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Southend High School for Girls
Head of Computer Science
TLR2B
Required for September 2026
Closing date:Thursday 7thMay 2026
Interviews date tbc
We are seeking an inspirational teacher of Computer Science to lead this popular subject in our outstanding school.
The Computer Science department offers a vibrant and ambitious curriculum across all key stages. All students study Computer Science at Key Stage 3, and the subject is taught at both GCSE and A Level. Students are highly motivated, intellectually curious, and consistently achieve excellent outcomes; in 2025,80% of GCSE students achieved grades 7-9.
We are seeking an exceptional practitioner to lead this successful and forward‑thinking department. The successful candidate willteach Computer Science across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5, and will provide strategic and inspirational leadership to a small team of dedicated teachers, ensuring high‑quality provision throughout the school.
The ability to teach Computer Science confidently atGCSE and A Level is essential, alongside the vision and enthusiasm to drive continued excellence in the department.
The successful candidate should:
- Be an inspirational classroom practitioner with an irresistible enthusiasm for their subject. As a reflective practitioner you will be constantly looking to develop your practice through collaboration, experimentation, and hard work.
- Lead and manage the department, ensuring high standards of teaching and learning, develop excellent departmental resources and plan and deliver an ambitious grammar school curriculum.
- Be creative and innovative, constantly looking for new ways to challenge our high ability students across all Key Stages.
- Secure the highest standards of pupil achievement, monitoring, tracking, supporting, and evaluating pupil achievement. Setting targets for improvement and implementing effective strategies for underperforming students.
- Develop super-curricular opportunities for all students across the school to develop their interest in Computer Science and to ensure the subject is high-profile.
We can offer you:
- A strong, highly qualified staff team and an ethos of tolerance and respect with a family community spirit.
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and staff
- An environment which promotes innovation.
- Highly motivated, curious, and industrious students
Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls' grammar school rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey
For all enquiries, please contact Sinead Carter HR Manager by e-mail at recruitment@shsg.org
Applications must be made via MyNewTermhttps://mynewterm.com/jobs/136444/EDV-2026-SHSG-18413
We reserve the right to call applicants to interview, and appoint, prior to the closing date
All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. This is a customer facing role needing fluent spoken English.
Information about the School
“Pupils flourish and excel at Southend High School for Girls.”
– Ofsted, July 2024
Southend High School for Girls (SHSG) is an outstanding grammar school with academy status, proudly educating generations of students for over a century. We blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic learning environment where students are safe, happy, and successful.
Our school is a family-orientated community where pupils thrive. Students achieve exceptionally high outcomes and benefit from an ambitious curriculum and an exemplary careers education programme. As one pupil told Ofsted, “The school will literally help you do anything you want to do.”
We offer a vast range of clubs, trips, productions, and leadership opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and World Challenge. Students are encouraged to lead and contribute, with many acting as ambassadors and house captains.
SHSG is proud to be a member of NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education), reflecting our commitment to stretching and challenging all learners. Our curriculum goes far beyond the National Curriculum, with students in Key Stage 3 studying three separate sciences and two languages, and engaging in ‘super-curricular’ tasks that promote independent research and critical thinking.
Staff are passionate, well-supported, and receive high-quality professional development. Our shared ethos of high expectations, mutual respect, and continuous improvement makes SHSG a truly special place to work.
If you are enthusiastic about education and excited to join a high-performing, caring school community, we warmly invite you to explore our current vacancies and consider becoming part of the SHSG family.