Director of Whole School IT and Head of Computing (Secondary)

Director of Whole School IT and Head of Computing (Secondary)

Salary: Inner London Pay Scale, MPS/UPS (£40,317 – £62,496) + TLR 1C (£13,969)
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
To Start: January 2026
Location: Lewisham

We are looking to appoint a motivated and inspirational Head of Computing to lead our team of outstanding staff in this popular and highly successful curriculum area. Applications are considered from experienced and aspiring leaders.

This position also has the attraction of additional whole school responsibility, which can be tailored to the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

In 2025, the outcomes for Computing & ICT were:

GCSE Computing (27 entries): 9-7: 52%, 9-5: 93%

A Level Computer Science (13 entries): A*-A: 31%, A*-B: 69%, A*-C: 100%

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students. Our Lewisham School is a 11-18 school with a Sixth Form in Southeast London. We are an outstanding school and our most recent Progress 8 score places us as the 10th best school in the country. We pride ourselves on our high expectations of all learners. This creates a calm learning environment where teachers can teach and students can learn.

This post offers you the opportunity to develop your teaching within an outstanding setting. We offer a highly supportive environment and are committed to ensuring outstanding teaching, behaviour, and achievement.

With our expanding Sixth Form and our desire and drive to continue moving forward, this is an exciting time for you to join our team.

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is passionate about their subject to join our team of highly skilled staff delivering outstanding lessons to our exceptional students.

Benefits of working at our school:

·Private health care programme for ALL staff.

·Two staff well-being days per full academic year.

·Loyalty service payments.

·Excellent record of staff development with opportunities for career advancement.

·Annual travel loans for season tickets.

·Cycle to work scheme.

·Free use of school gym.

·Free use of school swimming pool.

·Regular staff social events.

·Excellent public transport links.

·Free onsite parking.

·Working at one of the highest performing schools in the country.

·Nationally recognised OUTSTANDING with extremely high levels of pupil engagement and impeccable behaviour.

·Outstanding facilities.

·Generous staff loadings and lower than average pupil to staff ratios.

·New, modern, light and airy building.

·Safe and secure cycle storage.

·Pastries on a Friday morning.

·A number of local businesses offering staff discounts.