8 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    25 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    8 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Business studies

Working pattern

Part time: 26.00

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,084 PRO RATA

Additional allowances

TLR2a (£3,391) pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a dynamic and committed Subject Leader of Business Studies to join our well-established department, to deliver outstanding teaching and learning. The successful candidate must be able to teach with confidence and to inspire, challenge and support our pupils. The candidate will also be responsible for the Quality Assurance Nominee and for ensuring effective management of BTEC programmes and actively promoting good practice within our school. Applications from experienced teachers preferably with management experience, eager to take the next step in their career and who have a passion for teaching and learning. The ability to teach Computer Science would be an advantage. This vacancy offers an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, supportive, forward-thinking school with a reputation for excellent practice and good examination results.

Located in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girl’s school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world.

Our ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social, and academic progress during their time with us, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. A relentless drive for the best academic progress for each individual pupil, sits comfortably alongside the wider curriculum where values education embraces citizenship, pupil voice, charity, and community work.

Here at Hodge Hill Girls' School, we genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with our families, feeder schools and our local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement, every member of our family has a role to play in raising the aspirations of all our pupils to ensure we really are "Educating Tomorrow's Women Today".

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer you: 

  • A caring and happy community that always puts our young people first
  • A supportive environment that takes an active interest in your

professional development and personal wellbeing

  • A highly supportive Senior Leadership Team
  • Access to a wide range of CPD courses including opportunities for
  • `Masters - level courses
  • Use of a school laptop
  • Access to teachers pension scheme
  • 24 hours access to the Employee Assistance Programme
  • A strong and supportive Governing Body
  • Classrooms equipped with projection and interactive capabilities
  • A well-equipped staffroom
  • Free on-site car parking
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Birmingham City Council reward scheme

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to HR@hodgehgs.bham.sch.uk

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Additional documents

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About Hodge Hill Girls' School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
748 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01214643094

Located in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girl’s school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world.

Arranging a visit to Hodge Hill Girls' School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@hodgehgs.bham.sch.uk.

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