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Head of Business Innovation

Blue Coat Church of England Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2ND

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  10 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subjects: Business studies, Health and social care, Law
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPR Dependant on Experience
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 1a

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified professional who is both passionate, knowledgeable and willing to lead the development of Business Studies and support the future development of other subjects including Law and Health & Social Care. The successful candidate will need to be an excellent teacher of Business Studies who is also prepared to support the continuing development of subjects including Law and Health & Social Care. This post will include a subject leadership responsibility (TLR 1a), in subjects with strong uptake in examination courses with potential for further growth in the future.

What the school offers its staff

The school has been rated as ‘Excellent’ in our recent SIAMs inspection and ‘Good’ by Ofsted in each of its last three inspections, most recently in January 2023: “Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an inclusive school where kindness flourishes. The school’s values include wisdom, service, endurance and hope. The school’s culture is rooted in these values. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils feel cared for. Staff have high expectations, and pupils live up to these.”

Blue Coat Church of England Academy is one of the oldest educational establishments in Walsall, is well-respected and valued by the community it serves. We operate on a very collaborative approach to school improvement working with a range of other schools and nationally recognised trainers. The school is very proud of the family ethos which pervades all aspects of its work, which is grounded in Christian values. The school has recently been awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Silver Award, demonstrating our commitment to embedding the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into our ethos and curriculum.

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

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

Please complete the online application.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

Upload additional documents

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Head of Department- JD.pdf - 221 KB (opens in new tab)

HOD Business Innovation.pdf - 389 KB (opens in new tab)

About Blue Coat Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 897 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Blue Coat Church of England Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: applications@bluecoatacademy.org
• Phone number: 01922 720558
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blue-coat-church-of-england-academy (opens in new tab)

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Arranging a visit to Blue Coat Church of England Academy

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