Teacher of Business Studies in Burnham-on-Sea

Responsibilities:

• Create clear learning objectives and lesson structures that maintain a high pace, motivation, and challenge for all students.
• Establish a safe, purposeful, and welcoming environment where students feel secure and confident.
• Maintain high standards of student behaviour and discipline through positive relationships and well-focused teaching.
• Mark and monitor students' work and set targets for progress in line with the learning and teaching and assessment policies.
• Act as the primary point of contact for a tutor group, providing academic monitoring, guidance, and pastoral welfare while liaising with parents and external agencies.

Qualifications:

• A demonstrable passion for your subject and the ability to teach across various ages and abilities (Key Stage 3 and 4).
• Capability of deploying a range of teaching styles and maintaining a purposeful classroom atmosphere.
• The ability to be organised and efficient, particularly in regards to lesson preparation, students assessment and record keeping.
• A thorough understanding of and commitment to safeguarding procedures.

About the School:

The King Alfred School is currently part of The Priory Learning Trust, a group of like-minded schools whose shared ambition is to provide a great education for every child. From September, we will be part of the newly formed Pathway Trust, which will comprise seven secondary and thirteen primary schools across Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. We educate children from 2‑18 years old and have a strong track record of improvement. Our ambition is to enable every child to experience a great education.

Benefits:

• Teachers Pension Scheme: Secure your future with the Teachers' Pension Scheme, one of the most generous and reliable public sector schemes in the UK with built-in peace of mind, including a tax‑free Death in Service lump sum, it ensures that your long‑term financial well‑being is as robust as your professional legacy.
• Enhanced Sick Pay: Enhanced sick pay scheme during illness or unexpected sickness‑related emergencies, so you can focus on what matters most – your recovery.
• Family Friendly: Enhanced leave packages to support your work‑life balance.
• Great team dynamics: Become part of a highly collaborative professional community, working with inspiring senior leaders and colleagues and sharing ideas, resources, and best practice across our family of schools.
• Central partnership support: You will benefit from access to high‑quality central services and specialist expertise, providing strategic support to enable you to focus on leading teaching, learning, and school improvement.
• Continuous Service: Full recognition of prior service for benefits which protects and enhances employment entitlements, including sick pay entitlement, job security and protection of employment rights and access to family‑friendly leave.
• Exceptional CPD: Dedicated budget and time for your professional development.
• Diversity & Inclusion: A proactive commitment to creating a workspace where diversity is celebrated.