Teacher of Computing​/Computer Science

Teacher of Computing / Computer Science

Required for September 2026 (or earlier by negotiation)

MPS/UPS

Do you want to be part of a community which offers a positive, exciting and rewarding place to work? Hillview School for Girls is a popular, high achieving, non-selective school based in Tonbridge, Kent. Working for us will give you the opportunity to work alongside enthusiastic subject specialists and engage with creative pedagogical development.

Our calm and focused classroom environments, where students are keen to learn, achieve and appreciate their teachers’ dedication and support, are the main reasons why teachers love to work at Hillview.

We are seeking to appoint a talented Teacher of Computing to teach across Key Stage 3, 4 and 5. If you are passionate about inspiring the next generation of digital creators and problem solvers in a well-resourced department, we would love to hear from you. Ability to teach Key Stage 5 would be desirable.

• Deliver a dynamic and inspiring Computer Science provision
• Support students to high levels of success
• Consider the school’s ‘Pure potential’ belief and how this can be interpreted within Computing, through high expectations and aspirations for the students
• Develop pedagogical approaches to Computing

• Dedicated lab with 31 PCs—your own room every lesson;
  Thonny for Python;
  Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Applications
• Coherent KS3 curriculum built around NCCE units with Turing Lab programming resources—ready to teach and room to innovate
• Opportunity to shape Key Stage 5, as we currently teach Computing:
  Application Development and are expanding with IT:
  Data Analytics
• Creative environment where Computing thrives through design, media and problem solving
• Big on enrichment—run (or reinvent) a club, competition or trip (e.g., FIRST LEGO League, Cyber First Girls Competition—or pitch your own idea)
• Supportive culture and high expectations for girls’ participation and progression in tech

In return, we offer an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are a supportive, collaborative school and have a strong record of developing our teachers towards middle and senior leadership.

Please use the contact details below if you would like the opportunity to tour the school or to discuss the role informally before making an application.

Please return a completed application form, to Mrs A Dennett, HR Manager, Hillview School for Girls, Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2HE
or by email: d

Tel:
Ext 180

Closing date: Wednesday 4 February 2026

Interview date: TBA

(The school may interview early in the case of an exceptional candidate)

Hillview School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.