Teacher of Computer Science

John Hampden Grammar School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1SZ

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  27 March 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: Computing
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 1.0 FTE
  • Part time - Part Time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Main Pay Range or Upper Pay Range
• Additional allowances:

  A relocation allowance may be available for a successful candidate who has applied directly to the school

What skills and experience we're looking for

We wish to appoint a well-qualified specialist with drive and energy; this is a tremendous opportunity to teach in a very supportive environment, excellently resourced and with highly motivated and talented pupils. The successful candidate will require the personal qualities, skills and motivation to maintain and contribute towards the high standards, which exist in this selective school.

This post will suit either a newly qualified teacher who would wish to work under the guidance of an experienced colleague, or a more experienced teacher. The ability to offer a second subject would be an advantage.

Key Functions: • To enthuse pupils with a desire to learn and understand computing. • To deliver the computing syllabus so that the standards of teaching and learning ensure that all pupils meet their potential. • To assist with the introduction of new technology to best exploit its potential.

What the school offers its staff

JHGS is a very successful oversubscribed selective school for boys. Categorised as “Outstanding” by Ofsted, we are looking for a colleague who wishes to work in a positive, friendly and caring environment with well-motivated and able pupils. An established centre of academic excellence, we have an exceptional record in sport, music, community involvement and offer a comprehensive range of extra-curricular activities.A relocation allowance may be available for a successful candidate who has applied directly to the school

Commitment to safeguarding

John Hampden Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to pre-employment vetting checks which include an audit of social media presence and an Enhanced DBS check. John Hampden Grammar School is an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@jhgs.bucks.sch.uk

Upload additional documents

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Computer Science Teacher Candidate Information Pack 27.03.23.pdf - 3.52 MB (opens in new tab)

About John Hampden Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1206 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: John Hampden Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@jhgs.bucks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01494 529589
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-hampden-grammar-school (opens in new tab)

John Hampden Grammar School is remarkable. We seek to give our young men the personal qualities as well as the qualifications to carve out their own bold paths into the future. As you would expect, a challenging academic education is at the heart of what we do. John Hampden is an outstanding school with exceptional academic success. But in a changing world our young men will need more. They will need character, spirit, resilience. They will need to lead, to inspire, to take responsibility. They will need to care, collaborate and create. This is what we mean by #BeMore at John Hampden. We support every individual to build these qualities necessary for happy, successful and fulfilled lives, ‘Big lives’ as one of our students recently described it. Our exam results are excellent at GCSE and A level and place us amongst the top performing schools in the country. These results equip our students to succeed at the best Universities in Britain and abroad, to secure places on ultra competitive level 3 apprenticeships and even to set up their own companies upon leaving the Sixth Form. Over 125 years ago JHGS was educating young men and women to work in the Wycombe Furniture Industry. Today, we maintain strong links with many local and global companies, preparing our students to succeed and lead in a rapidly changing global economy. Alongside the academic rigour of the taught curriculum the #BeMore campaign develops in the boys “soft skills” to succeed as a JHGS Learner and in the future world of work. Our parents praise our commitment to genuinely caring for their son and believe it is what makes JHGS unique. JHGS is a forward thinking, innovative school which embraces technology to support and promote learning and personal development. We have recently opened our new Design Technology studio and workshops, 2 new Science labs and in Autumn 2021 we have opened our brand new £3.5m Innovation Hub of learning spaces and IT suites. This now houses our Maths, Business, Economics and Psychology departments and will be a true Innovation Hub for the 21st Century.

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