Subject Leader - Business Studies
The Reach Free School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8ABThis job expired on 24 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
24 April 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
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- Full Time (A part time position would be considered, if necessary)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,345 to £47,552 (FTE) based on skills and experience (plus £5,000 for additional responsibilities and a £10,000 recruitment and retention payment)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Plan, develop and implement whole-school and departmental priorities, including aspects of the School Development and the Departmental Action Plan
Support the Head of Department with the Department Action Plan, audits, curriculum overviews and policies
Lead the planning of Schemes of Learning indicating approaches to teaching, content, classroom organisation and resources
Lead and manage others in the department to ensure high performance standards are achieved and maintained
Collaborate with other departments to develop literacy and numeracy across the curriculum
Celebrate the success of the Enterprise department and challenge underperformance where required, this includes with staff and pupils
Ensure that regulations and procedures relating to Health and Safety, are followed, taking responsibility for the safety, welfare and discipline of pupils within the learning environment
Support and uphold the ACE ethos of the school – achievement, community, enjoyment
Create a happy, secure and stimulating learning environment
Have sympathetic understanding of every child’s needs
Have clear aims and objectives for every lesson and communicate them to pupils
Have well planned work, imaginatively introduced which caters for pupils’ needs
Utilise ICT to enhance the quality and variety of teaching and to support pupils in applying this key tool in their own learning
Engage in continuous formative and summative assessment, tracking progress of pupils in line with school systems and provide guidance to pupils on next steps in their learning
Maintain pupil records and report progress to parents, guardians and carers
Secure high standards of behaviour in line with the school’s Code of Conduct and Behaviour Policy
Share talents, skills, ideas and enthusiasms for the benefit of the whole school and be ready to accept responsibilities that extend beyond the classroom
Complete requirements of the school’s performance management process
Attend to personal professional development to keep abreast of national, local and school initiatives and best practice
What the school offers its staff
The opportunity to be a key member of staff and help build on the school’s successes to date
A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards
Access to the latest technology to assist in developing your teaching and learning
Competitive salaries, based on skills and experience
A network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with and learn from, both in school and across the Watford Partnership for Teacher Training
A comprehensive professional development programme together with further middle and senior leadership opportunities
Access to a BUPA cash plan to contribute to medical care
Commitment to safeguarding
The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level. The school will also carry out a prohibition from teaching check, as well as in-depth online checks. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your employment.
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About The Reach Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 734 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Reach Free School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sberman@reachfree.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01923 711517
The Reach Free School is an 11 to 18 school in Rickmansworth, which serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. Opened in September 2013, the school was founded by a group of teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.
All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such we expect all pupils to: commit their best efforts to all that they do; support each other to achieve their potential; work with their teachers to exceed their goals; demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do; take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond; enjoy learning.
The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are very much involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing skills in leadership and decision making, communication and collaboration and independent, self led learning.
A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School and it is important that our pupils recognise their own responsibilities as members of the community. It is this that underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.
Arranging a visit to The Reach Free School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sberman@reachfree.co.uk.
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