Teacher of Business Studies – 0.5 FTE
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AHThis job expired on 13 May 2026
Closing date
13 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
30 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Business studies
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.5FTE from 1 September 2026
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Commensurate with skills and experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an innovative, enthusiastic and passionate Teacher of Business Studies?
This post provides a unique opportunity to work within a high-performing and growing 11 to 18 grammar school with a large sixth form and exceptionalstudents.
We are proud to be Secondary School of the Year for Academic Excellence 2025, Ranked No 1 in the North of England - The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2025.
We are looking to appoint an outstanding Teacher of Business Studies for a suitably qualified candidate).
The successful candidate will teach Business to GCSE and potentially Business and/orEconomics to A-level.
The Business and Economics department has three full time experienced specialist teachers. The teachers are passionate about Business and Economics and believe that learning should be engaging and fun. Our lessons are challenging and varied, with high standards of teaching and learning, and we support each other, sharing ideas and resources.
The department has four well-equipped modern classrooms and a modern staff office. We make good use of practical work and the school’s excellent ICT resources to support imaginative and innovative teaching.
Our Business and Economics department is one of the most popular and successful in the school, with high demand at both GCSE and A level. Public exam results continue to improve, reflecting the hard work and commitment of our dedicated team. Business is offered as an option at GCSE, and both Business and Economics are available at A level.
The number of students choosing to study these subjects is strong, and our students also benefitfrom a range of extracurricular activities, including trips to London and New York.
Recent results include 84.6% of GCSE Business students achieving grades 9–7, with 66.4% attaining grades 9–8. At A level, 71% of Business students achieved grades A*–B and 93.5% achieved A*–C. In Economics, 72.4% of students achieved A*–B and 89.7% achieved A*–C.
The department is committed to developing its curriculum and expanding students’ experiences, making both a passion for the subjects and an interest in leading extracurricular activities highly desirable traits in prospective colleagues.
Consideration will be given to both experienced teachers and ECT’s who wish to develop their teaching expertise in an outstanding school.
For the Business and Economics department at Heckmondwike, commitment, a positive attitude, ideas, potential and enthusiasm are important qualities.
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities are outlined in a detailed job description.
In addition to this, teachers at Heckmondwike Grammar School are expected to be effective and reflective professionals who challenge and support all pupils to achieve their best. They should:
- Inspire confidence, build team commitment, and engage and motivate students.
- Think analytically about their work and take positive action to improve the quality of pupils’ learning.
- Encourage high standards of academic and personal achievement.
- Act as positive role models for students.
- Contribute actively to the policies and aspirations of the school and the Business and Economics department.
What You Will Bring to the Role
- A degree in a relevant discipline and a recognised teaching qualification.
- Up-to-date knowledge of the11-18 curriculum and educational best practices.
- A strong classroom presence with the ability to inspire and motivate students from KS3 to KS5.
- Effective ICT skills and an understanding of how technology can enhance teaching and learning.
- A willingness to contribute to extracurricular activities and the wider school community.
- Confidence in contributing to curriculum development, including schemes of work and teaching materials.
- Energy, enthusiasm, and a passion for Business.
- A suitability to work with children, with a commitment to safeguarding and student well-being.
Protection of children:
Disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer
- Motivated, ambitious students who are eager to learn and succeed.
- A supportive and creative team dedicated to student progress.
- Well-equipped, specialist classrooms to enhance teaching and learning.
- A learning-centred school where best practice is a priority.
- Comprehensive CPD opportunities to support professional development and career progression.
- A vibrant, collaborative community of like-minded professionals.
Why Should You Apply?
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique learning environment, home to students who are eager to learn, ambitious in their aspirations, and keen to make the most of their educational experience.
We take pride in:
- Our diverse school community, which consistently achievese xceptional results.
- A school culture that supports students' academic success and personal development.
- Strong relationships between staff and students, creating a positive learning environment.
- High expectations, which drive students to excel.
We also offer:
- A competitive salary.
- Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
- A range ofwell-being benefits.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Heckmondwike Grammar School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1522 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- djepsonnorth@heckgrammar.co.uk
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School of the Year”, in the North of England, for 2024 and 2025 in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide. This is a measure of school performance for GCSE and A level outcomes.
At GCSE our students typically exceed government set target grades by more than 1 grade in each subject and we are ranked second nationally for state coeducational schools.
At A level, we rank in the top 20% of providers nationally for grades AAB or above and typically 3 times the national average of our students attend Oxbridge universities.
We are very proud of our academic heritage.
Misbehaviour is rare; and excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm: teachers are able to ‘get on and teach’. Working here is still challenging, however, but in different ways: expectations are high and potential applicants will need to be able to operate effectively in a top performing environment. However, one of the principal joys of working at this school is our eloquent and motivated students. Consequently, outcomes are amongst the very best in the country, and this is the result of able cohorts being provided with high quality teaching that is supported by strong pastoral care for each student. The school is justifiably proud of the focus on academic attainment and knowledge of each individual that enables education to be tailored to every student’s needs; but also prioritises the support it provides to enable any barriers to progress to be addressed. The focus is and will always remain teaching and learning in the classroom, with staff training and development being the main means of achieving this end.
The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed, with well over 1500 students applying for entry into Year 7 each year, competing for one of 210 places. Post 16, we are similarly oversubscribed with around 800 applications for one of approximately 225 places in year 12. The majority of our year 11 students continue into the sixth form and are joined by a number of similarly aspirant students from across the region.
We work in partnership with an extensive group of schools, including the Northern Grammar School Alliance (NGSA), and have a significant reputation both locally and nationally. This means we offer our staff opportunities to be involved in professional development on a larger scale and see it as a sign of our high quality when members of our community are promoted to posts elsewhere, or progress internally. As a result, all staff feel very privileged to work here and to work with our young people.
Further information about the school including main school and sixth form prospectus may be found on the school website at www.heckgrammar.co.uk
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