Head of Business
Skinners' Kent Academy, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PY18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2025
Closing date
6 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Business studies
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday Teachers 1265
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR 2.1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Post: Head of Business
Salary: MPS/UPS – According to Experience Plus TLR 2.1
Responsible to: Assistant Principal, Curriculum, Progress
and Learning
Responsible for: Teaching and Learning of all year
groups, planning and preparation of lessons and Schemes
of Work, working to develop the Business Department
Key Relationships: Senior Leadership Group; Head of
Subjects; Heads of Year; parents; students, external
agencies.
Job Purpose
- To support Malala House to secure high quality
learning, raise standards and have a positive impact
on student experience within the subject area.
- To implement and deliver an appropriately broad,
balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for
students and to support a designated curriculum area
as appropriate.
- To work to the professional duties set out in the
School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document and
meet all requirements as appropriate of the Teachers’
Standards (attached as Appendices to this document).
Key Responsibilities
- To agree, monitor and evaluate Business student
progress targets, which make a measurable
contribution to whole Academy targets, including
robust data management and organisation of any
necessary catch-up and extension workshops.
- To ensure the provision of an appropriately broad,
balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for
students in accordance with the aims of the Academy
and the curricular policies determined by the
Governing Body and Principal and in line with the
Academy’s vision.
- To create a Subject Improvement Plan, based on
annual subject reviews which contributes positively to
the aims and achievement of the Academy
Improvement Plan and which actively involves all
Business teachers in its design and execution.
To support the review and monitoring of the delivery
of Performance Appraisal objectives across the
Subject according to the Academy timeline resulting in
a clear and tangible impact on student learning.
- To hold others to account for underperformance,
where required, and to put in place appropriate
support plans to improve performance.
- To hold others to account for underperformance,
where required, and to put in place appropriate
support plans to improve performance.
- To annually review of the standards of leadership,
teaching and learning in Business, consistent with the
Academy self-evaluation approach.
- To ensure all Business staff understand, and are
actively implementing, the key aspects of the
Academy’s behaviour and inclusion policies including
the celebration
- of student success e.g. assemblies, displays, awards,
rewards, publicity, curriculum enhancement days.
- To engage all Business staff in the creation, consistent
implementation and improvement of schemes of
work/ MYP unit planners which encapsulate key
Academy
- learning strategies and best suit the development of
the Business curriculum.
- To oversee the mentoring, induction and development
of ITT students and NQTs in the Department,
alongside others within the department.
- To keep up to date with developments to BTECs
vocational courses and liaise with Senior Leadership
Team regarding changes.
- Lead and support BTEC teachers in other departments
to ensure standards are met.
- To ensure effective communication/consultation as
appropriate with the parents of students.
- To monitor the application of ICT in the department as
an effective tool for learning.
- To be an excellent practitioner and to support
teaching and learning within the Academy by setting
the example in your classroom and through lesson
observation feedback and coaching.
- Responsibility alongside Assistant Principal to run and
coordinate Academy Literacy Programme
- To promote Business studies across the school
including regularly updating course information.
- To oversee the development of cross-curricular links,
as appropriate.
- To liaise with support staff, as appropriate, to help
realise the objectives of the Department.
- To attend Governing Body meetings and committees
as required.
Additional responsibilities
- Develop constructive relationships and liaison
between other subject area staff, SEN staff and
support staff.
- Engage in relevant continuous professional
development opportunities and performance
management arrangements.
- Attend House and Academy Meetings and lead on
enrichment activities.
- Be responsible for academic and pastoral tracking, and
review and support the well-being and safeguarding of
a group of students within their House Tutor Group.
- To oversee the extra curricular events and trips and
ensure the external specialist teachers are enhancing
the learning opportunities for all who engage.
- To work with the Assistant Principal to ensure whole
school Business opportunities are provided to ensure
cultural capital for all.
- To undertake other duties as may reasonably be
assigned by the Principal of the Academy Trust,
recognising that the duties of this post may vary from
time to time without changing the general character
of the post or level of responsibility. Recognise that
roles and responsibilities may change as the Academy
develops.
- In addition to leadership responsibilities, staff are also
expected to meet Teacher Standards as highlighted.
What the school offers its staff
We offer a valuable pension package of benefits for members and their dependents. Generous employer contribution, tax relief on contributions, flexibility to pay more of less in contributions, flexible retirement options.
Fitness suite and sports facilities
Local Authority Reward Scheme
ePlatform: digital library
EV charging station
Commitment to safeguarding
The Skinners’ Kent Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check and satisfactory employment references.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Skinners' Kent Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1036 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Skinners' Kent Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@skinnerskent.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01892 534377
The Skinners’ Kent Academy is a non-fee paying, co-educational, all-ability Secondary school. The Academy is funded by the DfE and sponsored by The Skinners’ School, a grammar school for boys together with the Skinners’ Company, one of the ‘Great Twelve’ livery companies of the City of London.
The Academy is founded on the principles of a commitment to ensuring high standards and high aspirations, of active participation, an emotionally rich learning environment and an inclusive culture where every child is known and every learner supported.
Arranging a visit to Skinners' Kent Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@skinnerskent.org.uk.
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