Teacher of Computing - Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi VA

Salary: Pay Scale Within: £32,433 - £49,944

Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi VA is a 3-16 Church in Wales school that serves the historic city of St Davids and surrounding areas. Based in the picturesque surroundings of the Pembrokeshire National Park, the school is a caring, inclusive and welcoming environment where pupils and staff are proud of the Christian and community ethos.

The school has strong links with the local community where there are extensive opportunities for sports, outdoor pursuits and social and cultural activities. YPDVA has an outstanding tradition and reputation for inclusive curricular and extra-curricular participation and achievement with amongst the best outcomes in the county and beyond.

Required for September 2025, the school is looking to appoint a forward thinking and innovative practitioner who is passionate about their subject. The ability to teach Computing within our all age school up to and including GCSE is essential. Applications are most welcome and encouraged from both primary and secondary trained teachers. The teacher will be based in a well-equipped computer room with dedicated desktop pcs, embedded in convertible desks, facilitating non computing lessons. The school also benefits from graphics tablets, micro-bits, a recently installed computing network and Wi-Fi access points, among other resources.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate educator looking to advance their career. Join us in shaping the future of computing at our school, as we work together to align with the latest curriculum changes and create an innovative, forward-thinking learning environment where you can truly make your mark. You will be an integral part of our Maths and Computing team, who are extremely supportive. Digital Technology is a highly popular subject option at our school, and younger pupils particularly enjoy their computing lessons as part of the technology rotation.

A TLR allowance will be offered to the right candidate to oversee the cross-curricular development of digital competency.

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

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• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.