Teacher of Computer Science
Ark Greenwich Free School, London, SE18 4LHThis job expired on 20 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
20 June 2023 at 9am
Date listed
6 June 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Computing
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time - Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, 39 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Ark MPS/UPS, Inner London
What skills and experience we're looking for
Computer Science is highly valued and taught throughout the curriculum each week from Year 7-9. In Year 9 pupils will select their GCSE option subjects and Computer Science is a popular choice. Our first-class Computer Science Suites offer the ideal environment for our GCSE Computer Science students to thrive and fulfil their potential.
The teacher of Computer Science will work under the guidance of an experienced head of department (HOD) with a track record of securing outcomes amongst the highest in the country. As teacher of Computer Science, you willaid the effective delivery of a forward-thinking Computing curriculum. You will also be responsible forpromoting a strong school culture within a nurturing and rigorous environment.
The department specific progress score is a Progress 8 score of +2.2 in 2022 with over 93% of students going on to achieve the top grade 7-9 category.This Computing department at AGFS is amongst the very highest performing nationally, providing an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious teacher of Computing.
We do not offer an ICT qualification.
What the school offers its staff
- We are part of the Ark family of schools and benefit accordingly from outstanding networking and career opportunities and first-class CPD.
- Staff wellbeing is one of our main priorities. We do not do knee jerk reactions, fads or last-minute deadlines. Our systems and processes for communication, marking and feedback and assessment are streamlined and the approaches we take are research led and based on our local context.
- This is a small school model (600 scholars aged 11-16) because we believe that our close-knit family community provides the optimum conditions for success.
- Scholar behaviour is exceptional with clearly defined and embedded routines. This means our teachers can focus their time on the things that matter – planning and delivering brilliant lessons for our scholars.
- This is a strict no excuses, no mobile phone school. Phones are not permitted onsite at all. Scholars wear business dress to prepare them for a professional career.
- Our curriculum is traditional and academic, and we do not take shortcuts to seek to boost our position in school league tables – we do not, for example, offer equivalencies such as Btecs or Vcerts. >90% Ebacc entry rate.
- We put high-quality teaching at the heart of what we do. We are committed to providing staff with weekly high-quality training. We run coaching for staff who want to see rapid progress in their discipline. Live coaching and current best practice in the field of education is central to our approach.
- We don’t grade individual lessons or ask for lesson plans but we do place a primacy on curriculum design, independent learning and formative assessment.
- Scholars enjoy a compulsory co-curricular program on a Wednesday afternoon which includes a strong focus on community volunteering and we facilitate 12 drop-down days per year ensuring scholars benefit from a range of life-enriching experiences.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ark Greenwich Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 599 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ark Greenwich Free School website
- Email address
- recruitment@arkgreenwich.org
- Phone number
- 02083193692
The opportunity to empower young people to grow and be successful is at the heart of everything we do. We provide the very best all-round education to prepare our scholars for the modern world. We are proud of our respectful and disciplined community where scholars and staff are safe and valued; a no-excuses ethos prevails; and aspirations are unashamedly sky-high. Our values of Ambition, Growth, Fellowship and Scholarship permeate all aspects of school life.
Our mission is to create a school of the highest standards that achieves this through recruiting and training excellent teachers and support staff and in developing a pastoral system that ensures no child is left behind.
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