Teacher of Business
Brine Leas School, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7DY12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Business studies
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS 1 to UPS 3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Skills
• Ability to initiate, develop and implement
policies and/or initiatives
• Ability to lead and/or manage a large
number of staff
• Ability to motivate staff and students
• Ability to communicate effectively and
sympathetically with Governors, staff,
parents/carers, students and the local
community
• Ability to learn from experience, and to
make well-judged and well-informed
decisions
• Ability to analyse and problem solve,
having a positive “can do” attitude
Qualities
• Strong sense of moral purpose, with
commitment to the school’s vision and
ethos
• Vision, imagination and leadership
coupled with a strong work ethic and
drive for improvement
• Sensitivity to the needs of others with the
ability to work effectively in a team
• Ability to work under pressure, welcoming
both challenge and opportunity
• Ability to adapt to changing needs and
circumstances
• Sense of humour and enthusiasm
Qualifications
- Good Honours Degree or Equivalent
- Teaching Qualification
Experience
- Extensive, successful and varied
teaching experience in the secondary
sector up to, and including, Advanced
Level
Knowledge and Understanding
- How to improve teaching, learning and
behavior through working with middle
leaders and individual staff
- The importance of pastoral support for
students, including interventions relating
to SEMH
- How to develop and embed processes
to develop students’ oracy, literacy and
numeracy skills
- How to monitor student progress and use
value added analysis
- Effective intervention strategies to
support students to achieve well
- Curriculum developments; both current
and anticipated
- How to strategically plan and implement,
then monitor and evaluate progress
- How to use ICT and other technologies in
leadership, teaching and learning
What the school offers its staff
Rewards and Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We recognise that every school and every
individual is of equal importance, we respect and have tolerance of all, and we ensure
that everyone feels known, appreciated and valued.
We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, investing in
our staff with support, coaching, mentoring and a wide range of top-quality training
programmes at every level.
You will have opportunities to learn from colleagues who are highly experienced,
knowledgeable, and committed education practitioners to support your development
and career with the trust.
You will have the autonomy to evolve your school’s vision, values, performance and
culture, but you will never be alone, you will have continuous support from the wider trust.
You will also have full access to our rewards package:
Learning and development
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities including structured
qualifications, and you will be able to access support, coaching and mentoring by senior
members of staff from across the trust.
Competitive pension scheme
Teaching and School leadership staff are part of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS).
You receive a guaranteed pension through the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. This is a
defined benefit scheme, via a career average arrangement; benefits are accrued each
year based on 1/57th of your pensionable salary including overtime.
Employee Assistance Programme
We have partnered with Legal and General to offer free and confidential to advice to our
staff. This is available 24 hours, 7 days per week for you and your immediate family. Some
of the services include support with family, financial information, legal advice, stress and
anxiety, and bereavement. You will also have access to structured counselling sessions.
Flexible working
We offer various flexible working arrangements, and all staff are encouraged to submit
applications for flexible working to suit their individual circumstances.
Discounts on shopping, leisure, and travel
Through our Legal and General EAP our staff have access to a wide range of offers and
discounts on high street and supermarket shopping, leisure facilities such as cinema and
gym, and travel options such as holidays and hotel stays.
Reduced gym membership at ‘The Barony’ fitness centre in Nantwich and an on-site staff
gym at Brine Leas School.
Flu vaccinations
All staff have the option to access their annual flu vaccination via a local pharmacy.
Further details about the role
The Post
The governors and Headteacher are seeking
to appoint an exceptional candidate within
the Business and Languages department.
A person specification and job description
are included in this pack.
Business and Languages Curriculum Area
Within the Business and Languages
department, GCSE Business Studies and
BTEC Enterprise are taught at Key Stage
4, and Alevel Business Studies and A-level
Economics are taught at Key Stage 5. All
four subjects have become popular choices
amongst our students, many of whom
choose to continue these subjects in Higher
Education.
Business Studies, along with Computer
Science and Modern Foreign Languages,
form our Business and Languages
Curriculum area led by the Curriculum Leader,
Deputy Curriculum Leader and three Subject
Leaders. We have a highly committed and
experienced faculty within the Business
and Languages Curriculum area who are
passionate about their subjects and about
raising the academic achievements of our
students. They all strive to cultivate students’
curiosity, creativity and confidence along
their journey. In addition, all members of
the faculty are supportive and willing to
share good practice to encourage staff
development and support wider school
initiatives.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding to ensure that our students thrive in a safe and supportive environment. All staff in the School are trained in Safeguarding and Child Protection issues and are kept up to date with changes in legislation and practice. We take all allegations, suspicions and disclosures seriously and will respond to them promptly.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Brine Leas School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1440 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brine Leas School website
- Email address
- hr@brineleas.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01270 625663
Brine Leas School is an 11-18 school within The Cornovii Trust.
We are a popular and successful school with a strong commitment to a broad curriculum that meets the needs of all our pupils. We believe in giving pupils life changing and affirming opportunities within our extra-curricular provision. Most pupils stay with us for seven years and enjoy excellent destinations appropriate to their abilities. Many go onto the world’s best universities, employers, and careers.
We have a talented, creative, and passionate team of staff who take every opportunity to cultivate an environment in which our pupils can succeed, ask questions and express their views. We actively encourage opportunities for pupils to think deeply about their work in order to make sense of the increasingly complicated world in
which we live.
We are extremely proud of our school, and we are looking for a colleague who will continue to build productive relationships within our school community.
Arranging a visit to Brine Leas School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@brineleas.co.uk.
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