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BATTERSEA
Head of
Digital Learning,
Creativity & Innovation
To submit an application please send the completed
application form, a copy of your CV and a covering
letter to Simon O’Malley, Prep School Head
somalley@thomas-s.co.uk
www.thomas-s.co.uk
Ofsted Outstanding - March 2018 Job Description and Person Specification
“Leadership is truly inspirational. Leaders’ and for Head of Digital Learning,
governors’ visionary outlook creates a highly Creativity & Innovation
effective education for all its pupils.”
Our website www.thomas-s.co.uk contains detailed information about A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative, dynamic and
Thomas’s London Day Schools in general and Thomas’s Battersea in inspirational teaching and learning specialist to lead our Digital Learning
particular. It will give an insight to our values, ethos, facilities, curriculum programmes throughout the school. The successful candidate will continue
and community. to broaden the use of technology within teaching and learning, integrating
Digital Learning across all areas of the curriculum. Experience in leadership,
public speaking, leadership/implementation of STEAM programmes and/or
implementation of 1:1 device programmes would be advantageous.
The school is in an exciting phase of growth and new development, with
Application Details many new teaching and learning innovations and initiatives taking place.
Swift progress has been made in the Digital Learning space over the last
Applications are invited from To apply for this post please complete three years and a 1:1 device programme has been rolled out in the Middle
enthusiastic and dynamic candidates. the school’s application form and and Senior School. We are looking for a hard-working and ambitious leader
The successful applicant will be an forward it together with your CV to who wants to build on the foundations that have been laid and be part of an
inspirational Head of Digital Learning, bcamdensmith@thomas-s.co.uk outstanding team in an inspiring and collaborative environment. The right
Creativity & Innovation and will join person will be able to engage staff across levels and teams and create
the forward thinking team in our Applications considered on receipt. momentum to take Digital Learning to new heights across the school.
flourishing, vibrant school.
Closing date: The successful candidate will need to engage with both internal and
Competitive salary and conditions 11th October 2021
external stakeholders and audiences, building positive relationships and
are offered.
Start date:
key partnerships both within the Thomas’s London Day Schools community
For further details go to the January 2022 and beyond. As a member of the Whole School Leadership Team, the Head
Thomas’s London Day Schools of Digital Learning will play a significant role in contributing to the strategic
website: https://www.thomas-s.co.uk/ We are committed to safeguarding vision of the school.
join-our-team/ or email: the welfare of children and young
bcamdensmith@thomas-s.co.uk people and expect all staff to
share this commitment and work in
accordance with our child protection
policies and procedures. All posts are
subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Thomas’s Battersea Recruitment 2Job Description and Person Specification
for Head of Digital Learning,
Creativity & Innovation
It is expected that a Thomas’s Battersea teacher will meet all of the DfE • Extend and develop staff knowledge and expertise with technology
Teachers’ Standards. through small group reflective CPD sessions
Job Description: • Work with the cross-schools team to develop curriculum innovation
Reports to: and best practice to support the future learning needs of staff, pupils
• The Headmaster and Director of IT (TLDS) and parents
Key areas of responsibility: • Set and deliver policy on regulatory matters that pertain to the use of
• Develop innovative integration of Digital Learning across the curriculum technology by pupils, staff and parents, both in school and at home
including digital portfolios.
• Manage the development of apps, procedures and systems for
• Report to Thomas’s cross-school 21st Century Learning Lead and the Digital Learning and assessment
Director of IT and liaise with other TLDS Digital Leads on cross-school
programmes and matters • Monitor and evaluate staff skills development and ensure improvement
in effective and safe use of technology both in school and at home
• Lead the CPD strategy to support reflective teaching and learning in
the areas of Digital Literacy, Media Literacy and Information Literacy • Provide inspirational teaching ideas for planned, purposeful
engagement in learning
• Assist the school leadership team to promote opportunities to support
the school’s Aims and Values • Stimulate fresh thinking, teach new skills/habits and encourage innovation
• Work with the technical support team to ensure the effective and strategic • Encourage and model a culture of growth mindset; problem seeking
deployment of staff and pupil iPads, School Network and ICT hardware and problem solving behaviours across the school community
• Promote pupil-centred teaching, communication and multimedia • Use careful planning and creativity to enrich our pupils’ education by
throughout the curriculum being responsive to change, bringing new concepts to light or by using
old concepts in new ways
• Encourage and mentor subject specialists to develop their own use of
technology as a tool to enhance the teaching of their subject area with • Create balance and provide support to the parent community with regards
ad-hoc groups and one-to-one support to online safety and digital awareness
Thomas’s Battersea Recruitment 3Pastoral care: Person Specification
Pastoral care is a strong feature of life at the school and all teachers
are expected to share in this responsibility. Head of Digital Learning,
The wider life of the school: Creativity & Innovation
The successful candidate will be someone who wholeheartedly gives
of themselves and to many aspects of school life by drawing upon their We are seeking to appoint a Head of Digital Learning, Creativity
own interests and enthusiasms. The richness of the school depends upon & Innovation who:
teachers who, for example, coach games, support and organise clubs
and society meetings, or take children on trips and residential expeditions. • Is a qualified teacher and has undergone appropriate training,
is confident about teaching a broad range of subjects and is
Salary and support:
keen to develop professionally
A competitive salary, conditions and opportunities for training and
development are offered. • Shares our values and respects our ethos
Safeguarding and Child Protection: • Meets all of the DfE Teachers’ standards
Thomas’s London Day Schools is committed to safeguarding and
• Is dynamic, self-motivated and flexible
promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to
undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including • Has high expectations of pupils’ attainment, progress and behaviour
checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring check.
• Has strong digital skills – for enhancing learning and work efficiency
Applications:
Please submit a complete application form, covering letter, CV and a video • Has a personal philosophy of teaching and enquiry which reflects
of up to two minutes that explains why you would be a good fit for the our approach
role and how you would go about making an impact. Applications to • Works effectively as part of a team, building positive relationships
be addressed to bcamdensmith@thomas-s.co.uk, for the attention of with colleagues
the Headmaster, Mr Simon O’Malley, by 1200 on Monday 11th October
• Plans effectively and is sensitive to the learning needs of pupils
2021.
of different abilities
This role falls within the category of regulated The post holder’s responsibility for promoting
activity, therefore you will be required to and safeguarding the welfare of children • Regularly assesses pupils’ work formally and informally, using
have an enhanced DBS check and a barred and young persons for whom he/she is Assessment for Learning strategies
list check. Should you receive any cautions responsible, or with whom he/she comes
or convictions whilst in our employment into contact will be to adhere to and ensure • Has an excellent rapport with pupils from the age of 4 to 16
these must be reported immediately to compliance with the school’s Child Protection
your line manager. Policy Statement at all times. If in the course • Is approachable and confident in dealings with pupils’ parents
of carrying out the duties of the post, the
The School is committed to safeguarding post-holder becomes aware of any actual
and external agencies
and promoting the welfare of children and or potential risks to the safety or welfare of
young people and expects all staff and children in the school, he/she must report
• Has outstanding administration skills
volunteers to share this commitment and any concerns to the school’s Designated
work in accordance with our safeguarding/ Safeguarding Lead or to the Headmaster/
• Has outstanding class management skills
child protection policies and procedures. Headmistress (if different).
Thomas’s Battersea Recruitment 4A Four - Dimensional Approach
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valued. Societal skills are centred on the vital 4Cs: creativity, KEY SKILLS CHARACTER
How we use what How we behave and
collaboration, communication and critical thinking we know engage in the world
Scholastic, societal Dispositions, values
• Character - our curriculum is underpinned by a strong set and innovation skills and habitudes
of values, which inspires learners to develop core character
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Thomas’s Battersea Recruitment 5Information for Applicants Thomas’s Battersea 4Cs
We are a values based school with an outward looking, forward thinking At Thomas’s Battersea pedagogy is focused on our 4Cs
approach. Pupil wellbeing is at the heart of our provision.
Academic standards are high and the curriculum is truly rich, broad
and balanced. The following subjects are specialist taught: Art and
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Design, Drama, Computing, Music, MFL, P.E., Ballet, Science from
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Literacy and metacognition.
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A co-educational school currently with 701 pupils. Pupils depart either
at 11+ or 13+ to their senior schools, which range from the top London
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day schools to leading boarding schools in the South of England, or
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stay at Thomas’s Battersea through to 16+ and A-level. Each class
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has a maximum of 22 pupils. We welcomed our first Year 9 cohort from
September 2021 and will be incrementally moving to a through school
for pupils aged from 4 to 18.
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Parents value the family atmosphere at the school, the support of
staff and open communication. There is an exceptionally strong
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Thomas’s Battersea Recruitment 6Our Values
Kindness Courtesy Honesty Respect Perseverance Independence Confidence Leadership Humility Givers,
Not Takers
KINDNESS and the wider community; to respect COMES FIRST of their lessons at out from the crowd; to be the first to
We expect pupils at Thomas’s the right of others to hold differing school, our pupils will begin to take respond to someone in need; to stand
to be kind; to be good friends to beliefs or views and to develop an responsibility for their own learning, up for what they believe to be right;
those around them, always on the awareness of individual liberty. reading around subjects that interest to risk making an unpopular decision,
lookout for those in need of a word them, carrying out their own research if they believe it to be for the greater
of encouragement or a listening PERSEVERANCE and making full use of the many good; to earn the trust and respect
ear. We expect our pupils not just to We would like our pupils to appreciate excellent resources available to them. of others. We hope that our pupils
tolerate but to celebrate difference the importance of, and to show, As a result, we would like our pupils to will experience at an early age the
including faith, beliefs and culture. perseverance; to acquire a ‘growth gain a growing sense of enquiry and opportunities and challenges
mindset’ by understanding that wonder about the world around them; of leadership.
COURTESY intelligence can be developed; to about the vast body of knowledge
We expect our pupils to be embrace challenges; to persist in and skills that has brought mankind HUMILITY
unfailingly courteous and polite; the face of setbacks; to see effort to where we are today - and about Not withstanding their confidence,
to have regard for the needs of as the path to mastery; to learn how much there is still to learn. our pupils are expected to retain a
others; to be responsible for the from criticism; to find lessons and sense of humility; to be conscious of
impact of their behaviour on those inspiration in the success of others CONFIDENCE the advantages they enjoy and to
around them; to stand back, holding and, as a result, to reach ever-higher We expect our pupils to acquire be grateful for them. We hope that all
the door open, to allow adults levels of achievement and a greater self-knowledge by encountering our pupils will acquire a sense of the
through; to be particularly aware sense of free will. both success and failure in an eternal and that this will inform their
of the very young and the very old; environment of support and perspective of their place in the world.
not to ‘hog the pavement’ on school INDEPENDENCE encouragement, both at school
trips; to say “please” and “thank you” We would like our pupils to and at home. Consequently, they GIVERS, NOT TAKERS
without prompting. become independent learners; to should feel ‘comfortable in their own Above all, we would like our pupils
be responsible, organised and to skin’, full of self-confidence and able to be givers, not takers; to show
HONESTY manage their books and belongings to make their own judgements. We generosity of spirit; to use their skills
We expect our pupils to be honest, effectively; to work hard; to be would like our pupils to be the best and talents first for the benefit of
to act with integrity at all times and conscientious about their homework. version of themselves that they can others. We hope that Thomas’s pupils
to understand the rule of law. In the classroom, we would like them be, not a second-hand version of will leave their school with a strong
not only to make valid contributions, someone else. sense of social responsibility, set on
RESPECT but also to be good listeners, who a path to become net contributors to
We encourage all members of the respect and encourage the efforts of LEADERSHIP society and to flourish as successful,
community to respect themselves, their peers. We hope that, as a result We aim to equip our pupils to lead conscientious and caring citizens of
each other, their learning environment OUR VALUES WHERE KINDNESS by example; to be prepared to stand the world.
Thomas’s Battersea Recruitment 7Be Kind Be Thomas’s
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