Chipping Campden School
Teacher of Economics and Business Studies
Contract: Permanent, Full Time or Part Time (0.5 FTE or higher)
Salary/Grade: MPS/UPS
Start date: September 2025
A fabulous opportunity to join a highly successful Economics, Business and Enterprise department in an outstanding and highly ambitious school
Thank you for your interest in this post. Chipping Campden School is indeed a very special place – unlike any other. What makes our school so special is its culture and ethos; something that has been grown since the school’s formation in c.1440, enabling students to feel empowered in their learning and inspired to excel.
If you decide to apply to support me in leading our school, you will be an exceptional candidate with a thirst for delivering high quality Economics lessons in a thriving department with an excellent reputation for strong examination results. All this is delivered amongst our committed and very supportive staff. There may also be an opportunity to teach Business Studies in a department that values creativity, work ethic, a good work life balance, and a desire to see our students thrive and succeed. Our students are kind, caring, hardworking, and a pleasure to teach. In addition, our staff are exceptionally supportive of each other with a desire to see one another succeed and do well.
The Economics and Business Studies Department consists of 4 teachers who teach all students at KS4 and KS5. Economics continues to thrive at A Level with another strong uptake in numbers this year who are taking this subject. Business Studies is very popular choice at both GCSE and A Level with the number of students choosing it as an option increasing year by year. This is something that the department is very proud of. Students also have the option of choosing the Cambridge Technical Business course at KS5.
The department is also very proud of the results achieved in recent years, as they have been amongst the best in the school. The results for Business at A-Level were ranked on the ALPS system as 3 last year, and on average we have achieved an A*-C rate of 89.6% over the last 3 examined years. Economics was also ranked Alps 3, and on average we have achieved an A*-C rate of 87.9% over the last 3 examined years. Results at GCSE are also very good, and many of our students choose to continue on and study our subjects at A-Level.
Staff benefits
Every school is unique and ours is no exception. One of our unique selling points is the relatively high average length of service of our staff, and relatively low rate of staff turnover. Neither of these are by chance and are the product of staff feeling trusted, empowered and recognised for leading the roles they do. We feel that a mark of the outstanding school we are is symbolised by the number of staff who choose to send their children to be educated with us.
Below is a list of just some of the ‘pull factors’ that contribute to making our school a great place to work:
• An allocation of three, paid staff wellbeing days, where employees are not required to be in school
• An average of 17.4 students per teacher (full-time equivalent)
• Access to a beautiful property at below market rent situated a short distance from our school (subject to availability)
• An iPad to use in school and at home, to enable seamless remote working, using cloud-based technology.
• Commitment to staff wellbeing through a variety of internal practices, designed to recruit and retain the very best staff.
• Complimentary use of the school sports facilities, including gymnasium, swimming pool and fitness equipment.
• Comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Freshly prepared and cooked food available on site
• Generous allocation of directed time - for the 2024/25 year, all teaching staff have at least 14% of the timetabled week allocated as non-contact periods; more for TLR postholders.
• Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (including partners and dependents), confidential counselling services and support from our Staff Wellbeing Group, who meet regularly to ensure that our staff wellbeing is prioritised.
• Outstanding, tailored CPD
• Pension Scheme membership (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pensions Scheme)
• Support in completing relevant external leadership development programmes.
• The school is located within the beautiful Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, with friendly businesses, including a wide range of restaurants and pubs.
For further information regarding pre-application contact and how to apply, please refer to our application pack.