Secondary - Business Studies and Economics Teacher

• Salary: MPS/UPS
• Contract: Full-time/Part-time, Permanent
• Start Date: September 2025
• Essential Qualification: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

This role involves implementing and delivering a broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum in Business and Economics for students. The teacher will monitor and support the overall progress and development of students both as a subject teacher and a form tutor, facilitating learning experiences that allow students to achieve their individual potential.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Assist in developing appropriate programmes of study, resources, schemes of assessment, and teaching strategies for Business and Economics.
• Contribute to the curriculum area and department’s development plan and its implementation.
• Plan and prepare lessons tailored to the needs of the students.
• Track student progress and use information to inform teaching and learning.
• Teach students according to their educational needs, including setting and marking work.
• Assess, record, and report on the attendance, progress, development, and attainment of students.
• Provide oral and written assessments, reports, and references relating to individual students and groups.
• Ensure lessons develop broad skills, such as ICT, literacy, and numeracy.
• Prepare and update subject materials and use a variety of delivery methods to stimulate learning.
• Undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies and internal procedures.
• Provide frequent, timely, and personalised feedback to students to ensure outstanding progress.
• Review the impact of teaching and programmes of study and implement changes as required.
• Participate in the review, development, and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation, and pastoral functions.

Personal Development, Behaviour, and Welfare

• Apply behaviour management systems to ensure effective learning and teaching.
• Serve as a Form Tutor to an assigned group of students.
• Liaise with the Year Leader to implement the pastoral system.
• Participate actively in staff development programmes.
• Maintain discipline in accordance with procedures, encouraging good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work, and homework.
• Promote the general well-being of students, alerting appropriate staff to problems and recommending solutions.
• Comply with Health and Safety policies and undertake risk assessments as appropriate.

Outcomes for Students

• Accurately monitor student performance.
• Regularly inform students and parents of progress and next steps.
• Maintain an accurate mark book to track student progress.
• Ensure all aspects of entries and assessments for public examinations are accurate and timely.

Leadership and Management

• Support the Curriculum Leader to ensure the curriculum area provides teaching that leads to outstanding progress for all students.
• Assist in curriculum development to ensure it remains relevant to the needs of students, examining and awarding bodies, and the school’s core values.
• Engage actively in the Performance Management Review process.
• Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the curriculum area/department, seeking and implementing improvements where required.