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Head of Computing

Head of Computing

Bexley Grammar School

Bexley

Salary:
Main/Upper Pay Scale (including OLW) and TLR C (£6,646 pa)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2019
Apply by:
26 March 2019

Job overview

We seek to appoint a Head of Computing from September 2019 to lead a successful and highly motivated department in an outstanding school with a reputation for superb teacher-pupil relationships and with opportunities for career progression. The successful candidate will be well-qualified and/or have relevant experience in computing and coding.

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with a vision for increasing the relevance of Computing skills in our rapidly-changing world. Candidates will offer leadership skills and will have proven experience of strong teaching across all three key stages. Candidates must have the ability to teach Computer Science at A level or equivalent. 

It would be helpful for candidates to have experience of using Google Suite for Education and to be able to further the school’s delivery of this cloud-based technology, both within the classroom and as part of the school’s overall IT strategy.   

Bexley Grammar School is an oversubscribed, high achieving, coeducational selective school, rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted for over a decade.  We boast the only fully IB Sixth Form in a South East London borough and have Specialist School Status in Languages, Science and Maths. With a full complement of subject specialist teachers, a rich curriculum and a wealth of extra-curricular activities, we provide an exciting and enriching educational experience for all and many opportunities for career progression in both the academic and pastoral life of the school.

About Bexley Grammar School

Everyone who visits BGS notices the warmth of the relationships between students and staff in a vibrant community.

Bexley Grammar School is an oversubscribed, high achieving, coeducational selective school, rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in October 2022. We stretch our students with a challenging curriculum including two foreign languages and all three separate sciences at GCSE. We raise aspirations, grow confidence and develop young people into compassionate leaders. Our school motto translates as “to strive for excellence”.

About 50% of our students are non White British and over 20% have a first language other than English as their mother tongue. Although our pupil premium numbers are low compared to national averages they are high compared to other grammar schools and our school deprivation indicator puts us above the 40th percentile for all schools nationally.

We all learn best when we are happy, safe, busy, inspired and valued as individuals; every student is encouraged to choose from a startling array of extra-curricular activities, many of them rooted in our vibrant and competitive house system. These activities help students develop as individuals and as members of teams; they also provide numerous opportunities for leadership.  We participate in World Challenge, Young Enterprise, the Jack Petchey Award and numerous other initiatives; our Language Leaders and Sports Leaders work with primary school children; there are clubs for everything from cheerleading to chess or from STEM club to Archery and if something is missing, students are encouraged and supported to start it.

There is a full programme of sports fixtures, concerts and plays during the year, an art exhibition and the annual musical production of near West End quality. A typical academic year clocks up about seventy day visits run by all subject areas in addition to a wide range of residential trips both in the UK and all over the world - typically 20 overseas trips in a given academic year.

Most students continue into our thriving Sixth Form, which plays a key role in leading the rest of the student body.  All students follow the International Baccalaureate (IB) in the Sixth Form. The IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a full and well-balanced course which develops independence and depth of learning while nurturing the personal qualities needed for success at university and in a career. Our IB students gain places at top universities, including the highest rate of Oxford and Cambridge entry of any school in the London Borough of Bexley.

Please see the school website for more information about our lively community.

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