Head of Business Studies

Thorns Collegiate Academy, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 2NU

Deadline is today

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  6 May 2024 at 3pm

• Date listed

  23 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: Business studies
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TMS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  TLR 2.2 £5,351 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Thorns Collegiate Academy, we require an enthusiastic, hard-working, and creative teacher to lead Business Studies. This post will involve teaching Business Studies across Key Stage 4, but may also include a requirement to teach our bespoke Key Stage 3 curriculum, Literacy for Life.

The successful candidate will be joining a close-knit team of highly professional staff who are committed to the improvement journey of a school that has recently been judged as Requires Improvement after entering Special Measures in 2016.

As part of Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust, an established Multi-Academy Trust of primary and secondary academies across the West Midlands, Thorns is a school that offers progression and opportunities at all levels, and the successful candidate can expect to be developed into the best practitioner they can be.

Key Responsibilities:

• To develop, plan and deliver effective and high-quality learning experiences for all the students they teach
• Be accountable for the learning and achievement of all the students they teach
• To liaise with teaching colleagues across the school to support strategic development, share good practice and plan collaborative activities

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience teaching across Key Stage 3 and 4; applications from newly qualified teachers are also welcome
• Be a consistently good/outstanding teacher

• Be an exceptional classroom practitioner with high expectations of both learning and behaviour
• Able to inspire, motivate and enthuse pupils
• Be committed to raising standards for all and share the same drive to constantly learn and improve
• Show willingness to lead initiatives and show evidence of impact
• Demonstrate a passion to make a difference to others
• Be proficient with the use of technology for learning and have a willingness to innovate

What the school offers its staff

We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice where all staff can thrive. We believe that supporting our staff both personally and professionally allows them to give their very best to our students. Our aim is to foster a working culture that recognises and reflects the importance of good mental health and wellbeing and provides effective support when colleagues need it.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All post-holders will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), including a Children’s Barred List check for post carrying out a regulated activity.

Closing Date: 5pm on Monday 6 May 2024

Please note we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date.

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.

Apply for the job by following the link below

Visas cannot be sponsored.

Upload additional documents

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Head of Business Studies PS.pdf - 117 KB (opens in new tab)

Head of Business Studies JD.pdf - 104 KB (opens in new tab)

About Thorns Collegiate Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 916 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Thorns Collegiate Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@shirelandcat.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thorns-collegiate-academy (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Thorns Collegiate Academy

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