Teacher of Business and/or Economics
Surbiton High School
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive - Based on the Surbiton High School Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2023
Job overview
Job Title: Teacher of Business and/or Economics
Job Purpose: To inspire, encourage, and empower our students to achieve their very best in the subjects of Business & Economics
Reporting Line: Head of Business and Economics
Start Date: 1 September 2023
Tenure: Permanent, Full or Part-time
Salary: Competitive – based on the Surbiton High School Pay Scale
Application Deadline: 8:00am, Monday 24 April 2023
Interviews to be held week commencing: 1 May 2023
Key Responsibilities:
Teaching and Learning
- To plan and deliver inspiring lessons in both Business and/or Economics.
- To possess and maintain a deep and secure knowledge of Business and/or Economics and the best practice pedagogy associated with their delivery.
- To create a challenging and stimulating classroom climate that will motivate pupils to learn, think independently, take risks, empathise with others, and reach their academic potential.
- To support every pupil in their learning, making them feel included, secure and valued.
- To be consistent, fair and create an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
- To be aware of the learning needs of the individual pupils you teach and ensure that each pupil is given every opportunity to fulfil their potential.
- To monitor progress against prior attainment and employ effective intervention strategies when required.
- To follow the guidance and schemes of work provided by the Head of Department.
- To undertake high quality preparation, marking and report writing, in line with School policy, so that pupils achieve the highest possible standards.
Pastoral
- To always conduct yourself in an appropriate professional manner, supporting and fostering the aims and safeguarding policies of the School.
- To be prepared to take on the role of Form Tutor, which will encompass academic, pastoral, and administrative responsibilities. Tutors have oversight of their tutees’ general well-being and academic progress, and they are the first point of contact for parents.
General
- To contribute to the organisation and running of co-curricular and enrichment activities.
- To uphold the School’s code of conduct and the values of Surbiton High School.
- To maintain good order and discipline amongst pupils and be active in implementing the School’s policies for rewards and sanctions.
- To attend formal parents’ evenings and maintain effective communication with parents, as appropriate.
- To attend staff and departmental meetings, as required.
- To undertake supervisory duties, as required.
- To mark entrance papers and occasional vacancy entrance exams, as required.
- To carry out any such duties as may be reasonably requested.
Professional Development
- To contribute, as appropriate, to departmental policies, schemes of work, digital learning resources as well as development planning.
- To be an active participant in CPD training opportunities, sharing best practice with colleagues, as requested.
- To participate in the annual performance review, appraisal, and development programme.
Subject Specific
- To engage in the co-curricular offering of the Department focussing on current affairs, investment competitions, extended reading, and essay competitions for Business and Economics.
- To help pupils with their applications to Business and Economics related courses
Please see the attached document for the full Job Description and Person Specification
To Apply:
Please apply online by clicking on the following:
https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3025242?cid=1567
Surbiton High School is culturally diverse and are fully committed to celebrating, respecting and learning about inclusion and diversity throughout the community.
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, Disclosure and Barring Service and Online/Social media Searches
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email
Attached documents
About Surbiton High School
- Surbiton High School
- 13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2JT
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Acting Principal
Hannah Horwood
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