Salary:
£30,000 to £46,532 (depending on experience) plus TRP £5,138
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
April 2025
Apply by:
7 January 2025
Job overview
Are you a passionate and innovative educator ready to lead a high-achieving Business Studies department? We are looking for an experienced Subject Leader to join our dedicated team. If you’re committed to driving academic excellence and fostering a positive learning environment, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
As Subject Leader for Business Studies, you’ll oversee a curriculum up to KS5, ensuring it remains engaging, relevant, and challenging. Your leadership will inspire students to excel and support colleagues in enhancing their teaching practice. With experience teaching Business Studies up to KS5, you’ll bring a deep understanding of the curriculum and a track record of delivering outstanding results.
We’re seeking someone with a creative approach to leadership, capable of developing innovative strategies that engage both students and staff. This role is an excellent pathway to Senior Leadership Team roles, making it ideal for an experienced educator looking to advance their leadership career.
If you’re ready to make a significant impact and take the next step in your journey, we encourage you to apply. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
How to Apply
Your application should be made after reading the job description and person specification, and you will use the application to tell us how your current skills and experience fit the requirements and why you think you would be suited to this role. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: 7th January 2025
The University of Kent Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
In addition, the Trust will carry out an online search, once, as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
About Brompton Academy
Brompton Academy
Marlborough Road, Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5HT
United Kingdom
+44 1634 852341
Brompton Academy, part of the University of Kent Academies Trust is a successful, innovative forward-thinking and oversubscribed learning community for students aged 11 – 19 years. Learning is dynamic, intensive and motivating and is pioneered by an excellent team of support staff and teachers. We value all our staff and, as such, you can expect to work in a supportive and dynamic environment and enjoy the benefits of ongoing professional development, with opportunities for career progression.
What we offer:
Working at Brompton Academy comes with a wide range of benefits, underpinned by our commitment to professional development and looking after the health and wellbeing of our staff team.
We offer a range of excellent benefits and incentives:
* Excellent cutting edge teaching facilities
* Apple iPad and Mac Book*
* Established professional development programme
* Assistance with accommodation or relocation package available (£500 max)
* Links to the University of Kent to enhance your own career development
* Recruitment incentive payments*
* Exclusive savings, discounts and offers through 'My Work/Life Solutions'
* Subject to terms of employment
Our commitment to keeping our staff well includes benefits such as:
* Free Benenden Health Cover (employee cover only)
* Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme (MBSR)
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* BA Booster Programme – Healthy Minds and Bodies
Where is Brompton Academy?
Set within the Garden of England, Brompton Academy is located adjacent to the Great Lines Heritage Park, which are Medway's most prominent green spaces with over 70 hectares of open space. The location of the Academy provides excellent transport links by rail to London (with the option of a high-speed service) and its main airports and is less than an hour from the main channel ports giving easy access to mainland Europe. Gillingham railway station is just a 10-15 minute walk away. The Academy also has excellent transport links by road from the M2/A2 (and has free car parking!).
Within close proximity of the Academy, there are a wide range of leisure and cultural activities.
For those that might be interested in discovering a bit more about the local area we are very fortunate to have some beautiful landmarks close by and would encourage you to visit the historical town of Rochester, home of Charles Dickens.
The location of the Academy also provides a wide range of housing options, so whether you are an NQT or an experienced teacher, looking for your first property, moving up the property ladder or relocating to the area, there is a varied selection of properties to suit your needs.
With all of this so close to the Academy, there really is a lot on offer for working at Brompton Academy.
See for yourself and come and visit us if you are interested in joining us!
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