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Teacher of Computer Science

Teacher of Computer Science

Tavistock College

Devon

  • £28,000 - £43,685 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
plus TLR2B
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
2 December 2022

Job overview

There are 18 schools within Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, 3 secondary, 14 primary and a new SEMH school that opened in September. 

On appointment, your main place of work will be at Tavistock College but you may be required to work at any other premises occupied by the Employer or any of the Employer’s Academies within Devon as directed by the Employer.   

Job Purpose: 

To carry out the duties of a teacher as set out in the most recent School Teachers’ Pay & Conditions Document. Your aim is to be an effective teacher who challenges and supports your students to do their best by:  

  • inspiring trust and confidence in your students and colleagues; 
  • building team commitment amongst your students and colleagues; 
  • engaging and motivating students; 
  • analytical thinking; 
  • taking positive action to improve the quality of your students’ learning. 

 

Main Duties and Responsibilities: 

Maintain a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the teaching of your subject(s) and take account of wider curriculum developments which are relevant to your work. 

Plan tutorials, lessons and sequences of lessons to meet pupils’ individual learning needs. 

Use a range of appropriate strategies and follow College policies for tutoring, behaviour management and classroom management. 

Use information about prior attainment to set well-grounded expectations for students in your teaching and tutorial groups. 

Assess, monitor and record the progress of students in your teaching and tutorial groups; give them constructive feedback, targets and advice; and, report their progress to, and discuss their progress with, their parents. 

Ensure that, as a result of your training and teaching, your students achieve well relative to their pupils’ prior attainment, making progress as good or better than similar pupils nationally. You will be expected to achieve agreed appraisal objectives. 

Within the framework of the College’s appraisal and CPD policies, take responsibility for your own professional development and use the outcomes to improve your tutoring and teaching and your students learning. 

Make an active contribution to the policies, aspirations and plans of your House, of your curriculum team and of the College – a community comprehensive school, with Technology specialist status. 

All schools in Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). 


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About Tavistock College

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Tavistock College is a mainstream, non-denominational, community secondary school for boys and girls aged 11-18. Tavistock is located in Devon. There are around 1,300 pupils on the school roll, around 300 of whom attend the sixth form.

Tavistock College is part of a wider cooperative trust, alongside 10 local primary schools, which are all united by cooperative values of solidarity, self-help, self-responsibility, equality, equity and democracy. The governors of Tavistock College are actively pursuing an order to convert from a foundation school to an academy as part of a multi-academy trust. The consultation process is under way.

Principal 

Sarah Jones

Values and vision

The Tavistock College motto is "Together we care, we challenge, we excel". It is an ambitious, successful and friendly secondary school with cooperation at the heart of everything it does. Teachers strive for the highest standards. Their aim is for the young people who attend the school to leave as happy, well-qualified, confident, caring and motivated citizens who will go on to flourish in their lives.

The school’s ethical values are summarised by openness, honesty, social responsibility and caring for others.

Ofsted report

“Tavistock College has improved rapidly since its last inspection due to the very effective leadership of the Principal and her leadership teams. The quality of teaching has improved significantly so that all students typically achieve well in lessons. An increasing majority of students leave the college equipped with a good range of qualifications including in English, mathematics and science. Governance is strong. Governors have a good understanding of the college’s strengths and areas for development and continue to hold leaders to account. The college is highly inclusive. Governors and college leaders have given the school a renewed identity based on strong values and high aspirations. Students respond well to the college ethos and their behaviour is good.”

View Tavistock College's latest Ofsted report 

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