Adult Education classes run by Anglian Learning schools
- Employee assistance programme via Health Assured
- Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounted eye care vouchers
- Annual flu jab vouchers
- Perkbox staff discounts
- Investment in personal development
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Anglian Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment and those in regulated activity will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check and online checks. Certificate of Good Conduct and other applicable checks may be requested.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Our policies for Ex-Offenders, GDPR, Safeguarding and Recruitment can be found on our website: www.anglianlearning.org.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Sawston Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1194 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sawston Village College website
- Email address
- recruitment@sawstonvc.org
Thank you very much for your interest in a position at Sawston Village College. We hope the information in this pack will encourage you to apply.
Sawston Village College is a highly successful and welcoming 11–16 academy where pupils are treated with respect and held in positive regard. Named the State 11–16 Secondary School of the Year in The Sunday Times Parent Power list (The Sunday Times, 8 December 2024), we have high expectations and standards and are ambitious for our learners. We work collaboratively to provide an inclusive, safe and calm learning environment in which all pupils can thrive. We have an inspiring and evolving campus with a brand new building opening in 2027.
Our focus is the achievement and wellbeing of our 1,198 pupils within a culture based on community, ambition, respect and endeavour. In 2025, the College achieved outcomes above national averages, including 61% gaining grade 5+ in English and Maths, 37% at grade 7 or above across all subjects and a high Attainment 8 score, enabling pupils to progress successfully to their preferred post-16 pathways.
This success is based on a firm belief that all pupils, whatever their background or ability, deserve to succeed. We are determined to recruit, develop and retain excellent staff through high-quality professional development and a caring, supportive culture. As noted by our Ofsted report in May 2023, Sawston Village College is a highly professional and friendly, caring and enjoyable place in which to work and teach.
Thank you, in anticipation, for the time you will give to your application.
Mr Jonathan Russell
Principal
Arranging a visit to Sawston Village College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sawstonvc.org.
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