Overview
Job title: Lead Teacher of Business and Second in Enterprise
Location: Stockport, SK8 4QX
Pay: Competitive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Disability Confident: No
Closing Date: 06/03/2026
About this job
Kingsway School Hawthorn Road Gatley Stockport SK8 4NB
Job Title: Lead Teacher of Business and Second in Enterprise. Contract type: Permanent. Hours: Full Time. Required from: Easter 2026 (or September 2026 for the right candidate). Salary: MPS/UPS TLR 2a. Closing date: 20th February 2026. Interview date: w.c 23rd February 2026.
Details of the Role: Thank you for taking an interest in a lead teacher position at The Kingsway School. Our school is one with an exciting future ahead of it and we are looking for committed and inspirational individuals to join us as we embark on a renewed journey of success. The leadership team are committed to building a place that our staff and students are proud of and a special place where we each feel we are a valued member of a community. We are proud of our enterprise department and Business Studies is a popular option in our school with over 120 students choosing it each year. As one of our most popular Key Stage 4 option subjects, the department plays a vital role in the success of our school.
The prime responsibility of this post is to design an inspiring curriculum in line with our school and trust curriculum vision. The role will be to support the enterprise department in providing high quality teaching and learning in order to ensure every student’s potential is maximised. Innovation and vision are required to strengthen and enhance the school’s curriculum implementation via the lens of a subject discipline, which in turn will create ambitious academic outcomes for our comprehensive student body. Our best subject leaders are passionate about their curriculum, informed by the latest curriculum research, committed, self-reflective, kind, community spirited and undertake their duties with attention to detail and consistently high standards.
Please read our comprehensive recruitment pack to discover more about our school and about our Enterprise. Our pack includes details about: Our curriculum vision; Our unique middle school and upper school model; Our staff wellbeing charter; Our bespoke ECT training program; Our enhanced professional development opportunities; Testimonials from current staff. Please return applications to: recruitmentkingsway.stockport.sch.uk
If you would value an informal discussion about the post, please contact: d.mistry@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk (Head of Enterprise) or j.sadler@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk (Deputy Headteacher and SLT link).
About ELT Education Learning Trust
ELT Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities. As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, with exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities, school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry opportunities for professional development and leadership. We celebrate diversity and value learning partnerships, both locally and nationally. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding and equality
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief. The successful candidate should have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for customer-facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English. CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). Please visit the school website for the full information pack. Please return applications to: recruitmentkingsway.stockport.sch.uk. This is a private organisation and the appointed candidate will be employed by Education Learning Trust directly.
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