Head of Department - Computing

Buile Hill Academy; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Buile Hill Academy in Salford is seeking an ambitious computing teacher to lead teaching and learning, bringing a knowledge-rich curriculum to life and setting high expectations in every classroom.

You will grow your team by coaching colleagues, raise the profile of Computing through enrichment such as coding clubs and links with local employers, and drive excellent progress through thoughtful assessment and accountability.

Qualifications

• Ambitious computing teacher with strong subject knowledge and high expectations.
• Experience leading or ready to step into leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead teaching and learning with a knowledge-rich curriculum and set high expectations in every classroom.
• Grow your team by coaching, developing and inspiring colleagues.
• Raise the profile of Computing through enrichment such as coding clubs, competitions and links with local employers.
• Drive outcomes by using assessment effectively to ensure every student makes excellent progress.

Skills

Leadership

Curriculum design

Coaching

Computing expertise

High expectations

Job description

• Lead teaching and learning - bring the trust's knowledge-richcurriculum to life and set high expectations in every classroom.
• Grow your team - coach, develop and inspire thecolleagues you lead.
• Raise the profile of Computing - build enrichment such as coding clubs,competitions and links with local employers, so students see where the subjectcan take them.
• Drive outcomes - use assessment well to make sure everystudent, whatever their starting point, makes excellent progress.

Why join us?

• You won't start from scratch - a shared, carefully sequencedcurriculum with lesson booklets for KS3, OCR GCSE Computer Science (J277) andOCR Creative iMedia (R093/R094), written by computing specialists in the trust.
• Specialist support - subject-specific guidance and coachingfrom the trust's Director of Computer Science.
• A network of colleagues - collaborate with computing teachersacross NET's 17 secondary academies.
• Trust-wide events for students - give your students the chance tocompete, create and shine beyond the classroom at trust events such as CyberNorth and the NET Game Dev Jam.
• A career, not just a job - routes into trust-wide subject rolesand senior leadership, supported by the NET Staff College.

About you

You are an ambitious, forward-thinking computing teacher withexcellent subject knowledge and high expectations? You may already lead adepartment, or be ready to take your first step into leadership. Above all, youbelieve every young person deserves to understand - and shape - the technologyaround them.