Teacher of Business Studies & Subject Lead

Beths Grammar School, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1NE

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  5 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS Outer London + TLR2L

Teacher of Business Studies & Subject Lead job summary

Beths Grammar School is a large multi-cultural school on the borders between London and Kent serving a wide range of vibrant and exciting communities. We specialise in boys' education in the main school and have a large, co-educational 6th form.

The Business Department is a popular option for students at both KS4 and KS5. It is a well established and developed department which is well resourced. The course introduces students to all they need to know about working in business, providing a solid foundation for further study. There is a clear focus on helping individuals become good decision makers, alongside developing managerial skills and techniques to help students become analytical problem solvers.

Throughout the course students develop the skills of data interpretation and essay writing to consider issues from more than one viewpoint and reach a reasoned conclusion. Our students are encouraged to use numerical data, think clearly and understand ratios, percentages and trends in data.

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Teacher of Business & Subject Lead who is looking to join an outstanding and dedicated team for September 2026. This a very popular subject in KS4 and Post 16, so the ability to teach to A-level is essential.

The post is an exciting and challenging one, offering exceptional opportunity to work within an outstanding department where we can offer you: the opportunity to inspire highly able and well motivated students to fulfil and exceed their potential, and a dynamic and supportive working environment.

For more information about the role please see the recruitment pack.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Beths Grammar School

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1664 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beths Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beths-grammar-school

Set in acres of pleasant grounds, Beths Grammar School is located within easy commuting distance of both central London and Kent, offering the advantages of a diverse and forward-thinking community within a haven of green space. The mainline railway station is less than ten minutes’ walk away; while for road users, there is a junction on the A2 close by (two of the three school fields run alongside the A2). Many staff choose to live close to the school, or in neighbouring boroughs, and the borough of Bexley has a wealth of high performing schools
and good quality housing stock at competitive prices.

Beths is an academic institution that fosters an ethos in which working hard and wanting to achieve are the norm:
where it’s cool to be clever and successful. This is as true for the staff as for the students. We are ambitious for the young people in our care and seek to help them secure the very best outcomes of which they are capable.
As a selective school, the staff have the privilege of educating and working with intellectually able young people;
and the students have the privilege of being in an environment in which progress in learning can be rapid, and
subjects explored in real depth.

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