We wish to appoint from January 2026 a well-qualified, enthusiastic and committed Teacher of Business Studies. The post is full-time or part-time and temporary to August 2026. The position would suit an ECT or experienced teacher.  

The Humanities Faculty

The faculty currently consists of 31 teaching staff (full-time and part-time) along with a part-time administration assistant. While teachers focus primarily on their specialist subject there is opportunity, particularly during parts of their Key Stage 3 teaching, for staff to teach in other Humanities-related areas. One of the great strengths of the faculty is the support and detailed programmes of work provided for non-specialists, both in terms of resources and in terms of the close team-room friendship and support provided. 

Key Stage 4

Students in year 10 and 11 can opt to take one or more GCSE courses in Business Studies, Geography, History or full-course Religious Studies. If not taking the full-course Religious Studies, students are automatically entered for the half-course GCSE.   

At KS4 students follow the OCR specification for GCSE Business for two 1 hour lessons a week.

Lessons are written and resourced and assessments planned and centralised.

Key Stage 5

Students in years 12 and 13 can opt to take one or more of the following A level subjects: Business Studies, Economics, Geography, Government and Politics, History, Religious Studies and Sociology. Students can also take the BTEC Level 3 course in Business Studies.  

Students follow the AQA A-level Business specification and the Edexcel BTEC Business Level 3 course.

A-level students have 4 hours a week teaching (usually split between two subject specialists).

BTEC students have 8 hours of teaching a week (Usually split between several subject specialist).

Extra-Curricular Activities

Humanities offers several trips each year to students. This usually includes visits each year to the Black Country Museum, the Imperial War Museum and Berlin, and GCSE and A-level Geography fieldwork trips to city and coast, as well as to local and London Conferences 

The HUM faculty also take part in MUNGA at Oxford University and lead on the newly established Thame Youth council.

Job Description

A full Job Description and Person Specification are attached. 

Application

We hope you are interested and want to follow up with a firm application. Please apply through MyNewTerm. 

In your Supporting Statement, you should:

• State why you are interested in the post
• Identify and explain which aspects of the job description would match your skills and experience.
• You may also choose to include details of your particular interests.

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory medical, reference and DBS clearance and also to The Asylum and Immigration Act ID checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974