Head of KS4 & KS5 Computing
Oakwood Park Grammar School
Maidstone, Kent
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2024
- Apply by:
- 4 October 2024
Job overview
Required from January 2025
‘Aspirational for its pupils.’ Ofsted, 2024
We require a well-qualified, enthusiastic and inspiring Head of KS4 and KS5 Computing, to lead an experienced and well-established department in our selective Boys Grammar School. The school is co-educational in the Sixth Form. Please visit our website at www.opgs.org for full details of what our school has to offer.
There will be an opportunity to teach all key stages and work collaboratively with our Head of KS3 Computing. High quality teaching and learning is our absolute priority and so we are looking for someone who will be creative and have a proven track record of excellence in the classroom. The Computing Department has consistently produced exceptional outcomes and students are passionate and committed to this subject area.
Please send your application form and a covering letter for the attention of Mrs Craig via jnichol@opgs.org We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a suitable candidate is appointed.
Applications will only be accepted on the school application form; CVs and other forms are not acceptable.
Oakwood Park Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with former employers and Enhanced DBS check.
Attached documents
About Oakwood Park Grammar School
Oakwood Park Grammar School is a five-form entry (usually 160 in each year) Boys’ Grammar School of approximately 1100 students, including the Sixth Form. We have a co-educational Sixth Form with a pan of 180 in each year group. Entry at 11 to the school is through the Kent Test (11+) where students sit three papers in Mathematics, English and Reasoning.
We have been on the site since 1959 and we share an attractive campus with two schools (St Augustine Academy and St Simon Stock) and a college of Further Education (Mid-Kent College). We remain committed to improving school facilities and providing high quality learning environments for our students. Our teaching and support staff are dedicated and hardworking and very loyal to the school.
Oakwood Park Grammar School has a wealth of extra-curricular activities for its students. Sport is very strong with national success in football, alongside rugby, cricket, basketball and athletics. We also cater for rowing, fencing, table tennis and climbing. Music and Drama are also popular with an annual production and brand new facilities which opened in October 2023. Other extra-curricular opportunities include robotics, debating and chess.
Academic standards are high at both GCSE and A Level. In the Sixth Form, on average, well over half of our students who apply to universities will secure offers from prestigious Russell Group universities and we regularly send students to Oxbridge colleges.
In 2024, an ungraded inspection made clear the school continues to be ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted. However, our grading of Outstanding for our Behaviour and our Sixth Form provision remains.
We are a welcoming, open school with a clear focus on developing staff, with teaching and learning at the heart of our professional development.
Headteacher
Mrs Sarah Craig
Values and vision
At OPGS, we hold firm on our responsibility to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, an exceptional standard of teaching and learning and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities. We have high standards of behaviour and our pupils are ‘polite and courteous,’ contributing significantly to our consistently positive learning environment.
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