Head of Computer Science

• Working Pattern: Full-Time

• Contract Type: Permanent

• Salary Scale: London Fringe Teachers Pay Scale +TLR 2B (Recruitment allowance may be available for the right candidate)

• Start date: 1st September 2025

About this role

This role will offer the successful candidate exciting opportunities to lead, shape, grow and build on our existing provision. You will work closely with a member of Senior Leadership and you will line manage staff within the department.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an outstanding department and an ideal position for someone aspiring to both more substantial Middle and Senior Leadership.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have high standards, strategic vision, work well with their colleagues and bring an innovative and dynamic approach to subject development. They will understand the direction the department needs to go and help me to bring about further improvement. They will want to make Oxted School a beacon of excellent pedagogical practice.

We need someone who is a motivated, energetic, self-starter; a team player with bundles of enthusiasm, a good sense of humour and a passion for working with young people in a busy and thriving school environment.

Main Purpose

To work with and assist the Head of Faculty on the key accountabilities below:

• To ensure that all staff within the department provide inspirational high-quality Teaching and Learning that supports students in making accelerated progress.

• To provide inspirational leadership and develop a high performing team which delivers outstanding outcomes for students

• To lead and promote activities that support the improvement priorities of the school

• To consistently maintain and model the Teacher Standards

Main Accountabilities

The main accountabilities of the Deputy Head of English are:

Strategic Leadership

• Provide leadership and strategic direction, with accountability for all department standards.

• To develop, promote and monitor whole school policies and procedures with specific responsibility for improving the quality of teaching and learning within the faculty

• To audit and plan the curriculum provision and enrichment within the faculty

• To identify areas for improvement within the faculty and contribute to whole-school self- evaluation and improvement planning

• To set expectations and targets for staff and students in relation to student achievement and monitor progress towards these targets

• To contribute to the appointment of staff to the faculty

• To deploy teaching and support staff within the faculty.

• To carry out Performance Management in line with whole school procedures

• To manage a budget and oversee effective allocation of material resources within the faculty

Teaching and managing student learning

• To ensure that teaching and learning within the faculty is of a consistently high standard and provides challenge and engagement

• To create, review and update effective schemes of work for all key stages which support the highest quality teaching and enable progression for all students

• To support the Head of Faculty observing and analysing classroom practice, offering targeted support when necessary, in line with whole school Quality Assurance procedures

• To develop students’ communication, literacy and numeracy skills

• To keep abreast of new curriculum thinking (including KS2) and examination specifications

• To promote the use of the VLE and extra-curricular opportunities to extend learning beyond the classroom

• To manage student behaviour, sanctions and rewards within the faculty in line with school policy

Assessment and Evaluation

• To establish and implement clear practices for assessing, recording and reporting on student progress in line with school policy

• To lead the implementation of intervention strategies to ensure outstanding progress for all students

Professional development

• To role model outstanding classroom practice

• To inspire and motivate staff within the faculty and develop a cohesive team

• To promote collaborative working within the faculty, with other subject areas and other THPT schools

• To provide subject specific Professional Development opportunities which develop pedagogy and have impact in the classroom

• To take responsibility for your own Professional Development through engagement in internal and external training.

• To read widely, and keep abreast of national developments in education

Communication

• To attend regular line management meetings with the Faculty line manager

• To support the Head of Faculty in the organisation of meetings ensuring the focus is on the improvement of Teaching and Learning

• To establish effective communication with parents / carers

• To develop lines of communication between feeder schools and faculty staff to ensure continuity and progression.

• To attend parent / information evenings in line with role

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Qualified teacher status

• Relevant specialist qualifications in your subject

• Commitment to CPD and improving practice through reflection

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of curriculum requirements and developments within your own subject specialism

Desirable

• Experience as a form tutor and / or pastoral work

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• To be able to teach lessons which consistently meet the Teacher Standards

• Demonstrable experience of improving student outcomes

• To use a variety of strategies to engage students and promote a stimulating learning environment

• To lead a team, inspiring others and to promote faculty / department procedures

• To be a confident user of IT as a teaching tool

• To contribute to the wider life of the faculty / department and whole-school, supporting extra-curricular and intervention initiatives

Desirable

• Experience of carrying out monitoring and evaluation of colleagues

• Experience of leading CPD opportunities for colleagues

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to relate well to students and adults

• Ability to make effective use of data and develop timely and relevant intervention strategies to promote student progress

• Energy, enthusiasm, determination and an insistence on high standards

• Be able to work under pressure, prioritise and manage time effectively

As a Partnership School, we are committed to professional development through our extensive CPD programme and ensure a healthy work/life balance with effective PPA allocation.

We welcome informal meetings or tours of the school. Please contact the HR team to arrange a visit.

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

DATA PROTECTION

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Please submit your application using the form below.