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Teacher of Business Studies

The Leigh Academy, Dartford, Kent, DA1 1QE

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• Job start date

  1 September 2019

• Closing date

  4 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  18 February 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,859 to £40,520
• Additional allowances:

  Working for The Leigh Academy: The Leigh Academy is a secondary school at the heart of the community and our small school model ensures that each and every student gets the personal support and challenge they need to reach their full potential. The Academy is divided into four Colleges: Brunel, Chaucer, Darwin and Da Vinci - each has their own personality and range of specialisms, allowing them to be unique. We are a consistently 'Good' school - click here to view the full Ofsted report.

  Our academy is a dynamic and exciting place to work and the fantastic Leadership Team are committed to making it a great place to work for staff at all stages in their careers. Our award-winning building and facilities are modern, light and airy and the open learning plazas and classrooms built around a day-lit wintergarden give the academy a unique and special character.

  We can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and collaborative department not only within The Leigh Academy, but within the wider Trust as well. Full support will be provided and you'll have the tools and environment needed to teach in a way that works for you. We know that being a teacher can be both challenging and rewarding in equal measures and that you thrive on inspiring young adults and stimulating their curiosity. At The Leigh Academy, we aim to give our teachers the freedom to innovate and inspire our students as we know this is a crucial ingredient in driving great learning outcomes.

Teacher of Business Studies job summary

About the role: The Leigh Academy have a rare and exciting opportunity to appoint a committed, experienced and motivated Teacher of Business Studies to join us for September 2019 (or sooner depending on notice period). For the successful candidate, we can offer the opportunity to join a collaborative department and wider Trust with highly experienced teachers and leaders working in the department. For this academic year, we have the following take up across Key Stage 4 and 5;

- Business Studies Key Stage 4 – Year 10, 100 students and Year 11, 100 students
- Business Studies Key Stage 5 – AS Level, 60 students and A2 Level, 25 students
- Finance Key Stage 5 – AS Level, 30 students and A2 Level, 25 students

We have some excellent grades across the subjects and year groups but there is always room for progress of which our successful candidate will play a pivotal part in. Our aims are to focus on department growth, whilst pushing and developing excellent levels of attainment and achievement across the board.

We follow AQA for Business Studies at GCSE and AS, and Edexcel at A2. For Finance at Key Stage 5 we follow IFS. In addition, we have a fully resourced department. Day to day responsibilities and duties of this role are in line with the National Standard Teaching Standards.

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 The Leigh Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1359 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Leigh Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: talent@latrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-leigh-academy (opens in new tab)

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