Curriculum Leader Computing

 “Pupils are happy and kept safe. They contribute to, and benefit from, the school’s friendly and respectful culture. Pupils’ behaviour is calm and purposeful.”                                                                  - Ofsted Report

Our School

Isleworth & Syon School is a great place to work and a place where all staff can develop. Our teachers are energetic, dedicated and absolutely committed to working together to ensure that our boys (and students in our mixed Sixth Form) are ambitious and highly successful. We have a history of excellence, opportunity and tradition. Our progress measures at GCSE level are significantly above that for boys nationally and at all levels progress and attainment scores are well above national scores. This is an exciting opportunity to join a school that truly cares and is passionate about high quality education for young people.

Our Ethos

Relationships are critical to our success and to our future. We empower our staff, and everyone works collegially to create shared resources so that planning time can be spent refining, rather than re-inventing lessons. Our CPD programmes are highly rated, delivering well thought-out support and development for all staff. We regularly seek feedback from all stakeholders and implement change. We participate in staff voice and benchmark against national secondary schools; on all measures, responses are positive. Across the school, students benefit from our insistence on high standards and achievement, an exceptional range of extra-curricular activities, and a focus on traditional values.

Our Computer Science Department

We wish to appoint a dynamic and inspirational computer science lead, who will have the ambition to create computer scientists of the future and who will thrive on sharing in the successes of our students. We highly value the dedicated curriculum time in Key Stage 3 for students to focus on digital literacy, IT and computer science. At Key Stage 4, we currently offer a GCSE computer science course. We have large numbers of students in our mixed Sixth Form studying both GCE and vocational computing and IT-related courses. Many students further their computing studies at university.

Our Staff

We recognise that our staff are our greatest resource. Therefore, we are ambitious for our staff and invest heavily in their development. We offer an extensive programme of professional development with a range of opportunities for training, including internally and through local and national programmes. We have strong partnerships with universities and higher education institutions and actively support staff pursuing heavily subsidised Masters degrees and other higher qualifications. There will also be opportunities to collaborate within our local partnership of schools and work across school on various projects. We constantly seek feedback and try to be “the best that we can be”. Below is a recent quote from an anonymous staff voice survey (November 2024):

“The supportive, collegiate culture among staff; the deliberate focus on staff wellbeing from the senior leadership - I always feel valued.”

Our Location

We are situated in a tree-lined neighbourhood of Isleworth, a vibrant area of West London. The school is close to Osterley Park and a short hop from central London by tube (Osterley is a 10-minute walk) or rail (Isleworth is a 7-minute walk). There is easy access to the M3, M4 and Heathrow Airport.

Visit Us

We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.

You are very welcome to arrange to visit us and to experience why we are such a successful school and a fantastic place to develop your career. Click here for a full list of our benefits; a few are mentioned below:

·        A recognised strong induction into the school with continuing professional development schemes and carefully considered succession planning.

·        Access to schemes such as: childcare vouchers; cycle to work and free flu jabs.

·        Superb ICT facilities and the free use of a laptop.

·        Employee assistance programme and support through a subscription to APL Health. Investing in staff physical and mental health, such as GP appointments and physiotherapy.  

·        A chef-led canteen service.

·        Free porridge (every day) and coffee and pastries on a Friday.

·        Working with dynamic, innovative and supportive colleagues, and in a school where student behaviour is described as “calm and purposeful”.

“Staff feel well supported by leaders to manage their workload and well-being.”

- Ofsted Report

Application details

Further recruitment details, including a School Information Pack and a role information document (with curriculum and facilities details) and an application form are on our website www.isleworthsyon.org under ‘Staff Recruitment’.

Alternatively visit the Teaching Vacancies site at GOV.UK or click on TES ‘Quick Apply’.

Please ensure that all sections of the form are completed. Early application is encouraged, as suitable candidates will be interviewed promptly on receipt of completed forms. If we fill the post, we will bring forward the closing date.

Isleworth & Syon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references and other pre- and post-employment checks, including, where appropriate police checks from other countries.

Our Data Protection Policy and our Privacy Notice for applicants, can also be found on the website.