Computer Science & ICT Teacher
Fortis Academy
Birmingham
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £23,719 to £39,406 (M1 to UPS3)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
Job overview
The Department:
The IT & Computing Team work hard to ensure that all students are provided with stimulating and challenging lessons in which they make good progress. The team are not afraid to innovate and see how the latest technologies and techniques can be used to enrich and strengthen the curriculum. All Computer Science teachers have their own dedicated IT suite.
The Business & Computing Department deliver courses across Key Stages 3, 4 & 5. At KS4, we offer GCSE Computer Science (OCR) and Level 1/2 Cambridge Nationals Certificate in Creative iMedia. At KS5 we offer A level Computer Science (OCR) and Level 3 BTEC National Certificate in Information Technology.
The Candidate:
Great Barr Academy provides the perfect environment for an ambitious, driven teacher of Computer Science to refine their practice and to gain in-depth knowledge and experience of strategies for improving progress.
We are looking for a friendly, hardworking teacher with a strong team ethos who is able to teach both Computer Science and ICT to KS4 at least and preferably to KS5 (in time). Applications welcome from experienced Computer Science & ICT teachers with a track record of teaching consistently good and outstanding lessons or from NQTs. We have an NQT induction programme which is considered to be an exemplar of good practice.
How to Apply:
For informal discussions, please contact Steven Forster, HR Manager, on 0121 366 7825 or email at s.forster@greatbarr.bham.sch.uk.
Application forms & further details available to download below or from our website at http://greatbarracademy.org.uk/
Please do not submit applications through the TES portal; please use the address below.
To apply for this job, please download and either save or print the application form. You should read the Guidance Notes before completing your application. Once you have completed your application, there are three ways you can send it to us:
1. Email your application form and covering letter to secretariat@greatbarr.bham.sch.uk
2. Physically hand in your application form and covering letter into Reception.
3. Post your application form and covering letter to Mrs I Abrahams, Headteacher, at the address below.
Great Barr Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
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About Fortis Academy
- Fortis Academy
- Aldridge Road, Great Barr, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B44 8NU
- United Kingdom
About Us:
Fortis Academy is sponsored by Shaw Education Trust. We are based in north Birmingham and have a large, diverse and vibrant community of students. We have a well-established and very successful Sixth Form.
We pride ourselves on our strong ethos which values inclusion, good citizenship, mutual respect and collaboration. We aim to provide a wide range of stimulating opportunities to expand our students’ horizons within an environment in which they feel safe and well cared for and in which they can achieve their best, develop self-confidence and flourish as individuals. We encourage the active participation of parents/carers in their children’s education; only when the school, the child and parents/carers are working together will children excel.
Our large and established Sixth Form, which is rated as ‘Good’ by OFSTED, specialises in providing high quality Level 3 qualifications and Level 3 ‘applied general’ qualifications. Year on year we are getting more students into the top Russell Group universities and are significantly exceeding the national average in doing so. The breadth of subjects offered provides both our students and our staff with great development opportunities.
Our students are drawn from a diverse community and, as OFSTED have noted, there is “comfortable cohesion” and our students “work together and play together well.” Visitors frequently comment on the pleasant, lively and friendly atmosphere in the school and the great sense of energy and purpose among staff and students.
The school has strong, mutually beneficial links with local schools, universities, employers and community organisations.
Working at Fortis:
We are very committed to the continuous professional development of our staff, and have worked hard to embed sophisticated, innovative strategies to improve teaching and pupil outcomes across the school. Many of our staff have chosen to develop their careers at the school or have returned to more senior roles after a period working in other schools.
We have a highly developed and well established programme for providing NQT’s with the necessary support to achieve a successful and smooth first year in their new careers. It has been described as ‘an exemplar of good practice’ and is frequently praised by our partner teacher training institutions. Fortis Academy is an excellent place to build a career.
Fortis Academy’s website offers candidates a wealth of up to date information about the Academy; its ethos and aims, day to day life, and news items covering a wide range of events and activities.
Vacancy details, application forms and guidance notes can all be downloaded from the website. Applications can also be emailed directly to the School through the website.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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