Head of Business

Orion Coopers, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 5PS

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  4 May 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/ UPS plus allowance
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/ UPS plus allowance

Head of Business job summary

The Head of Business plays a vital leadership role at Orion Coopers, responsible for shaping and driving the strategic direction, quality, and impact of Business education across the school. This post combines high quality classroom practice with subject leadership, ensuring an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum that enables all pupils to achieve strong outcomes and develop the knowledge and skills needed for future study and employment.

Working collaboratively with colleagues and the wider leadership team, the Head of Business will lead and support a team of teachers, promote consistently high standards of teaching and learning, and use data intelligently to inform planning, intervention, and improvement. The role includes responsibility for curriculum design, assessment, professional development within the subject area, and effective resource and budget management.

As a visible and values driven leader, the postholder will contribute to whole-school development, building positive relationships with pupils, staff, parents and external partners. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Teacher who is passionate about curriculum innovation, and developing both pupils and colleagues within a supportive, coaching-focused school and Trust.

Orion Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Orion Education is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Orion Coopers

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1318 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Orion Coopers website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coopers-school

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