Head of Computer Science
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1/9/2022
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2022
Job overview
HEAD OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Magdalen College School, founded in 1480, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools.
Magdalen College School is seeking to appoint a Head of Computer Science to manage and lead our outstanding Computer Science Department. The appointment will be from 1st September 2022.
The successful candidate will be a well-qualified Computer Scientist (or a mathematician with experience in software development) who will be keen to teach the subject at all levels, including through clubs and extracurricular activities. Above all, he/she will be enthusiastic about the subject as a whole and have a desire to sustain the high profile currently enjoyed by Computer Science at MCS. The Head of Computer Science will report to the Master via the Deputy Head (Academic).
MCS currently has its own salary scale, and salaries are substantially more generous than those in the maintained sector; there is also a relocation allowance on a sliding scale, by agreement with the Master and Bursar, and dependent on current location.
Further details of the position and the Teaching Staff application form are available on the Job Vacancy link of the website: https://www.mcsoxford.org/vacancy/head-of-computer-science/
Candidates should submit the Application Form for Teaching Staff which can be found above, or on the vacancies page of the website. The form should be emailed with a Covering Letter addressed to the Master, Helen Pike, and a CV to Gail Workman, HR Officer (recruitment@mcsoxford.org). All documentation should be sent no later than Tuesday, 1th February 2022 at noon. The school’s preferred method of communication is by email and it will not be necessary to send a hard copy of the documents by post.
References are likely to be taken up in advance. If you do not wish references to be called for at this stage, please make that clear on the reference section of the application form.
We anticipate holding first-round interviews online on Friday, 4th February 2022 and second-round in-person interviews and observed lessons on Thursday, 10th February 2022. We will be in contact with shortlisted candidates by telephone and email.
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.
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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