Start date: 1 September 2025 Hours per week: 26.00 Hodge Hill Girls School Bromford Road Birmingham B36 8EY Telephone number: 0121 464 3094 Contact email: HRhodgehgs.bham.sch.uk Contract type: Permanent We are looking for a dynamic and committed Subject Leader of Business Studies to join our well-established department, to deliver outstanding teaching and learning. The successful candidate must be able to teach with confidence and to inspire, challenge and support our pupils. The candidate will also be responsible for the quality assurance nominee and for ensuring effective management of BTEC programmes and actively promoting good practice within our school. Applications from experienced teachers preferably with management experience, eager to take the next step in their career and who have a passion for teaching and learning. The ability to teach a secondary subject preferably Computer Science would be an advantage. This vacancy offers an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, supportive, forward-thinking school with a reputation for excellent practice and good examination results. In return, we can offer you: a caring and happy community that always puts our young people first a supportive environment that takes an active interest in your professional development and personal wellbeing a highly supportive Senior Leadership Team access to a wide range of CPD courses including opportunities for Masters - level courses use of a school laptop access to the local government pension scheme 24 hours access to the Employee Assistance Programme a strong and supportive Governing Body classrooms equipped with projection and interactive capabilities a well-equipped staffroom free on-site car parking cycle to work scheme Birmingham City Council reward scheme Download Application Pack and Apply Online. Please note that we do not accept CVs; and offline application forms will not be considered. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and experience our school at first hand. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact Mrs N. Panton via email: HRhodgehgs.bham.sch.uk. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Rehabilitation of offenders: 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. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.