Head of Computer Science - Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Stephen Perse Foundation Senior School

Stephen Perse Foundation Senior School

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Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Responsible to:
Head of Maths and Computing Faculty, Deputy Head Academic

Location:
Senior School and Sixth Form

Role Description:

To take responsibility for the leadership and management of the Computer Science Department on a fixed term basis, and support the Head and the 11-18 Senior Leadership Team in the strategic development, leadership and management of the academic life of the Senior School and Sixth Form as an active member of middle leadership.

Background

Digital learning is at the heart of students' experience throughout the curriculum at Stephen Perse, but as a member of the Computer Science department you would be at the forefront of promoting and embedding creativity and computational thinking.

Computer Science GCSE is a very popular choice for our students, as is the A Level with numbers continuing to grow over recent years.

Students are involved in a wide variety of coding related activities, ranging from a variety of visual coding activities and unplugged activities to the opportunity to create a variety of programs in Python and Swift.

They have also designed various games in Scratch and using the Raspberry Pi both within curriculum time and also as part of initiatives such as Astro-Pi.

We enter our students into the annual Bebras Computational Thinking Competition with a large proportion of students making it into the top 10% bracket of the country and taking part in the Oxford Computing Challenge in March.

The extra-curricular provision of Computer Science is as vibrant as the lessons, with trips to Google, Amazon, Arm and other industry leaders as well as to such local events as the FXP festival, talks and sessions at the Computing Museum.

Our students compete in the areas of cryptography, cyber security, robotics, game design and more to extend and enthuse about the opportunities in Computer Science, and the club and enrichment provision continues to grow as demand increases.

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