Head of Business Studies
North Chadderton School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 0BN6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 31,650 - 49,084 + TLR 2.3 (£8,279)
Head of Business Studies job summary
Do you have the skills and attributes to be a leader in our fantastic School and help to move us forward on the next stage of our journey?
We are looking to appoint an inspirational Head of Business Studies to lead our Business Studies department, including embedding an outstanding curriculum and developing high quality practitioners. We are looking for applicants with ambition, drive and vision who are ready to take the next step in their career and who have the skills, expertise and passion to enthuse our young people and lead our staff to achieve consistently high standards.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Subject to shape, enjoy and develop your career in our supportive environment. As Head of Business Studies, you will be provided with the best resources and a programme of professional development that will enable you to continue to develop your own skills whilst leading the drive for increasingly high standards in Business Studies.
North Chadderton School was recently graded Good in all areas by Ofsted. We know this is a great school and one which is fully committed to continuing to provide the very best experiences for all our pupils, with high academic standards and attainment and a strong personal development offer. We are committed to career-long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a diverse, friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning.
As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.
Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to recruitment@theoaktrust.org.uk or please phone The Oak Trust Recruitment Team on 0161 785 5960. Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.
Closing date: noon Tuesday 20th May 2025
North Chadderton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221)
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 North Chadderton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1578 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- North Chadderton School website
We are a large, very successful progressive, vibrant and oversubscribed 11-18 Academy. We are located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester in a sought after green belt area and our school is a 5 minute drive to the M62 providing easy access to major cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.
We hope the balance of our traditional values and the very highest of expectations will provide the perfect platform to enable every student to be given the best possible chance of success. The school has an unrelenting focus on the success of every student supported with expert guidance, care and support.
Please visit our website to learn more about our School.
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