Lead Teacher of Business

ARK ST ALBAN'S ACADEMY; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Ark St Alban’s Academy seeks a Lead Teacher of Business to enhance its growing business department. The successful candidate will teach GCSE and BTEC qualifications, contributing to an academically rigorous curriculum. Teachers at Ark are committed to addressing educational disadvantage and fostering student success in prestigious universities.

Benefits

Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale

Generous pension scheme

Access to Ark rewards

Interest-free loans for transport or bicycle purchases

Gym discounts up to 40%

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for teaching and learning business studies.
• Strong understanding of enhancing pupil progress.
• Ability to provide transformational education.

Responsibilities

• Teach GCSE business and BTEC Business Studies.
• Expand the range of qualifications in the business department.
• Contribute to the growth of a popular and successful department.

Skills

Teaching

Business Studies

Curriculum Development

Student Engagement

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Job description

Ark St Alban’s Academy is seeking a Lead Teacher of Business to make an immediate impact in our business department.

About the role:

Ark St Alban’s Academy is seeking a Lead Teacher of Business to join a highly popular and growing department at our school.

At Ark St Alban’s Academy, we teach GCSE business at Key Stage Four and in our Sixth Form, we teach BTEC Business Studies. We are seeking to grow the department further and to expand the range of qualifications offered in the subject.

The successful candidate will have an enthusiasm for the teaching and learning business studies. The successful candidate will also have a strong understanding of how achievement in this subject can enhance pupil progress across the curriculum and prepare them for success at university and beyond.

We believe that success in a university preparatory curriculum is the best way to make sure that all of our pupils can make meaningful choices about their future when they leave us. As such, we teach an academically rigorous curriculum and provide pupils with both the pastoral support and the excellent teaching that they need in order to thrive.

We are seeking an excellent teacher to join our work to provide a transformational education for all of our pupils.

In this role, the successful candidate will also join an academically successful and rapidly improving school.

Benefits

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Arkatarkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/

About Us

We are committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country.

There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.

Visit arkstalbans.org/jobsto learn more about us.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on thislink.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click thislink.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.