Head of Business
North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 0UDDeadline is today
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
23 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Business studies
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 37.5 hours a week - Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £35,000 - £51,000 per annum
Additional allowances
Plus TLR2
What skills and experience we're looking for
🌟 Head of Business – Inspire the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs 🌟
Are you a dynamic educator with a passion for Business and a flair for leadership? Do you thrive on sparking curiosity, challenging young minds, and shaping future innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.
We’re on the lookout for an exceptional Head of Business to lead and deliver outstanding KS4 & KS5 Business lessons. Whether you're an experienced teacher ready to step into leadership or an ECT with bold ideas and ambition, this is your chance to make a real impact.
🚀 What You’ll Do
- Deliver engaging, high-impact Business lessons that bring theory to life
- Lead curriculum planning and drive excellence across the subject
- Inspire students of all abilities to achieve their full potential
- Assess progress, provide meaningful feedback, and support academic growth
- Contribute to the wider life of our vibrant school community
💡 We’re Looking for Someone Who:
- Is an outstanding classroom practitioner with a passion for Business
- Has high expectations and a commitment to student success
- Brings creativity, energy, and innovation to their teaching
- Has strong subject knowledge and stays ahead of curriculum trends
- Can lead with vision, purpose, and a collaborative spirit
🏫 About Us
We are a warm, inclusive, and forward-thinking school where ambition meets support. As part of United Learning, a national group of schools, we believe in bringing out “the best in everyone.” Our culture is built on high aspirations, mutual respect, and a relentless drive for excellence.
What the school offers its staff
🎁 What You’ll Get: More Pay. More Time. More Support.
- 💷 Sector-leading pay – 5% above national scales (ECTs start at £35,000)
- 📅 Three extra INSET days for planning and development
- 🏥 Health Cash Plan – support for everyday medical needs
- 🎉 Guaranteed personal day – one paid day off annually just for you
- 📚 Outstanding CPD – tailored development and career progression
- 💬 Wellbeing support – access to counselling, legal, and financial advice
- 🛍️ Retail discounts – save at hundreds of major retailers via Westfield Rewards
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
North Oxfordshire Academy ensures a whole school approach to safeguarding. This means ensuring safeguarding and child protection are at the forefront and underpins all relevant aspects of process and policy development.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About North Oxfordshire Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1023 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- North Oxfordshire Academy website
- Email address
- emma.hunt@northoxfordshire-academy.org
Welcome to North Oxfordshire Academy and thank you for taking an interest in developing your career with us.
For those who want to combine quick access to London and Oxford with country living, North Oxfordshire Academy is the ideal location. We are situated in Banbury, a vibrant market town steeped in history which enjoys affordable rental and house prices.
The academy sits on a 48-acre site and offers great facilities including extensive playing fields, a national standard athletics track and a 50-place nursery to which teachers benefit from heavily subsidised places.
The academy offers a great training programme for students, ECTs and Schools Direct trainees who all benefit from high-quality, supportive CPD. Our staff are optimistic, hardworking and great team players and new staff very quickly become part of the NOA family.
We pride ourselves on excellent staff retention; our staff are happy and determined to encourage the very best in our students. I would be delighted to welcome any prospective applicants to see for themselves how we work at North Oxfordshire Academy.
Ellie Jacobs, Principal
Arranging a visit to North Oxfordshire Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email emma.hunt@northoxfordshire-academy.org.
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