Teacher of Business

Teacher of Business

Final date to receive applications: 30 June 2026

Department: Business, English, Law & Criminology

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Itchen Sixth Form College

Reporting To: Holly Saunders

Compensation: £33,465 - £55,175 per year

We are looking to recruit a talented and enthusiastic person to join our highly successful and inclusive Sixth Form College. The successful candidate will be a committed, inspirational and dynamic individual with a passion for teaching.

Business is part of our Faculty for Business, English and Law. It offers a wide range of courses in this area, including CTEC Business at Level 2 and Level 3 and A levels in Business and Accounting. The faculty has dedicated teaching and specialist spaces and supports a range of extra‑curricular activity to enrich the taught curriculum.

Contract: 0.8 FTE Fixed term until 31 January 2027

Salary: Sixth Form Teacher Pay Scale 1-9 (Currently £33,465-£51,714)

Closing Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026

Interview Date: Monday 6 July 2026

Start Date: Thursday 20 August 2026

Itchen College is a thriving Sixth Form College with a broad curriculum offer to meet the needs of the local community. The college is situated in pleasant surroundings east of Southampton with excellent local transport links. Ofsted inspected the college in September 2024, grading overall provision as Outstanding with Outstanding Quality of Education, Outstanding Behaviour and Attitudes, Outstanding Leadership and Management, Outstanding Education Programmes for Young People and Outstanding Provision for Learners with High Needs.

The college is committed to supporting staff wellbeing and professional development. The college has an excellent in‑house CPD programme for all teaching and support staff including a dedicated programme for Early Career Teachers. The college also has close links with the Southampton Education Forum, the Wessex Group and the SFCA, including subject groups and CPD opportunities at all levels. The college offers a wide range of benefits for staff, including free parking, an onsite nursery, occupational pension schemes, an Employee Assistance Programme and free use of the college gym.

• Deliver high quality courses and successful learning outcomes for students.
• Teaching groups at all levels and across the range of courses offered within the curriculum area, including the preparation and marking involved in each course and the provision of tutorial support.
• Motivating students of all abilities to achieve their potential.
• Preparing detailed schemes of work and course materials to support student learning.
• Undertaking the internal assessment of coursework of those students entered for examination courses, as required by the examination boards involved.
• Encouraging independent learning through the setting of appropriate homework tasks.
• Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults you come into contact with.
• Ensuring all students are treated fairly, without discrimination and promoting diversity.
• Providing regular, frequent and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
• Maintaining records of student progress.
• Promoting the maintenance of acceptable standards of conduct of students.
• Undertaking the completion of class registers and other administrative tasks, ensuring absences and lateness are accounted for and taking appropriate action where they are not, in accordance with the procedures in the staff handbook.
• Undertaking the compilation of records of achievement and references on pupils, as required.
• Following the College quality procedures and producing the course SAR where there is no team leader.
• Contributing as required to the Enrichment Programme including Careers and Recreational Activities offered by the College.
• Contributing to course/curriculum/learning area teams in curriculum development and liaison activities.
• Participating, as required, in meetings with colleagues and parents in respect of the duties of the post.
• Undertaking appropriate professional development activities and maintaining/working towards PSP standards.
• Any other duties/responsibilities which are reasonably…