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Head of Business and Computing

City Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2EF

This job expired on 13 February 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 November 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time - 32.5
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS & TLR1b
• Additional allowances:

  TLR1b

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our school is a place of possibility and we never underestimate the impact inspirational staff can have on the life chances of our students. We are seeking a dynamic Head of Computer Science who can demonstrate their commitment to driving up standards, expectations, and aspirations, so that staff and students regularly experience success and a sense of progression, whilst acting as a role model for staff within the department.

The successful candidate will determine the pedagogy and methodology of delivery for all lessons within the department; observing lessons and ensuring all members of the department observe other practitioners regularly to promote high quality teaching.

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant learning community with national award-winning credentials. The Trust works collaboratively with leaders to ensure our CORE Values are promoted, embodied, and celebrated by all the staff and children in our schools. You will:

• be given the opportunity to engage with cross-trust activities that connect students and staff to their wider family of schools/peers across the city. This includes programmes such as the award-winning Echo Eternal Holocaust memorial arts initiative, The Great Get Together and The COREus Choir
• be provided with a provision of support and training to foster a positive culture of wellbeing for all students and staff

We place a strong emphasis on supporting and encouraging personal development, which includes:

• a CPD strategy that is designed to support the career aspirations of all staff to help them realise their potential.
• access to experienced mentors who have a strong track record of developing staff

This is an exciting time to join the trust. We are about to embark on the next phase of our evolution as an outward facing, forward thinking family of schools guided by a vision underpinned by optimism, ambition and oneness.

Commitment to safeguarding

CORE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Services) Check is required for all successful applicants.

CORE Education Trust is committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are an Equal Opportunities and Living Wage employer.

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CORE Teaching Staff Application Form.pdf - 218 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf - 458 KB (opens in new tab)

CORE application pack.pdf - 789 KB (opens in new tab)

R2.2 - Equal Opportunities.pdf - 765 KB (opens in new tab)

About City Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 737 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: City Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@core-education.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/city-academy (opens in new tab)

City Academy is a team that is ambitious in its aspirations for all students. We work within our community to ensure we break down and remove all barriers to success. We consider all our students our ‘City Lights’, as they will illuminate all our futures. Our mission is to nurture our students, ensuring they shine in society, as our leaders of tomorrow. Their successful futures depend on the development of their ‘sparkle’ each and every day at City Academy. As a family, we continuously strive to be luminous examples of hope and excellence in everything.

Care and compassion shape the way in which we work together to support the growth and development of our students. Their ‘sparkle’ shines through. We value the relationships we build with our families, working together to ensure success is realised. We only succeed as a team.

Our ambition means that we relentlessly pursue a wide range of opportunities to allow our students to grow. Our location in the city centre offers a wide range of opportunities through the partnerships we have developed. As a part of CORE Education Trust, we guarantee a provision that includes both CORE Cares and CORE Extra, ensuring all students experience enriching opportunities in the arts, sport and social responsibility. We develop by taking on new challenges.

Reflection on the past and embracing our sense of pride ensures tolerance and responsibility. Investing time and resources into projects such as Echo Eternal ignite our students’ sense of social responsibility. City Academy is a place for everyone. Everyone is welcomed, respected, and looked after. We care by respecting and looking after each other.

Excellence is expected here at City Academy: from staff and students. Our high expectations for all aspects of attitudes and attainment are driven by a limitless drive for Excellence in Everything. We achieve by giving 100% in everything we do.

Arranging a visit to City Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@core-education.co.uk.

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