Teacher of Business and Economics

Teacher of Business and Economics

Start Date: 1st September 2024

Fixed term until 31st December 2024 (Due to Parental Leave)

Rugby High school is a highly achieving girls Grammar school with a co-educational sixth form.  

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and engaging Teacher of Business and Economics. The prospective candidate should seek to embody the values and ethos of the school through the delivery of engaging and challenging lessons across KS4 and 5. Our students are keen and enthusiastic learners, they have enquiring minds and want to excel. We are looking to appoint someone who is passionate about their subject, who has high expectations and who can deliver excellence in the classroom. 

They must be committed to obtaining the best possible outcomes for all students by creating a fully inclusive environment. Candidates will show a willingness and desire to contribute to the extensive co-curricular activities we offer our community and contribute to our whole school ethos of kindness, care and respect. If you feel you have the commitment and, enthusiasm and drive to join our very successful department then this could be the right job for you.

Key attributes include:

• a good degree in Business and Economics

• being passionate about your subject

• being eager to teach in a school in which students have a genuine love of learning

• ensuring the progress of highly motivated high achieving cohorts

• supporting the strategic direction of the department in line with the school’s ethos and values

We can offer:

• a strong and well-established senior leadership team

• a stimulating working environment

• well-motivated staff and high achieving students

• professional development

The appointed candidate will have a varied and busy day, working in a school with a strong tradition of academic success, pastoral care, and extra-curricular enrichment. If you are interested in applying and would like further information on the post and an application pack, please contact Mike Sherwin on the below details:

Closing date: 9am Friday 12th April 2024

Interviews: WC 15th April 2024 (subject to minor change)

T: 07525 889925

E: rugbyhighschool@hays.com 

RUGBY HIGH SCHOOL is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); online checks as part of KCSIE; medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK. Applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. 

All staff have a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which children can learn this includes ensuring that health and safety regulations are followed; activities that are potentially hazardous are risk assessed and contributing to the maintenance of a supportive culture throughout the school community in which students feel cared for, respected and listened to.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.