Head of Computer Science
Colfe's School
Greenwich
- Expired
- Salary:
- Extremely competitive Colfe's own scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2022
Job overview
We are looking for an inspirational and dedicated teacher to lead our Computer Science department from September 2022. The role is an excellent opportunity for a teacher with some experience or an experienced Head of Department looking for a fresh challenge in this rapidly expanding department.
The successful applicant will be:
• An outstanding classroom practitioner with a passion for teaching Computer Science, who is able to lead by example in securing outstanding teaching and learning across the department
• An effective communicator, who can establish, develop and sustain effective working relationships with a committed team of subject teachers and with other key colleagues at the school
• A determination to ensure that all pupils are inspired and enriched by their experience of Computer Science whilst at Colfe’s
• Organised, efficient and dedicated.
Computer Science at Colfe’s School:
All our pupils study Computer Science in Years 7-8; many choose to carry on in Year 9, and around 25-30 subsequently opt for the GCSE (OCR) each year. Having successfully introduced the subject at GCSE in 2019, we are offering A Level Computer Science for the first time in September 2022 and are expanding the department staffing to facilitate this. We have three well- equipped computer suites where lessons are taught and a strong, friendly department of three teachers, one of whom is also the Digital Learning Co-ordinator.
Following a highly successful response to remote learning during the pandemic Colfe’s is in the process of introducing an IT strategy rollout plan whereby all pupils will bring their own devices to school.
The department also runs clubs and holiday courses for pupils keen to expand their skills.
In addition to classroom teaching (years 7 to 13), responsibilities of the Head of Computer Science will include:
• developing an intellectually challenging and engaging curriculum for the newly introduced A Level;
• securing outstanding teaching and learning in Computer Science including through lesson observations, monitoring of pupil work and the annual review process;
• setting high expectations for academic progress and using data effectively, resulting in high examination results;
• ensuring effective communication with parents and pupils regarding academic progress.
A copy of the generic job description for Heads of Department at Colfe’s School is also attached.
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About Colfe's School
THE AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
At Colfe's we aim to:
• promote excellence in all areas and to develop each pupil’s abilities and character to the full;
• provide innovative academic teaching which adds value and fosters learning and scholarship of the highest quality together with a wide range of cultural, sporting and extra-curricular activities;
• nurture an awareness of spiritual and moral values amongst our pupils in accordance with the Christian principles of our Founder, Abraham Colfe;
• maintain a balanced community of children from varied backgrounds within the context of an academically selective school;
• promote a purposeful and disciplined atmosphere in which boys and girls are encouraged to achieve their full potential, staff can find vocational fulfilment in their careers and all can use their talents for the greater good of the community and society as a whole.
Colfe’s School
Colfe’s is one of London’s oldest schools. It can be traced back to the 15th century but took its name from Abraham Colfe, Vicar of Lewisham, who re-founded the school in 1652. In his will, he entrusted the care of the school to the Leathersellers’ City Livery Company, which governs the school to this day.
In 1977 the school became independent; after 25 years as a voluntary aided boys’ grammar school. For over twenty years now, Colfe’s has been co-educational, with roughly equal numbers of boys and girls: over 1,250 pupils in all, from ages three to 18. The Leathersellers’ Scholarship programme enables us to select a number of scholars each year on fully-funded bursaries for direct entry to the Sixth Form. In so doing we draw on strong working relationships with a number of local comprehensive schools in two of London’s most deprived boroughs: 10% of pupils in a typical sixth form year group qualify for free school meals.
Colfe’s former site in Lewisham was destroyed in the Second World War. In 1963 the school moved to its present location in South East London. All parts of the school from Nursery to Sixth Form share the site. The facilities are excellent: the school has an abundance of green space on site as well as a performing arts centre, sports centre with full-size swimming pool, two additional extensive sports grounds and a dedicated forest school for younger pupils nearby.
Entrance is selective and academic standards are high, with more than 88.9% of A levels graded A*-B last year. More than 68% of pupils achieved GCSE grades 9-7, with 20% receiving the highest grade 9 - well above the national average. Pupils regularly gain places on the most competitive courses at university, including Oxford and Cambridge and Russell Group universities such as Bristol, Durham, Warwick and Leeds to study a variety of subjects from English, Economics and Maths to Medicine and Music. Sport, music and drama are strong and all staff are expected to engage with the thriving extra-curricular programme.
Colfe’s is proud of its long history but not burdened or defined by it. It is very much a school of the present day. The teachers are relaxed (without being casual) and professional (without being stuffy). The culture is one in which pupils are encouraged to respect one another and to learn from each other. Colfe’s doesn’t try to force pupils into a single mould – there is no recognisable ‘Colfe’s type of pupil’. They are lively and willing to have a go.
Locally and nationally the school enjoys a strong and growing reputation for all-round quality and innovation.
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