Head of Department - Computing
Buile Hill Academy, Salford, M6 8RD18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 November 2026
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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS1 - UPS3
Additional allowances
TLR 2A (£3,527pa)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Lead teaching and learning – bring the trust’s knowledge-rich curriculum to life and set high expectations in every classroom.
- Grow your team – coach, develop and inspire the colleagues you lead.
- Raise the profile of Computing – build enrichment such as coding clubs, competitions and links with local employers, so students see where the subject can take them.
- Drive outcomes – use assessment well to make sure every student, whatever their starting point, makes excellent progress.
Why join us?
- You won’t start from scratch – a shared, carefully sequenced curriculum with lesson booklets for KS3, OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) and OCR Creative iMedia (R093/R094), written by computing specialists in the trust.
- Specialist support – subject-specific guidance and coaching from the trust’s Director of Computer Science.
- A network of colleagues – collaborate with computing teachers across NET’s 17 secondary academies.
- Trust-wide events for students – give your students the chance to compete, create and shine beyond the classroom at trust events such as Cyber North and the NET Game Dev Jam.
- A career, not just a job – routes into trust-wide subject roles and senior leadership, supported by the NET Staff College.
About you
You are an ambitious, forward-thinking computing teacher with excellent subject knowledge and high expectations? You may already lead a department, or be ready to take your first step into leadership. Above all, you believe every young person deserves to understand – and shape – the technology around them.
We warmly welcome visits and informal conversations before you apply – please get in touch using the contact details below.
What the school offers its staff
Northern Education Trust offers:
- The opportunity to work and progress across the family of schools, should you wish in the future;
- The chance to apply for leadership roles in the Deeps structure taking on a whole school leadership project;
- The support and expertise of Director of Subjects.
- A full and detailed programme of support and development for all;
- A further comprehensive programme of professional development, including leadership, provided through the NET Staff College.
Employee benefits
- Free flu vaccinations
- Free onsite parking
Flexible working opportunities
The Trust is committed to considering flexible working requests.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Buile Hill Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 870 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Buile Hill Academy website
- Email address
- r.howarth@northerneducationtrust.org
Buile Hill's academic performance has seen a remarkable turnaround in just one academic year, with exam outcomes trebling and now above the national averages. While the 2025 performance tables are yet to be officially released, provisional data indicates that Buile Hill was outperformed only by two selective schools in Salford in terms of the percentage of students who pass English and Maths at a Grade 5 or higher — placing it third overall on key attainment measures and the highest-performing non-selective school in the borough.
Perhaps most significantly, Buile Hill is on track to be named Salford’s most improved school — reflecting the hard work of staff and students, and the transformative impact of support from NET, a nationally recognised multi-academy trust with a strong record of driving rapid improvement in schools.
Arranging a visit to Buile Hill Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email r.howarth@northerneducationtrust.org.
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