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Teacher of Computer Science

Teacher of Computer Science

Headington School

Oxford, Oxfordshire

  • Expired
Salary:
In line with Headington salary scales
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
19 February 2018

Job overview

TEACHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, FULL TIME

Start date: September 2018​

Salary: In line with Headington salary scales

Headington is a vibrant and welcoming school set in 23 acres of playing fields and grounds on the outskirts of Oxford.   In an environment where individuals come first, Headington is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence, pastoral support and an impressive range of extra-curricular opportunities.

Our innovative, collegiate and creative Computer Science department is seeking an inspirational teacher to join us from September 2018.  As a department, developing computational thinking skills with our students is at the heart of what we do. In addition we improve their digital literacy, and their critical and systems thinking through coding.

If you are interested in applying for this position please refer to our website: h for a job specification and application form.

Please send your completed application form to recruitment@headington.org along with a covering letter.

Closing date for applications:  Monday 19 February 2018

Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and be prepared to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Services check.

Headington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS and barred lists checks. The School expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Headington School is an equal opportunities employer.

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About Headington School

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+44 1865 759 100

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Headington is a leading day and boarding school for girls aged 3-18, set in a green 23-acre site located a mile from Oxford city centre.

It is a place where girls are given the opportunities to grow and develop their strengths and talents, whatever they may be, partnering academic excellence with superlative pastoral care and extra-curricular activities. While academically selective, girls are selected on potential and many achieve far beyond their predictions on entry. The focus is on providing a well-rounded education, with fantastic teaching and learning complemented by exciting, inspiring and challenging opportunities outside the classroom, and ensuring girls are ready for their future, whatever it may hold.

Headington’s results regularly place it among the top schools in the country at GCSE and A Level. The School offers an extremely broad curriculum, with over 20 subjects to choose from at GCSE and a choice of nearly 30 subjects in the Sixth Form. Girls benefit from proximity to Oxford’s two universities with a wide-ranging programme of speakers, lectures and visits involving experts and specialists from Oxford and Oxford Brookes. 

Around 150 different extra-curricular activities are on offer each week, featuring academic enrichment, creative arts, sport, dance, performing arts and leadership and enrichment. 

The School is rated excellent in all areas by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The School, which has over 1,000 pupils across the prep and senior schools, has a thoroughly international and culturally diverse outlook, with more than 45 different nationalities represented. Around one in four of the 800 Senior School girls board and there are opportunities for staff to become involved in the boarding life of the School alongside their day to day roles. 

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