Computer Science & ICT Subject Leader

The Bridge Academy – an exceptional, high-performing and inclusive secondary school committed to ensuring every student succeeds at a good university or equivalent, thrives in their chosen field and lives a great life – is seeking a Computer Science & ICT Subject Leader. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strong curriculum and subject leadership, build on existing provision and inspire excellent classroom practice, ensuring students experience a challenging, engaging and relevant curriculum that prepares them for an increasingly technology-driven future.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing professional and curriculum leadership for Computer Science & ICT and ensuring excellent outcomes for students in the Subject Area.
• Supporting and promoting the ethos and values of The Bridge Academy.
• Leading the Computer Science & ICT Team, ensuring that they consistently reach the highest standards in all that they do, including the achievement of students in the Subject Area.
• Ensuring outstanding curriculum provision which is exceptionally well structured and enables students to develop an excellent understanding of key facts and processes and a deep understanding of and love for the subject.
• Ensuring that the performance management of staff within the Subject Area is high-quality, challenging and formative, and that any underperformance is dealt with swiftly and effectively.
• Ensuring that all roles and responsibilities within the Subject Area are at the appropriate level, clearly defined and well understood.
• Ensuring effective provision and developing outstanding teaching and learning, attainment and progress across the Subject Area.
• Developing outstanding marking across the Subject Area, with a particular focus on impact.
• Keeping abreast of developments in Computer Science & ICT to ensure that changes and developments in course content are introduced and delivered in a timely manner.
• Ensuring that all assessment within the Subject Area is high quality and robust.
• Maintaining an excellent understanding of the Subject Area’s effectiveness and making highly effective use of data to set targets and identify and tackle underachievement quickly and effectively.
• Facilitating enrichment opportunities for students as appropriate, including extension classes and trips.
• Maintaining high standards of behaviour in the Subject Area, both in classrooms and on the corridors, and across the Academy as a whole.
• Developing an ethos within the Subject Area where students consistently tackle challenges positively and do not give up.
• Ensuring that good relationships are fostered between the Subject Area and parents, supporting excellent student behaviour and progress.

Skills and Experience

• Qualified Teacher Status.
• Relevant specialist qualifications and experience in the subject specialism, with the ability to teach up to KS5.
• Commitment to improving practice through reflection, appropriate professional development and being open to advice and feedback.
• Evidence of continuing professional development or relevant research.
• Evidence of commitment to the principles and policies of equal opportunities.
• Secure knowledge and understanding of a range of Assessment for Learning strategies.
• Secure knowledge and understanding of how to make effective personalised provision for all students, including those for whom English is an additional language and students who have special educational needs.
• Knowledge and understanding of child protection, safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children.
• Some level of leadership/management experience and a proven track record of success.
• Proven excellence as a classroom practitioner at secondary level across the ability range.
• Proven track record in improving teaching and classroom practice, bringing about specific improvements for the school by constantly striving for excellence.
• Strategies to engage and inspire students and application of ICT in teaching and learning.
• Department development planning.
• Analysis and application of data to teaching and learning and to inform planning, driving and focusing on success.
• Experience of developing and sustaining positive relationships with parents, staff and students.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, including recruitment and retention allowances in some cases.
• Teachers’ Pension Scheme contributions.
• Annual season ticket loan, spread over 10 monthly interest-free payments.
• Cycle Scheme and Green Commute Initiative, offering tax-free bike purchases and potential savings of approximately 32–47%.
• Optical expenses contribution towards eye tests and glasses for eligible staff.
• Work + Family Space services, including 10 free backup care sessions per year, confidential expert advice and access to holiday clubs.
• Headspace mindfulness programme.
• State-of-the-art facilities and resources within an award-winning building, including purpose-built ICT suites.
• Lively staff social events throughout the year.

Salary : Main Pay Scale or Upper Pay Scale, plus TLR1b.

Location: South Hackney, London.

Contract: Permanent, with full-time or four-day-per-week working patterns considered.

Start date: January or April 2027.

Closing date: 9:00 am on Thursday 5 November 2026.