Role : Business Studies Teacher
Academy : Outwood Academy Hemsworth
Start Date: 01-09-2025
Salary: M1 - U3, £31,650 - £49,084
This appointment will be temporary until 31.08.2026 in the first instance, subject to curriculum demand.
We are an 11-18 academy, based in the Historic Market Town of Hemsworth near the Cathedral City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, with a curriculum designed to stretch and enrich our students’ experience. Our relentless focus on learning ensures everyone has the right to learn.
Part of the Outwood Family since 2018, we are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. With a holistic view of education, we aim to create a safe and secure learning community that encourages healthy and sustainable lifestyles and empowers students to pursue career pathways they will find stimulating and deeply rewarding.
In 2021 we completed a new multi-million pound development, the highlight of which was a new 17 classroom teaching block which is home to music and drama rooms, art rooms, a main hall and a dining room. We are proud to have been awarded Gold Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
As we continue to improve and progress, help to take us to the next level.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
The Business & IT department at Outwood Academy Hemsworth is a small but long established and very successful department. Results are strong year on year and recruitment at both Key Stage 4 and Post 16 is healthy.
Business is taught at Key Stage 4 following the Pearson BTEC Tech Award Enterprise programme. There are two cohorts of Enterprises students in Year 10 and two cohorts of Enterprise students in Year 11.
In September 2025 we will introduce the T-level in Management and Administration programme with one cohort of students in Year 12. In addition, there will be a legacy cohort in Year 13 following a BTEC National Business Extended Certificate programme and another cohort following the BTEC National Business Diploma programme.
Computer Science is taught within the department at Key Stage 3 and at Key Stage 4 following the OCR GCSE Computer Science (9-1) programme.
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