Teacher of Business

We are ambitious, for ourselves and our students, and recruit staff who relish the challenge of being part of a school that goes above and beyond. ​

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large staff body which shares an enthusiasm for teaching and enabling students to achieve academic success.

As a Business specialist, you will deliver engaging and challenging lessons to our students who are passionate about learning, motivated to succeed, and demonstrate exemplary behaviour.

You will be able to teach Business across the KS4-5 range, include exam classes at A Level. You will also have the ability to teach Economics at KS5 too.

We are committed to the ongoing professional development of our excellent staff. In a recent staff survey, 100% of staff stated they were proud to work at Wycombe High School.

We offer a culture which supports and energises people to be the best teachers they can be, where staff nurture one another and share ideas, where work life balance and wellbeing are encouraged and supported. This is matched by an excellent remuneration package and first-class teaching and leadership development.

The Person

We are looking for the right person to fill this vacancy; you are looking for the right school to work in. The characteristics we are looking for include:

• Good honours degree in a relevant subject area
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Very good practitioner, consistently rated as accomplished (or an ECT on the way to this)
• Innovation, identifying alternative ways to resolve issues, improving standards and procedures as part of a team
• Confident user of ICT to enhance teaching and learning
• Ambitious for self, department and students
• Proactive and able to use initiative
• Able to work effectively and calmly under pressure
• A shared approach to problem-solving and achieving goals
• Very good subject knowledge
• Evidence of good relationships with young people and adults
• Ability to analyse data effectively
• Keen to be involved in curriculum development
• Committed to the ethos, vision and values of Wycombe High School.
• The ability to teach Economics is required.

Successfully appointed candidates will automatically be enrolled into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, into which the School pays very generous employer contributions of 28.68%.

We provide an Award-winning Employee Assistant Programme for staff, a completely free service giving staff 24/7 access to counselling, plus legal, medical and financial advice and support. We are proud to have been Mind Wellbeing Index Gold Award Winners for two consecutive years in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. We were also voted The Sunday Times Parent Power ‘Secondary School of the Year 2023.

Teachers’ Workload Initiatives

• Condensed days for parents’ consultations, with a collapsed P5
• Revised Assessment Policy to support with marking
• Weekly ‘Learning & Teaching’ briefings
• Disaggregated Inset Days plus two Academy Days
• Early finish at the end of each term
• Dedicated Subject Leader for PSHEE
• The Virtual Staffroom, a platform for staff to keep connected online
• A Flexible Working Strategy to support work/life balance
• Staff encouraged to put their ‘out of office’ email at the end of the day

Wycombe High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff are required, before taking up post, to undertake a criminal record check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). HR will carry out an online search on shortlisted applicants.

Candidates for teaching and support staff posts will be assessed at interview for their suitability to work with children. Appointment is conditional upon at least two satisfactory references which include specific comments on working with children and young people.

All staff at the school have a responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of students at the school.