Lead Practitioner - Computer Science

Job Title: Lead Practitioner - Computer Science

Location: Pimlico, London

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

Start Date: January 2025 or sooner

MLK Education Search are pleased to be supporting this Digital, Specialist College in securing their next Lead Practitioner to drive curriculum for Computer Science on take the department on its aspirational journey.

They currently have 500 students and apprentices on roll but with plans now well underway to grow to 850+ learners by December 2025 across their two fantastic new City Centre hub campuses in London and Manchester.

Do you dream of shaping the minds of tomorrow's computer scientists and digital innovators?

With my client, the leading computing institution in the country, you can make that dream a reality.

We are looking for passionate educators who:

• Embrace diverse roles: Deliver lessons across a range of subjects, including computer programming, cyber security, game design, and more
• Lead with expertise: Tailor course content and delivery to your unique strengths, while collaborating with colleagues to improve your skills
• Go beyond the classroom: Guide students through pastoral care, facilitate extracurricular activities, and foster their development
• Teach the next generation: Deliver lessons on their BTEC (RQF) Level 3 Computing, T-Level in Digital Production, Design and Development, and A Level qualifications
• Collaborate with industry leaders: Mix real-world experience into your curriculum through partnerships with leading industry players
• Make a real impact: Join a diverse community of educators and students dedicated to pushing the boundaries of computing
• Grow professionally: Expand your expertise through team teaching, leadership opportunities, and access to professional development resources

As a Lead Practitioner you will:

• Be a Team Lead and support, through mentoring and intervention, the personal development and academic progress of the students in your Team in line with their mission and commitment to diversity and inclusion
• Teach Computer Science to students, maintaining outstanding standards of teaching, learning and assessment
• Provide academic and pastoral support for students in their lessons, as well as support outside lessons to ensure that every student makes an effective progress
• Provide written feedback on students’ progress to the college, to parents/carers and to students themselves where appropriate
• Ensure you put in place relevant industry support into your classroom teaching, e.g., through guest speakers, industry visits
• Provide written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students
• Prepare high quality learning resources that reflect the College's Approach to Collaborative Professionalism

In return, they will offer:

• A strong salary and benefits package including Teacher Pension Scheme
• Additional holidays
• Cutting edge technology and resources
• Weekly CPD to be at the forefront for yourself and your learners
• Employee Assistance Programme

Desirable Experience and Qualifications:

• Degree level qualification in a relevant subject
• Delivery of Computer Science/Computing to at least KS4 with strong subject knowledge to facilitate the teaching at KS5
• Qualified teacher status (QTS) / PGCE / Lecturer qualification (QTLS)
• Delivery of Computer Science/Computing at Level 3 – either A Level, BTEC or Digital T Level
• Teaching and learning role in an education focused organisation
• Strong programming capabilities and experience within a similar setting highly desirable
• Knowledge of industry, ideally the tech sector, and ideas of how to invigorate the curriculum by harnessing industry’s challenges and ways of working
• Pastoral experience with post 16 students, for example as a tutor

If you are ready to join a forward-thinking institution committed to fostering the next generation of computing leaders, we encourage you to APPLY NOW

Or alternatively, please contact me for further information:

t: 0203 633 3223

e: Abdi.Colad@MLK-Search.co.uk