Highgate International School Thailand opened to a founding community of Pre-Prep and Junior School students in August 2026. It will open a Senior School in August 2027, initially welcoming students into Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9.
Operated in partnership with Siam Motors Group and Highgate School, London, students enjoy access to a wide range of world-class facilities within a beautiful and generously appointed campus situated in Chonburi.
The Founding Senior Teacher of Computer Science will help to establish Computer Science as a defining academic strength of the Senior School. They will develop computational thinking and a rigorous understanding of the systems and data that shape the modern world within the minds of a carefully selected population of highly capable students.
Plan, implement and review an ambitious and engaging Computer Science curriculum for a cohort of capable, multilingual students founded upon Key Stage 3 objectives drawn from the English National Curriculum
Develop computational thinking through decomposition, abstraction, logical reasoning and algorithmic problem-solving
Build confident, precise programming through carefully sequenced practical work and increasingly complex projects
Develop secure understanding of data representation, computer systems, networks and cybersecurity
Encourage students to evaluate digital technologies critically and use them safely, ethically and responsibly
Establish clear progression both into and through Key Stage 3, and towards IGCSE and A Level Computer Science
Use formative and summative assessment to support progress and inform teaching
Foster curiosity, rigour, engagement, enthusiasm, community and kindness among the student population
Work in accordance with school policy and in the wider interests of the school
Contribute enthusiastically and collaboratively to the development and wider operation of the school
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
The Founding Senior Teacher of Computer Science will:
Demonstrate exceptional subject knowledge
Exhibit a commitment to academic ambition, intellectual curiosity and the instilling of a lifelong love of learning
Build productive relationships with students, families and colleagues
Be ambitious, reflective, adaptable and upbeat
Have a pioneering attitude
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
The Founding Senior Teacher of Computer Science will:
Hold a relevant degree and be a fully qualified secondary teacher with QTS
Have a minimum of three years' successful post-qualification teaching experience
Have a secure working knowledge of the English National Curriculum and appropriate secondary assessment pathways
Be able to demonstrate a strong track record for the teaching of Computer Science at Key Stage 3 and 4 - Key Stage 5 experience and experience with Robotics and the VEX platform would be seen as advantages
Have experience of securing strong outcomes for populations of multilingual students
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