St Thomas the Apostle College
Southwark
£52,735 - £74,061 per year
Salary:
Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092) + TLR 1C (£13,969)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
30 September 2025
Job overview
DIRECTOR OF WHOLE SCHOOL IT and HEAD OF COMPUTING
* Salary: Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£38,766 to £60,092) + TLR 1C (£13,969)
* Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
* To Start: January 2026
* Location: Hollydale Rd, London, SE15 2EB, London Borough of Southwark
We are looking to appoint a motivated and inspirational Head of Computing to lead our team of outstanding staff in this popular and highly successful curriculum area. Applications are considered from experienced and aspiring leaders.
This position also has the attraction of additional whole school responsibility, which can be tailored to the skills and experience of the successful candidate.
In 2025, the outcomes for Computing & ICT were:
* GCSE Computing (27 entries): 9-7: 52%, 9-5: 93%
* A Level Computer Science (13 entries): A*-A: 31%, A*-B: 69%, A*-C: 100%
We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students. St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys' school with a co-educational Sixth Form in Nunhead, South East London. We are an outstanding school and our most recent Progress 8 score places us as 10th best school in the country. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.
This post offers you the opportunity to develop your teaching within an outstanding setting. We offer a highly supportive environment and are committed to ensuring outstanding teaching, behaviour, and achievement.
With our expanding Sixth Form and our desire and drive to continue moving forward, this is an exciting time for you to join our team.
We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students.
Benefits of working at St Thomas the Apostle:
* Private health care programme for ALL staff.
* Two staff well-being days per full academic year.
* Loyalty service payments.
* Excellent record of staff development with opportunities for career advancement.
* Annual travel loans for season tickets.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Free use of school gym.
* Free use of school swimming pool.
* Regular staff social events.
* Excellent public transport links.
* Free onsite parking.
* Working at one of the highest performing schools in the country. Nationally recognised OUTSTANDING with extremely high levels of pupil engagement and impeccable behaviour.
* Outstanding facilities.
* Generous staff loadings and lower than average pupil to staff ratios.
* New, modern, light and airy building.
* Safe and secure cycle storage.
* Pastries on a Friday morning.
* A number of local businesses offering STAC staff discounts.
Visits to the school are warmly encouraged, please contact Ellie or Francisca at the details below to arrange.
St Thomas the Apostle College is actively seeking to increase the proportion of our workforce who come from diverse background. We particularly welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic descent.
How to apply
To apply, please request an application form from Ellie or Francisca at or call them on for more information.
Your application is a direct permanent application to our school (not through agency), Hays is our recruitment partner for all permanent appointments.
* Closing Date: Immediate, no later than 12 pm noon on Tuesday 30th September 2025.
* Interview Date: to be confirmed.
Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for interview. St Thomas the Apostle reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline.
Our school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Enhanced DBS check required. Additional pre-employment checks will also be carried out including online/social media checks and satisfactory references.
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About St Thomas the Apostle College
St Thomas the Apostle College
Hollydale Road, Nunhead, London
London
SE15 2EB
United Kingdom
St Thomas the Apostle school is a 11-18 Catholic boys' school with a co-educational Sixth Form in South London. We are an Outstanding school, 2017 TES Secondary School of the Year winners, and the 3rd best secondary school in the UK (according to The Times). We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.
A voluntary-aided school in the Catholic tradition, St Thomas the Apostle College was founded in 1965 and welcomes students from a wide variety of backgrounds from the local area and beyond. Its Sixth Form opened in 2015.
Principal
Mr Eamon Connolly
Values and Vision
The Catholic tradition plays a huge part in the day-to-day life of St Thomas the Apostle College, with the values of mutual respect and courtesy being expected of students at all levels. This is evident in the classroom, where students are respectful, polite and hardworking and teachers are supported in maintaining these high standards.
The secondary school is dedicated to producing a broad and diverse curriculum, with students studying a wide range of subjects. Students are encouraged to be curious and inquisitive about their learning, with the expectation that they will work hard and become independent learners ready to enter the world of work.
Ofsted Report
"Teachers' enthusiasm for their subjects, expert subject knowledge, high expectations and skillful selection of stimulating resources all combine to generate outstanding learning. The cumulative impact of three years of outstanding learning is that fewer interventions are needed in Year 11 as these students have already made so much progress."
View St Thomas the Apostle College's latest Ofsted report
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