Job Title
Teacher of Computer Science
Job Start Date
1 January 2025
Salary Range
MPR/UPR
Hours Per Week
40
Location
Waverley School
School Address
Waverley School
Yardley Green Road
Bordesley Green
Birmingham
B9 5QA
Contact Email
Applications@waverley.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
28 November 2024, 10:00am
Job Information

Waverley Education Foundation (WEF) is a Multi Academy Trust, which operates both Waverley School and Waverley Studio College. WEF has over 1900 students on roll across the trust. It develops, brokers and delivers a range of services which support learning and leadership & management and improve outcomes for children and young people.
Waverley School is an all through school for students aged 4-19. It also has a Resource Base for students with cognition and learning difficulties. In its recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Waverley School was graded as a ‘Good’ School. The secondary phase of Waverley School has 1174 students including those in the Sixth Form. We have state of the art facilities for learning, teaching and training and a strong staff team that are committed to the learning and development of all our students.
Our core values of Humanity, Equality, Aspiration and Respect support our vision to create a learning community where we work together to achieve excellence in everything we do.
“Pupils have a strong understanding of diversity, respect and tolerance, including for different family lifestyles” – Ofsted 2021
We believe that this role will appeal to ambitious, talented teacher that wants to make a positive contribution to our students’ educational experience.
We are looking for someone who:

  • is an excellent classroom practitioner
  • is keen to engage, inspire and motivate students
  • will foster positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the local community.

It is a very exciting time to join Waverley School and applications are invited from those who are committed to wanting the best for children and are ambitious to develop their careers as teachers and leaders. In return, we offer a supportive, conducive environment with opportunities to develop both internally and externally.
You will need to be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people, with the ability to inspire and motivate students.

The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’

Only applications submitted on the school application form will be accepted.

We welcome informal visits to the school where tours will be undertaken by a senior member of staff.

For further details or to arrange an informal visit to see the school please call our HR team on 0121 566 6607.

Closing Date: 28 November 2024, 10:00am

How to Apply
For an application pack please visit our website: www.thewef.org.uk We welcome informal visits to the school where tours will be undertaken by a senior member of staff. Closing date: Thursday 28 November 2024 at 10.00AM Completed applications should be sent to Applications@waverley.bham.sch.uk Applications received after this date and time will not be considered. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

How to Apply:

For an application pack please visit our website: www.thewef.org.uk

Completed applications should be sent to Applications@waverley.bham.sch.uk 

Applications received after the closing date and time will not be considered.

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.