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Teacher of Business

Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB

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• Job start date

  1 September 2021

• Closing date

  20 May 2021 at 10am

• Date listed

  30 April 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Business studies
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Mainscale / Upperscale

Teacher of Business job summary

Teacher of Business
Starting Date: September 2021 (MPS/UPS)

The successful candidate will be able to teach Business in Key stage 4 and 5, and would be joining a recently appointed headteacher on an inspiring new journey for the school. The school is open to employing either an experienced colleague or someone new entering the profession.
We are looking for a committed Business teacher who has a passion for their subject and a clear understanding of how to raise standards. Business as a subject is very popular at both KS4 and KS5 and contributes well to examination performance. Within key stage three, the Business & Enterprise scheme is embedded into the school’s calendar and enriches the curriculum experience of all. PE also remains an extremely popular subject taught at all key stages.

The successful candidate may also need to teach PE or Geography at KS3. Both departments possess a breadth of experience and will be very supportive. PE staff show considerable commitment to a range of extra-curricular opportunities. Borden students compete at district and county level in a wide range of sports: football, rugby, cricket, hockey, handball, athletics etc. The department has successfully run an inclusive as well as a competitive extra-curricular programme and there would be a huge amount of support available for the successful candidate. The Geography department is highly successful and the subject is very popular amongst our students.

You will have a clear personal ethos and an up to date pedagogical understanding about the best approaches to teaching boys. You will equally be committed to the Borden values of kindness, creativity, courageousness, respect and resilience, underpinned by our ethos to ‘strive forward together’. Consequently, you will possess the enthusiasm, drive and determination to achieve the best for all students that you are responsible for and to play a key role in developing our modern community grammar school.

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.

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About Borden Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 889 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Borden Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: lbateman@bordengrammar.kent.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01795424192
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/borden-grammar-school-sittingbourne (opens in new tab)

Borden is a vibrant and purposeful grammar school for boys. The school is part of a thriving post-16 partnership and has female students in the Sixth Form. Borden provides a stimulating learning environment for its students and is committed to their protection and safety. Borden became an Academy in January 2012.

Borden is committed to:

• Challenging and inspiring our students to achieve their personal aspirations.

• Encouraging the pursuit of excellence in academic, sporting and cultural spheres.

• Providing a caring environment that enables our students to thrive socially and academically.

• Maximising the advantage, that being a boys’ grammar school can bring to our students, our parents, our local community and beyond.

The school underwent successful Ofsted Inspections in November 2013 and November 2016. The inspectors concluded that:

• All staff share the Headteacher’s ambitious vision which focuses on the achievement of every student within a highly supportive and harmonious community.

• Parents, staff and students are exceptionally positive about the standards of behaviour and safety in the school.

• Students arrive at their lessons hungry to learn and engage enthusiastically with classroom activities.

• The relationship between teachers and students is a particularly strong feature of the school and helps to ensure that there is an exceptionally positive climate for learning.

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