Business & enterprise, careers education and vocational coordinator

Occupational group (do not select a group to see all vacancies)

Teaching secondary

Salary range

25,001 to: 35,000

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Salary

TLR 2

Hours

Full Time

Location

Waingels College, Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 4RF

Closing date for application

30/11/2023

Vacancy start date

01/01/2024

Job summary

We are looking to appoint an ambitious, able and enthusiastic teacher to co-ordinate our Business & Enterprise, Careers Education and Vocational Studies programme.Required for September 2023, January 2024 or April 2024

Job advert

We are looking to appoint an ambitious, able and enthusiastic teacher to co-ordinate our Business & Enterprise, Careers Education and Vocational Studies programme. This is an exciting time for Waingels as we are growing our vocational offer and careers programme. Waingels is a very successful 11 to 18 Comprehensive school serving its local community. Our successes and achievements can be attributed to our commitment to establish and grow a Better Never Stops culture, providing a safe, inclusive and rich learning environment where students feel safe and valued, founded on respectful relationships for all. Our ethos and culture are values based. We set high standards and expect all our students and staff to be respectful, kind, resilient and proud of our school, our achievements and our community.Our values underpin our Waingels Ready expectations that we have for everyone within the Waingels community. These expectations form the basis of everything we do, and everything we believe in as a school and as a community.We are very pleased with our recent Ofsted feedback (February 2018) and how it has endorsed the achievements, improvements and direction that we are travelling in. Ofsted noted that:- Waingels continues to be a good schoolwhere standards are rising rapidly- Staff feel that they are valued as their opinions are considered when reshaping practices and that people have the courage to try new things and we share success- Pupils behave well in lessons and have a good attitude towards learning- As a result of improvements that leaders have implemented, standards are rising rapidlyWe are also very proud of the achievements of our students. Under the new measures our students at Key Stage 4 made very good progress. Their Progress 8 score of +0.20 places us significantly above average of schools nationally, and we achieve 76% 9 to 4 in English and Maths. We are delighted that the vast majority of our students stay on to our Sixth Form and that 97% of our leavers gain a place at University or choose to enter apprenticeships and employment.Our students follow an academic core curriculum throughout Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. This includes the study of History, Geography and a Language as well as English, Maths and Science. But our students also have the opportunity to do a range of practical and vocational subjects including a wide range of creative and performing arts, physical education and other humanities like Business studies, Psychology and Economics.If you feel your values and ethos align with ours, this is an exciting opportunity for you! We are looking for someone with energy and vision that is ambitious for themselves and the young people of the school. You will have a growth mindset and believe in offering dynamic physical education learning across Key Stages.

Contact

Jane Jennings

Job description

Teacher for Business & Careers & Enterprise.pdf

Link to online application form Text

https://www.waingels.wokingham.sch.uk/6306/business-enterprise-careers-education-and-vocational-coordinator