Trainee Teacher of Business Studies & Economics

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  27 March 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Key stage: Key stage 5
• Subjects: Business studies, Economics
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - Trainee Teacher September 2023-July 2024
• Pay scale: Unqualified Teachers Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

Train as a Business Studies & Economics Teacher?

Do you have a degree in Business Studies or a related degree?

Unqualified Teacher Pay Scale: £19,340 - £30,172 per annum

Are you an Economics/Business graduate, keen to utilise your subject knowledge and inspire the next generation?

We are looking for an applicant with a relevant degree who is committed to starting a career in teaching. You must be enthusiastic and passionate about your subject as well as working with young people.

We offer a welcoming and supportive environment in which to complete your teacher training in a salaried position of a teacher of Business Studies. MGGS is an Outstanding school known for our community spirit, our commitment to staff development and our tradition of excellence that underpins all that we do. Our most recent Ofsted inspection noted: “Staff morale is high and teamwork is strong, students are highly motivated, want to do well, and appreciate that their teachers plan interesting and engaging lessons”.

What the school offers its staff

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1240 students with a mixed Sixth Form of approximately 320. Since July 2019 we have been appointed by the Department for Education as a Computing Hub in recognition of the expertise the school has evidenced in Computing Education, and will take a lead in training teachers across the south east in the delivery of Computing. This post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted)

Commitment to safeguarding

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Trainee Teacher of Business Studies & Economics Application Pack March 2023.pdf - 2.79 MB (opens in new tab)

Business Studies & Economics Trainee Teacher Advert March 2023 (1).pdf - 165 KB (opens in new tab)

About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Maidstone Grammar School for Girls website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: mstarns@mggs.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maidstone-grammar-school-for-girls (opens in new tab)

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school with a mixed sixth form. Ofsted judge us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015 and since September 2019 we have been designated a Computing Hub by DfE. This is an exciting opportunity to work with our outstanding team in an excellent school. If you wish to find out more about MGGS please visit our website at https://www.mggs.org/ and to take a virtual tour please visit https://youtu.be/kuqmn-D4AJY

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