Head of Department: Computer Science

Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4SF

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  20 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
  • 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: Full Time Monday to Friday 32.5 Hours
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L1 to L5

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Experience of managing and leading a new initiative across a department or whole school;
• Evidence of involvement in transformational change within a department;
• Successful experience at teaching at all key stages;
• An outstanding classroom practitioner with a clear direction and vision for teaching;
• Good understanding of secondary curriculum;
  
• Knowledge of issues facing subject departments;
• Record of appropriate and continuing CPD;
• Good understanding of school improvement and Ofsted inspection programmes;
• Knowledge of departmental monitoring and tracking systems and their role in securing improvement;
• Ability to use data to analyse and evaluate performance.

What the school offers its staff

• Your starting salary plus annual inflation linked increases. The starting salary will be dependent on experience.
  
• We follow the principles of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
• You will be automatically enrolled into the generous Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Pay progression happens automatically on the anniversary of the target period appropriate to your role
• Flexible family friendly policies from day one
• We have our own Workload Charter and are committed to ensuring that Teachers’ workloads are manageable
• All teachers receive an allotted minimum of two hours CPD each week
• Access to centralised resources to support with lesson planning and reducing workload
• Comprehensive induction and training process

You will also be automatically enrolled into our Employee Assistance Programme.

We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing policy and menopause policy, along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:

• Free flu vaccinations;
• Free onsite parking;
• Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing;
• Access to various discount sites.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

OGAT Recruitment Brochure - Teaching.pdf - 9.44 MB (opens in new tab)

HOD Person Specification (2).pdf - 366 KB (opens in new tab)

HOD Job Description L1 - L5 (1).pdf - 62.5 KB (opens in new tab)

About Outwood Academy City Fields

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 855 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Outwood Academy City Fields website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: a.jarrett@cityfields.outwood.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-academy-city-fields (opens in new tab)

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Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy City Fields

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email a.jarrett@cityfields.outwood.com.

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