Head of Computer Science

The Compton School, London, N12 0QG

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  9 May 2024 at 1pm

• Date listed

  26 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: ICT & Computing
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: TLR1a

Head of Computer Science job summary

Do you want to work in an Outstanding School and Computer Science department?

You will be joining a highly successful Computer Science department, where students work in a purposeful atmosphere. We are seeking a highly motivated and outstanding teacher to develop the Computer Science department and join our strong team of middle leaders. You will demonstrate a passion for the subject and have a clear vision for outstanding provision in Computer Science. This position represents an exciting opportunity to work in one of the most outstanding schools in London.

Outcomes for KS4 in 2024 placed the Computer Science department in the top 5% in the country for Progress and top 12% for attainment. The average grade at A Level was a B grade, with over a quarter of the cohort achieving A*/A. Overall progress for all subjects, places The Compton School in the top 8% of all schools in the country.

The department currently teaches GCSE and A Level Computer Science, and the successful candidate will look to build on current success as well as take responsibility for developing provision at KS3 and exploring new courses to add to our existing KS5 provision.

Why work at The Compton School?

• You will be joining a highly successful school with a national profile of excellence in teaching and learning, classroom behaviour, teacher training and student outcomes.
• Ambitious, respectful and hardworking students.
• Planning and evaluation time during the school day.
• Collaborative curriculum planning with opportunities for sharing of best practise across the Trust.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing, including a staff-run Wellbeing Team, staff socials, a staff choir, cakes in the staffroom every Friday, a cycle-to-work scheme, wellbeing afternoons, 6 scheduled INSET days and a 2-week Autumn half term.
• We will provide you with exceptional training through our induction programme and personalise this to the successful candidate.
• We offer fully funded, highly effective teaching CPD opportunities, such as, The Outstanding Teacher Programme and all the National Professional Qualifications on site that enables swift career progression for our teacher at all levels.
• We believe in developing our teaching staff to be outstanding classroom teachers and school leaders of the future – if you have ambition to progress your career, we are the school for you.

Who are we?

We are a massively oversubscribed mixed multi-ethnic school that has had four outstanding OFSTED inspections in succession. Students at the Compton make exceptional progress - our results routinely put the school within the top 10% of schools nationally for progress.

At The Compton, we understand that our brilliant teachers make a difference to the life chances of our students every day by helping them to secure outstanding outcomes. We always strive to appoint the very best teachers and once in post, we provide a work place environment that is considerate of staff workload, and ensures teacher needs are fully met now and in the future.

Are you the right person to join our school? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The Compton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Compton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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About The Compton School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1350 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Compton School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-compton-school (opens in new tab)

The Compton school is part of Middlesex Learning Trust, a successful Multi Academy Trust. We are a hugely oversubscribed mixed multi-ethnic school that has had four consecutive outstanding OFSTED reports, the most recent being in January 2018. The Compton has a national profile for excellence in teaching and learning, in leadership, and for student outcomes. It is also a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training Centre and the Headteacher is an experienced National Leader of Education. Students at the Compton make exceptional progress - our results routinely putting the school within the top 5% of schools nationally for progress.

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