Job description
KS3/4 Computer Science
FULL TIME, UNTIL APRIL 2025, POTENTIAL SEPTEMBER 2025
Prospero Teaching is looking for a Computer Science teacher for an Ofsted Outstanding School in Bolton. You will be responsible for teaching the subject to Key Stage 3 and 4 groups. You must be a genuine Computer Science specialist as results in this department are exceptionally strong year on year. The Head of Department is a long-standing member of the school community and has overseen substanial improvements over the last five years.
Our school is a short drive from the M61 and A666 – this opportunity is perfect for teaching colleagues based in Greater Manchester, Lancashire or Merseyside – this position is open to NQT’s/ECT’s and more experienced colleagues. You will be paid to scale from day one of this assignment and we are available to discuss this role with teaching professionals as soon as possible.
To be considered for this role, you MUST hold UK Qualified Teacher Status and be a genuine Computer Science specialist.
Should you be shortlisted for this role and invited to interview, there will be a lesson observation and then a formal assessment of your language skills.
CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
1. Location – Bury, Lancashire
2. Position – Teacher of Computing / Teacher of Computer Science
3. Type of work – Long term Teacher cover
4. Start date -April 2024
5. Duration / Likely Duration – April 2025, subject to extension
6. End date (if applicable) – N/A
7. Contract type – Temporary
8. Full time/part time – Full
9. Minimum rate of pay
10. Hours – 8:30 am –
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
11. Recent Graduate, with a 2:2 or higher, specialising in Computer Science (or related topic)
12. UK Qualified Teacher Status is essential for this role
13. Previous experience working in a UK school
14. Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
15. Hold Right to Work in the UK
16. Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
17. Provide two professional child related references