Teacher of IT
The Studio School Liverpool
Liverpool
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2018
Job overview
Pay scale: MPS/UPS
3 month temporary post to cover sickness in the first instance.
Start date: September 2018
The Studio is recruiting a teacher of IT who can contribute to our team who deliver BTEC IT a Level 3 and OCR CIDA at Level 2. You may also contribute to GCSE and A Level Computing and Level 3 AQA Scripting and Programming.
You will be excited about our technical curriculum and keen to develop our students’ vocational skills in a range of areas through both the taught curriculum and Project Based Learning. We will match the role to your skills across a range of areas including web development, computer systems and networking, games design, computer systems and networking, software design, systems security and tech support and maintenance.
You will be able to build excellent relationships with students across the 14-19 age range and will be passionate about supporting their success and wider development. By joining us you will develop your career in a dynamic and creative setting. We are one of 5 schools within the Northern Schools Trust and can offer you excellent potential for career progression.
The Studio is the first school in the UK focused on computing, creative and digital technologies for 14 to 19 year olds. We have grown to capacity since opening in September 2013 and offer high quality, rigorous, academic and vocational education to over 300 students across Years 10 to 13. Our students and teachers are enthusiastic, committed and support one another well. Ofsted graded us as Good with outstanding Behaviour and commented: Attitudes to learning are exemplary. Students display a thirst for knowledge and a respect for their teachers, whom they describe as ‘colleagues’.
Alongside GCSE’s, BTECs and A Levels, the Studio gives students the professional skills they need to start their careers. We work closely with industry partners to ensure our students have unrivalled access to their expertise through the curriculum, work placements and entrepreneurship projects so they are ready for university, employment or entrepreneurship within this sector.
The Studio is a great place to work. It is a forward thinking school leading developments in project based learning and coaching and you will play a full part in this. This is a collaborative approach to learning and teaching and you will need to be good at forging purposeful relationships, flexible in approach and a strong team player.
To apply please complete the application form and write a covering letter of no more than 2 sides addressing how your skills and experience make you suitable for the role. You should address the particular skills, knowledge, qualities and attitudes outlined in the Person Specification below.
Closing date: Monday 2nd July 2018 at 9am
Interview date: Friday 6th July 2018
If you have any questions about the role or would like to be considered before the closing date please contact me directly on s.mcinerney@thestudio-liverpool.co.uk
I wish you well with your application and look forward to meeting you through the process.
Yours
Shaun McInerney
Principal
Attached documents
About The Studio School Liverpool
- The Studio School Liverpool
- 41 Greenland Street, Liverpool
- Merseyside
- L1 0BS
- United Kingdom
Located in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, The Studio School Liverpool is a studio school founded in 2013. A co-educational school, it has around 250 pupils aged 14-19, roughly half of whom reside in the school’s sixth form. As with many studio schools, it covers a large economically diverse catchment area, a fact reflected in its student intake. The school is part of the Northern Schools Trust, and shares its site with another school in the trust, UTC Life Sciences, with the two schools often working closely together to provide classes to students.
Headteacher
Mr Shaun McInerney
Values and Vision
The Studio is Merseyside’s only dedicated creative and digital tech school. A Studio education allows you to develop academically while preparing for your chosen career in the creative, technology or entrepreneurship sectors. The Studio is a unique Studio School pioneering a new approach to education. Working closely with industry partners, we seek to address the growing gap between the skills and knowledge that young people require to succeed, and those that the current education system provides.
Ofsted
"The behaviour of students is outstanding. They are self-disciplined, courteous, broad-minded and sociable. As a consequence, they are determined to make the best of all opportunities available to them.
The studio's work to keep students safe and secure is outstanding. The pastoral care of students is exceptional and has had an immeasurably positive impact on many students’ lives.
Senior leaders and staff have successfully created a vibrant, caring learning community where aspiration abounds and the individual can flourish."
Ofsted 2016
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