Business Studies Teacher

KS3/4 Business Studies teacher

FULL TIME, POTENTIALLY UNTIL APRIL 2026

Prospero Teaching is looking for Business Studies teacher for a Secondary School in the Bolton LA.

This position is to cover the absence of the current post holder. You will be responsible for teaching Business Studies across Years 10 and 11, and some lower school ICT and Computing. All these lower school lessons have high-quality resources and schemes of work already in place. The department is settled and welcoming and produces excellent results year on year.

Our school recently piloted a new curriculum for Business Studies which has been well received by students and staff.

The position is open to NQT’s/ECT’s and more experienced colleagues. You will be paid to scale from day one of this assignment and we are available to discuss this role with teaching professionals as soon as possible.

Our school has a strong reputation across the LA and is consistently oversubscribed.

Along with a full timetable, which contains a generous allocation of PPA time, you will adopt a Year 7 form. This post is to cover the extended absence of the post holder and is expected to run until December 2025, if not until Easter 2026.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

Location Bolton, Lancashire
Position Teacher of Business Studies
Type of work Long term Teacher cover
Start date ASAP 17 March 2025
Duration / Likely Duration July 2025
End date (if applicable) N/A
Contract type – Temporary
Full time/part time Full
Minimum rate of pay
Hours 8:30 am 3.40pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Business Studies or similar Graduate, with a 2:2 or higher
UK Qualified Teacher Status is essential for this role
Previous experience working in a UK school
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.