Teacher of Business

St Edmunds College offers modern facilities in a magnificent country setting in rural Hertfordshire, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. The College offers the following benefits:

• Excellent catering facilities including school lunches, cakes, biscuits and hot drinks machines.
• Use of the College sports facilities when not in use by students, including the gym.
• For children of staff: Discretionary discount on College Fees, subject to completion of the admissions process.
• After school club and breakfast club charged at cost.
• Parties for children of staff including at Easter and Christmas.
• Free parking.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Access to free counselling and health advice helplines.
• The College pay scale, above national averages.

We require a Teacher of Business who is an experienced well-qualified teacher or someone who is new to the profession with the skills and imagination required to undertake this important teaching role in our high-achieving school. We would welcome applications from graduates who would be interested in the longer term to complete a PGCE with us. The ability to teach Economics may be an advantage.

St Edmunds is England's oldest Catholic school offering an all-round co-education for students from 3 to 18 and welcomes pupils and families from all faiths. The successful candidate will welcome the many opportunities to contribute to the lively co-curricular life of the College. You will be working on a regular basis in a school in a role which gives opportunity for contact with children. As such, you will be in regulated activity and an enhanced DBS check (which includes children's barred list information) will be required in advance of appointment. As with all staff, you will be responsible for providing a safe environment in which children can learn. The post will involve close contact with, and a high degree of responsibility for, children and young adults. The majority of this will be regulated activity.

If you would like to apply please complete an application by the closing date. Closing date for applications when all forms must be received by HR is: Midday, Monday 12th May 2025. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date, and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates will be required to undergo relevant Safeguarding Checks. We will seek references on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before interview. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.