Head of Computing

Hours of work: 1.0 FTE

Location: Dovedale, (with flexibility to work across all James Brindley centres)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: MPS/UPS – salary is negotiable, up to £46,525 + SEN £2539 + TLR2b £5637

A potential recruitment bonus is also available for the right candidate.

‘Think Differently to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.’

Vision

• Do you want to have an impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
• Do you want to work in a school that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team! We are seeking a talented leader who can deliver high quality computing lessons to young people who have complex mental health difficulties and other medical needs. Whilst previous experience of working in a specialist setting may be beneficial, many of our staff come from a mainstream background. Full and comprehensive training will be given to support the transition.

As a creative person, with a passion for computing, you will have excellent subject and pedagogical knowledge. You will lead colleagues and wider team to ensure young people still have access to learning and gain practical experiences. Many of our young people have gaps in their education, you will need to have a creative approach to teaching to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning and make expected progress.

We are looking for a resilient and dynamic teacher who can inspire young people & develop others within the computing team. You should be able to support the needs of the whole child and be committed to enabling all young people to thrive. You must demonstrate tenacity coupled with experience of working KS3 and KS4 pupils, experience of developing an exciting and engaging curriculum would be advantageous. You should have a track record as a consistently good/outstanding practitioner. You must be willing to work across all our centres and have full clean driving licence.

James Brindley is a stand-alone Academy based in a wide variety of locations across the City of Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining the school.

We offer a full-time curriculum to young people from EYFS to KS5 and our aim is always to enable them to ‘close the gap’ and to exceed expected progress during the time they are with us.

Visits for potential applicants, to Parkway, can be arranged on request. If you would like to visit, prior to applying, please email vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk

Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email. 

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail. 

If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 14 working days of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there. 

Online Search 

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview. 

Closing Date: 09.00am Monday 13th May 2024

Interviews to be held: Tuesday 21st May 2024 at Dovedale centre

Start date: September 2024, or sooner if possible.