Teacher of Computer Science

Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5HX

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  17 March 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  5 March 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS

Teacher of Computer Science job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Teacher of Computer Science to join our team. The successful candidate will inspire students across KS3, KS4 and KS5 and promote a passion for technology, coding, and problem-solving.

Hockerill Anglo-European College is a thriving, diverse and internationally minded IB World School. We are proud of our reputation for academic excellence and our commitment to developing students who are inquisitive, analytical and globally aware. Our curriculum combines the IB Diploma and Middle Years Programmes with GCSEs, offering a broad and rigorous education. From September 2027, the College will broaden its post-16 provision to offer A Levels alongside the IB Diploma, ensuring that all students can access the pathway best suited to their strengths, aspirations and future plans.

This is a full time position and is open to both experienced teachers and Early Career Teachers who hold a UK-recognised teaching qualification for ages 11-18. Full induction, training and support are provided, and previous experience of the IB is not required. What matters most is your enthusiasm for Computer Science and your ability to inspire students of all abilities to achieve their best. The College reserves the right to interview and appoint to this post before the given deadline. The ability to teach an additional subject would be advantageous but is not essential. Please indicate within your personal statement if there are other subjects that you are able to offer alongside Computer Science.

We are committed to providing students with a rich variety of opportunities beyond the classroom, and the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to this by supporting our existing enrichment programme or by introducing new activities that further extend its breadth and impact.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) including barred list check.

We strive to be an inclusive and diverse workplace representative of our student population. Applications from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates are especially welcome.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Hockerill Anglo-European College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 926 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hockerill Anglo-European College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hockerill-anglo-european-college-bishop-s-stortford

We passionately believe that every student deserves the opportunity to be the best they can be and that our school gives them that opportunity. We are a state co-educational day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 18 and offer our students a dynamic, vibrant and exciting learning environment where development of the whole student is our priority. The College offers a rigorous and broad curriculum, and is proud to be one of the largest state schools offering the prestigious International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma programmes. With a twin focus on the two specialisms of Languages and Music, Hockerill offers a truly distinct setting for a world-class education. Located in beautiful grounds on the edge of Bishop’s Stortford the school is in close proximity to London and the South East of England and accepts applications for boarding and day places from students with a current UK passport or the right to residency in the UK.

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