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Teacher of Business Studies

Teacher of Business Studies

Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School

Coventry

Salary:
Teachers’ Pay-Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2018
Apply by:
17 May 2018

Job overview

On behalf of the Academy Committee, we are seeking an inspirational Teacher of Business Studies to join our school and Humanities Faculty at Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School within The Romero Catholic Academy. This is an exciting time to be part of a growing team as we strive for academic excellence for all students in our care.

This post is suitable for both experienced and newly qualified staff. For NQTs there may be the opportunity to start earlier. The successful applicant would teach BTEC, GCSE and A-Level Business Studies. The Business Studies Department is a busy and cohesive department who work together to achieve the best for students and we are looking for a member of staff to play an active role in raising the profile of Business Studies. This supportive environment is reflected across the school.

Cardinal Wiseman is an 11-19 comprehensive school serving the Roman Catholic community in the North East of Coventry.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be a strong supporter of the school’s ethos.
  • Possess sound subject knowledge.
  • Have excellent teaching skills and good classroom management. We would welcome applications from well qualified NQTs.
  • Have excellent ICT skills and the ability to integrate ICT into their teaching.
  • The department offers a range of courses and therefore the ability to teach Economics or Law is an advantage but not essential.

We will offer:

  • A friendly and supportive team in a successful department.
  • Teaching a range of GCSE, AS and A2 academic and vocational courses.
  • A well-structured induction programme for all new staff.
  • A supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community
  • Quality training to those new to the career from our team of dedicated mentors
  • A commitment to contuining professional development
  • A positive school culture which believes in distributed and collaborative leadership
  • Energetic and enthusiastic students
  • A supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities.


We would be delighted to show you around our school, to arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Renata Robins on 02476 617 231 or email admin@cardinalwiseman.coventry.sch.uk

Completed applications should be sent to Nikki Stoves, HR Officer nstoves@cardinalwiseman.coventry.sch.uk, by 18 May 2018

Interviews will take place Monday 21 May 2018

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students. All offers of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS checks.

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Cardinal Wiseman – Why choose us? 

We are a learning community that is committed to achieving the very best for all our pupils, regardless of their background. If you choose to further your career with us, you will join us at an exciting time of growth and development as we continue on our journey to becoming an Outstanding school. We provide a very supportive environment in which all staff work collaboratively to achieve the best outcomes for our students. We have excellent partnership links across the 200+ schools within the Archdiocese and regularly achieve some of the best A level results in Coventry.

Through our Trust ‘Blue Sky’ Teaching School we are able to offer each member of staff bespoke CPD packages to ensure all staff are supported from NQTs to those aspiring to leadership.  Teacher training and development draws from effective practice with links Nationwide with our Multi Academy chains and aims to develop teaching and learning practice that is at the forefront of current educational practice. Most recently staff have developed their research ideas with both Newman University and St Mary’s Twickenham. Subject specialists have also strong links with St Augustine’s School as an outstanding Teaching School place within the top 30 in the Country for Progress 8.

We also recruit staff through Teach First and School Direct as a member of the Castle Phoenix Alliance and Blue Sky Alliance. PGCE students are placed in school from Warwick University and Newman University amongst other providers. At all levels there are opportunities to mentor trainees and to support new staff as NQT’s or as new in post. We have development opportunities for leadership through work with ex HMI and trained Ofsted inspectors to improve the quality of our own evaluation. Importantly we have moved to become a member of a multi academy company (Romero Academy) with our feeder schools and there are very good examples already of joint work on Key Stage 2 to 3 transition. 

If you are interested in any of the posts we currently have advertised we would very much welcome you to visit the school or to meet with members of the leadership team to discuss your ambition and career potential.

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