Teacher of Computer Science
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary, Generous Pension, Health Insurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Fee remission, gym and swimming pool facilities (please check MCS website for more)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 6 February 2023
Job overview
Magdalen College School, founded in 1480, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools.
Magdalen College School is seeking to appoint a full-time Teacher of Computer Science from 1st September 2023 (part time applications will also be considered). This is an exciting opportunity for a talented Computer Scientist to join a leading department and work with highly engaged, able and interested pupils (and colleagues). The successful candidate will be a well-qualified Computer Scientist (or a mathematician, or similar, with experience in software development). The role would also be suited to someone at any stage of their career, from an experienced teacher to an Early Career Teacher or an unqualified teacher wishing to undertake MCS’ Waynflete Teaching Certificate.
Further details of the Department, Benefits and Professional Development are available in the attached “Information Pack – Teacher of Computer Science“, alternatively please click "Apply now" to be re-directed to the vacancy page on the MCS website.
The school’s application form and a full CV should be e-mailed to Miss Aimee Edwards, HR Administrator (recruitment@mcsoxford.org) no later than midday on Monday 6th February. We anticipate holding 1st round interviews on Friday 10th February. Applicants who only send a CV will be automatically rejected.
Magdalen College School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and the successful candidate will be required to undergo statutory checks before the commencement of his/her employment.
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About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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