BTEC Business and Entrepreneurship Teacher

ACS International Schools; Egham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

ACS International Schools is seeking a BTEC Business and Entrepreneurship Teacher for their Egham campus starting August 2025. This role involves guiding students through the IB Career Related Programme, enhancing their entrepreneurial skills through practical experiences, all while fostering a supportive and innovative learning environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Relocation allowance

Visa sponsorship

Professional development opportunities

Subsidised meals

Pension scheme

Income protection

Annual personal days

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ post-qualifying teaching experience.
• Experience teaching BTEC Business Studies preferred.
• Fluency in verbal and written English required.

Responsibilities

• Involved in Business at School programme for entrepreneur development.
• Teach and support students completing BTEC Level 3 National Diploma.
• Work closely with global businesses for internships and mentoring.

Skills

Teaching

Integration of technology

Positive and tolerant outlook

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE/PGDE/QTS)

Job description

ACS International Schools are recruiting a BTEC Business and Entrepreneurship Teacher to join our Egham campus from August 2025.

Job Purpose:

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of young people and help open doors to the world of global business?

ACS International School Egham are looking to recruit a passionate, innovate and experienced teacher to join one of the most exciting High School programmes in the UK. ACS Egham are one of only two UK schools to offer all four IB programmes. This role would join an experienced team to work on our IB Career Related Programme (IBCP) which has a focus on Business and Entrepreneurship.

Applicants will be actively involved in our Business at School Programme or developing our entrepreneur in residence programme, which supports students to start their own businesses.

Students complete a BTEC Level 3 National Diploma alongside some IB Diploma Courses. The IBCP is an exciting course that provides students with an opportunity to balance academic study with authentic business experience. We work with global and local businesses to provide internships and mentoring; as well as inspirational business leaders who help guide our students on their journey toward Higher Education or starting their own careers.

Come and be a part of the Number 1 International Schools group in the UK. Join an energetic and innovative programme that provides exciting opportunities to young people and prepares them to be the next global thinkers and doers.

We’ve been teaching the IB at ACS for over fifty years, and our experience means we know how best to teach it. We know it gets results – and that’s why we offer the IB as our sole offering, orienting the entire school around its optimal delivery. Many of our teachers are IB examiners, meaning they know exactly how to help children to excel.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Educated to Bachelors degree or international equivalent as a minimum in the relevant subject or a Bachelor of Education
• A teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE/PGDE/QTS/valid Teaching Licence)
• A minimum of two years’ post qualifying teaching experience
• Experience teaching BTEC Business Studies
• Experience of/willingness to integrate technology to improve teaching and learning
• Demonstrable positive and tolerant outlook, enthusiasm for teaching and
  good understanding of behaviours of the relevant age group
• Fluent in both verbal and written English
• Experience of teaching in an international school is desirable
• Commitment to excellence in education
• Understanding of and commitment to the Mission, Aims and Values of ACS International Schools
• A collaborative approach to team working
• Positive personality, with the ability to judge the appropriate balance of support and challenge that individual young people need in order to thrive.

Benefits of Teaching at ACS:

• Recognising that time is needed to plan, collaborate and provide meaningful feedback to students, teachers at ACS international Schools teach a maximum of 21 hours per week
• Our maximum class size is a manageable maximum of 22 with most classes being smaller than that.
• We are a well-resourced school, enabling us to provide our students and teachers with the resources they need to learn and achieve.
• We take the professional development of our staff seriously and provide ample opportunities and high quality resourcing to support this.
• Working at ACS Egham provides an excellent route into teaching the internationally-recognised, International Baccalaureate programme.
• Employment benefits include: 3 annual personal days, competitive salary, relocation allowance and visa sponsorship*, PMI + Medicash, pension scheme, income protection, life assurance, employee assistance programme, subsidised meals in the canteen and home leave allowance*

Start date: August 2025

Safeguarding

ACS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and as an employee of ACS you are expected to share this commitment. The protection of our students’ welfare is the responsibility of all staff within ACS International Schools and individuals are expected to conduct themselves in a way that reflects the principles of our organisation