Teacher of Computer Science/IT

Prudhoe Community High School is a 13-19 High School with approximately 772 students  on roll including 200 Sixth Form. Examination results are excellent at both GCSE and Sixth Form. In 2022 our P8 was +0.11 for Year 11 and our value added measure for post-16 results is consistently higher than the national average. Progress for SEND students was +0.4. In 2016, our new school building opened. We have an environment set up to support learning for all students with new Fitness Suite, 3G pitches, Engineering, Learning Resource Centre and many more outstanding facilities across the school. In 2019, the school formed the Tyne Community Learning Trust with 2 middle schools and 6 first schools. We are currently under consultation to merge our Trust with the 3Rivers Trust in Morpeth. 

We are looking to appoint a Teacher of Computer Science/IT to join our busy Business, Computer Science & IT Department from September 2023. The ability to teach across the full range of KS3 to KS5 is essential. Early Career Teachers are welcome to apply. An ability to teach mathematics would be an advantage but is not essential.

We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and  young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for an interview, you will be required  to disclose all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date  of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history  during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure  information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service  before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post.  

Informal discussions or visits to the school prior to interview are encouraged. Please contact Cherry Collings to arrange a visit. Tel: 01661 832486 

Application forms can be downloaded from this website and are also available from the school by telephoning the school office. Completed applications should be returned directly to the school either by post to Mrs  Cherry Collings, Prudhoe Community High School, Moor Road, Prudhoe, Northumberland. NE42 5LJ or by email to c.collings@pchs.org.uk. 

Closing Date: 12 pm Monday 17th March 2023