Interim Head of Digital Development

Frontier Learning Trust is a small Academy Trust comprising of Woodhouse College and The Imperial Maths School. Woodhouse College is a popular and oversubscribed 16-19 academy of around 1500 full-time students, all on A level courses, on a vibrant campus in north London. The Trust is proud of its strong community spirit and friendly supportive atmosphere. Our success rates and A*-B pass rates at A level regularly put us in the top five colleges in England. Our students are ambitious, lively and committed to doing well. Staff work hard and morale is high; this is a great place to work.

Interim Head of Digital Development

Maternity leave cover for three terms – January to December 2027

Full time, 5 days per week, on site only

£69,527 - £76,377 inclusive per annum

We are seeking applications for a temporary Head of Digital Development. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside other members of the Trust’s leadership to shape and implement the Trust’s digital strategy. It includes leading IT across the Trust, building our digital know-how and judiciously integrating developments in artificial intelligence and other new technologies into the ways we teach, learn, and administer within the Trust. An exciting aspect will be to oversee the equipping of two new buildings.

To reflect leadership duties and responsibilities, the salary will be on the sixth form college leadership scale between L5 and L9 which is currently £66,145 and £72,995 depending on experience, plus £3,382 London Weighting per annum, with a pay award pending.

The vacancy will remain open as applications are being considered on receipt. You will be contacted if you have been shortlisted by latest mid-December 2026.

The Trust is committed to equality and diversity. We encourage applications from black and minority ethnic groups which are currently underrepresented. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children and young people.

The College is a member of The Maple Group of leading sixth form colleges in England.

Qualifications

Desirable

• Qualified teacher status

Experience

Essential

• Line management of staff, including managing performance and setting priorities
• Managing a budget and making procurement decisions
• Leading or coordinating a digital or IT project across teams or sites
• Writing reports, proposals or policies for senior leaders or governors

Desirable

• Teaching at A level
• Designing and delivering training for staff
• Working in a multi-school trust or across more than one site
• Involvement in IT provision for a new building or a major infrastructure change
• Experience of supporting or leading the use of AI by staff or students in a secondary or further education setting, with a sound grasp of the direction of travel in the sector.

Knowledge and understanding

Essential

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft 365 in an educational setting, including SharePoint and Teams
• Understanding of cyber security, data protection and online safety requirements in education
• Understanding of how technology, including AI, can support teaching, learning and assessment, and of current guidance on its use.

Desirable

• Knowledge of Microsoft tenancy structures or cloud migration
• Familiarity with JCQ requirements on AI use in assessment

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Ability to bring together stakeholders with different needs and reach well-informed decisions
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver through others
• Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and non-technical audiences

Values

Essential

• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

For further information about the Trust and for downloadable documents, please go to the following links:

Overview of the Trust

Job description

Person specification

Some of the benefits of working at the Trust:

• Very strong learning ethos
• Positive workplace culture
• Excellent pension schemes (TP and LGPS)
• Generous holiday entitlement (Support staff)
• Eligibility for Blue Light Card
• Option to apply to sabbatical schemes
• Internal CPD programme
• Well-resourced library for staff personal use
• Bike Scheme
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Free flu jabs
• Workstation assessments
• Free parking on site
• Employee Assistance Programme – free counselling and support and guidance on a wide range of topics
• Excellent sports facilities for staff badminton, football and table tennis

If you have any queries or require any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact personnel@woodhouse.ac.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.