Queen Elizabeth School
Cumbria
£32,916 - £51,048 per year
Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR2b (£5,871pa)
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
29 September 2025
Job overview
Lunesdale Learning Trust are seeking an able and talented Head of Computing for a January 2026 start across different Key Stages (including A' Level) who is keen to develop their leadership skills in a vibrant and supportive department. Of course being Head of Computing is a significant leadership role across both our schools and we are looking for someone who would relish this responsibility.
The post has become available due to retirement and the successful candidate would be welcomed by a hardworking, collaborative team who gain excellent outcomes of students through their highly organised and well planned curriculum. Applications are welcome from candidates already in comparable positions seeking a new role as well as those ready for the next step in their career ambitious to lead a department.
The key responsibilities for this role are:
* Leadership and Management
* Setting high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
* Promoting good progress and outcomes by pupils
* Demonstrating good subject and curriculum knowledge to plan and teach well-structured lessons and adapt to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils
* Making accurate and productive use of assessment
* Managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
Working across our schools is demanding but the rewards are commensurate with a strong, highly motivated staff, a lovely environment and pleasant, friendly and motivated pupils.
Applications are welcomed from well-qualified and highly motivated individuals who are keen to work with remarkable young people providing an exceptional education for all.
If you wish to apply, please complete all sections of the application by 12 noon on Monday 29th September 2025. In your supporting statement/covering letter we would like you to include:
* a statement as to why this particular job appeals to you.
* an outline of your relevant experience
* a discussion of the personal and professional qualities which you believe suit you for this post
We would encourage all potential applicants to read all the
About Queen Elizabeth School
Queen Elizabeth School
Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth
Lancashire
LA6 2HJ
United Kingdom
About Queen Elizabeth School
Queen Elizabeth School (QES), Kirkby Lonsdale, is an 11-18 co-ed, non-denominational, all ability school with a sister school, QEStudio, with its own building. We serve a large, prosperous and beautiful area of South Lakeland, North Yorkshire and North Lancashire. Although a rural school, we are only 6 miles from the M6 and well connected to main line train stations, which helps explain the outward-looking vibrancy of Kirkby Lonsdale.
Queen Elizabeth School dates back to 1591 when we were granted our charter to provide 'Scholarship and Care', a promise we continue to deliver well into the 21st century.
In September 2017 QES developed as the Lunesdale Learning Trust to incorporate a new Free School, the QEStudio providing high quality professional, technical and vocational learning to over year-olds. This is an innovative and exciting aspect of our provision in Key Stage 4 and 5 it is proving to be extremely popular with pupils and parents.
Executive Headteacher
Cathy O'Neill
Values and vision
Most significantly the Trust is founded on core values which underpin and inform the life of the schools and promote our sense of community. These include the focus on encouraging global citizenship, remembering that life is about more than material things, looking out for others, and thinking of others who are less fortunate.
Ofsted report
"This outstanding school fully lives up to its ancient motto of 'Scholarship and Care'. The excellence that the school achieves results from the equal emphasis given to each of these aspects of its work. Parents and students are overwhelming in their praise of the school and many count themselves fortunate to be a part of it. Pressure for places is high because of the school's excellent reputation in the locality and further afield."
View Queen Elizabeth School's latest Ofsted report
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