Head of Business Studies
Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Business Studies and Economics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- UPS / MPS - TLR 2b (£5,792)
Head of Business Studies job summary
Head of Business Studies
Permanent – Full Time
UPS / MPS - TLR 2b (£5,792)
Required – 1st September 2025
We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge and are currently seeking to appoint an inspirational and forward-thinking individual to lead our team who can start in September 2025. We currently have around 1900 11-18 pupils on roll including our sixth form centre that opened in September 2011.
Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 and KS5 were outstanding: Both attainment and progress measures regularly and consistently put the school in the top 5% of all state comprehensive schools. The school has consistently been rated by Ofsted as Outstanding over very many years and was rated Outstanding again in all 5 areas in November 2024. 50264498 (ofsted.gov.uk)
The business department has and continues to have a strong reputation for the delivery of A-level, GCSE and the L3 BTEC National business qualification. Additionally, the department delivers A-level economics and an after-school GCSE economics option. Teachers teach across key stages KS4 and KS5.
The business team are a friendly, collaborative and hard-working group of teachers who all share a common enthusiasm for business, economics and students’ education. The team of business and economic teachers currently comprises 3 full-time and 2 part-time specialists. There is a head of department who leads the team delivering their subject in KS4 and KS5 and oversees the development and delivery of the subjects. There is a strong sense of teamwork and consistency of approach in the department. This is supported by a set of schemes of work for all courses. In addition, close working links with a Special Needs Department mean that we receive in-class and out of class support from Special Needs Teaching Assistants.
An additional responsibility of BTEC coordinator, across KS4 and KS5 BTEC qualifications may also be available for suitable candidates. The role involves the quality assurance of our BTEC courses and liaising with programme leaders cross-departmentally.
The Department staff are based in a dedicated office. Lessons take place in the sixth form and in the main school. There is also a dedicated BTEC classroom which consists of ICT resources. All classrooms include a multimedia projector, and teachers are provided with a laptop. All computers and devices are connected to the school wireless network.
For further details please visit our website www.combertonvc.org. Pre-application visits to the College are welcomed.
The Cam Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance (via the Disclosure and Barring Service) in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
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 are not accepted.
About Comberton Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1930 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Comberton Village College website (opens in new tab)
Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.
Our schools include:
Cambourne Village College, Cambourne
Comberton Village College, Comberton
Everton Heath Primary, Everton
Gamlingay Village Primary, Gamlingay
Hartford Infant School, Huntingdon
Hartford Primary School, Huntingdon
Jeavons Wood Primary School, Cambourne
Melbourn Village College, Melbourn
Offord Primary School, Offord D'Arcy
St Peters School, Huntingdon
Thongsley Fields Primary School, Huntingdon
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