Head of IT
Consett Academy, Consett, County Durham, DH8 6LZThis job expired on 19 October 2022
Start date details
January 2023
Closing date
19 October 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 October 2022
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, Key stage 5
Subject
- ICT
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS - UPS
Additional allowances
TLR2b
Head of IT job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced Head of IT to join our Team. If you are comfortable with working in a fast paced, dynamic and inspirational environment and have the ability to lead and influence the lives of our next generation, we would love to hear from you.
You will work closely with the Assistant Principal responsible for Teaching and Learning to raise student outcomes and standards at all key stages and participate in delivering improvement strategies where identified.
The successful candidate will be responsible for shaping, developing and reviewing the subject Development Plan, and encouraging the team to support your vision for the department.
As well as excellent communication skills, you must have high expectations of staff and students. You will consistently model excellent practice and have student achievement and progress at the forefront of your practice.
For the right candidate, the above post offers excellent potential for career development and will provide invaluable experience on which to build a platform for further promotion. If you can work effectively under pressure and want an exciting opportunity to work in a vibrant school that makes a difference – we want to hear from you.
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.
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About Consett Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1624 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Consett Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@ncdat.org.uk
Consett Academy strives to ensure that all students achieve their very best academically, we are convinced that it is crucial to offer students the opportunity to develop and grow into confident, resilient and exceptional young people.
In order to achieve this we aim for our students to develop moral integrity and become responsible global citizens who demonstrate tolerance and a strong sense of responsibility towards each other and to those beyond their immediate community.
The journey students embark upon at Consett Academy brings change, challenge and opportunity: the response to which goes a long way to determining the student’s quality of life upon leaving school. We strongly uphold that any success is due to the hard work and determination of students, staff and parents working collaboratively.
Consett Academy inspires excellence by its very nature, and we seek to fulfil the potential of all those involved in our unique and remarkable educational community.
Our Vision is to be ‘An inspirational learning hub that allows all students and colleagues to achieve all that they can; has an ethos that ignites a passion for learning, discovery and creativity and nurtures a moral code and self worth that stays with our young people all their lives’.
As an Academy our key priority is to drive up standards and transform the lives and aspirations of our students. We aim to be the first choice place of learning for students of all abilities living in Consett and the surrounding area. We are a self – evaluating Academy focused on continuous improvement in all areas. We put our ‘Students First’ in all that we do.
Arranging a visit to Consett Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ncdat.org.uk.
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