Teacher of Economics and Business
Sandringham School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NX3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
8 November 2024
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- Business Studies and Economics
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS plus fringe
Teacher of Economics and Business job summary
Full Time or Part Time
MPS/UPS plus fringe
Start date: September 2025
We are looking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and ambitious teacher for our Economics and Business Faculty. Our results at GCSE and A level are consistently exceptional. In Economics, 79% students achieved grade 9-5 at GCSE and 93% achieved A*-B at A level. In Business, 67% achieved grades 9-5 at GCSE and 70% students achieved grade A*-B at A level. We also secure excellent outcomes in the KS5 BTEC Business course. Economics and Business are subjects which attract very large student numbers at Key Stage 4 and 5 and it is one of the most popular subjects for students to pursue at university, with a notable number attaining entry to world class universities each year. The faculty comprises of five teachers, all of whom are subject specialists. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who wants to join a high performing school and gain significant experience to further enhance their career.
If this is something you are looking for in your career, please don't hesitate and we would love to hear from you!
The successful candidate will:
- have a track record of outstanding teaching and learning
- have excellent subject knowledge
- be inspiring, dynamic and passionate
- promote Sandringham’s ethos and values
Sandringham School is part of the Ambition Education Trust (AET), formerly named as the Alban Academies Trust before merging with the ATLAS Multi-Academy Trust. The school leads the Alban Teaching School Hub and is also a designated Computing Hub. In joining Sandringham School, you will also be joining the AET. The Trust is a close community of ten schools within Hertfordshire, five of which are Secondary schools and five are Primary schools. As part of the AET we are able to maximise the opportunities for personal, professional and career development. To learn more about the Trust please visit https://www.ambitioneducationtrust.org/home
Ambition Education Trust (AET) provides an enhanced induction programme for all of their Early Career Teachers (ECTs) during July which attracts an attendance payment in July and August.
Application deadline: 9am on Monday, 25th November 2024
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.
Ambition Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at AET is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.
We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.
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 are not accepted.
About Sandringham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1767 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Sandringham School website (opens in new tab)
Sandringham is a co-educational academy school, based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Sandringham is a non-selective school with over 1600 students, including nearly 450 in the thriving sixth form. Our aim is simple – to be 'World Class' where our students receive the best education possible in a state school.
We believe that every child can succeed in life if challenged and inspired appropriately. A strong academic curriculum supported by outstanding extra-curricular provision helps Sandringham students develop as individuals with the necessary skills to be successful in adult life. Our ethos is summed up by our motto: 'Everybody can be somebody'
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