CURRICULUM LEADER OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

Required for September 2025 Boston Spa Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Curriculum Leader of Economics and Business. This role is of great importance to our work as an academy, with the successful candidate being responsible for teaching and inspiring students to achieve their potential in two of our most exciting and rapidly evolving subjects. The ideal candidate for this role will have experience and expertise in delivering A Level Economics to an excellent standard, and have the propensity to lead and support other colleagues within the department in delivering Business and Economics at both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. The Ideal Applicant Will Have

• Qualified Teacher Status
• A successful teaching record with very good teaching practice demonstrated consistently in A Level Economics
• A passion for education and making a difference.
• The ability to put vision into practice.

What We Offer You As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About Us At Boston Spa Academy, our central focus is to empower our students to develop their character to help them to grow into confident, kind and well-mannered young adults. Our school cultivates an environment that allows our students to explore what excites them and fulfil their ambitions, both inside and outside the classroom. In doing so, it equips students to secure the ‘Gift of Choice’ and impact positively on the wider society. Our community is built on kindness, respect, hard work and aspiration and our enabler to achieving this are the academy core values – Participation, Purpose, Positivity, Professionalism and Principled. Developed in partnership with our students, staff body, parents/carers and governors, we are proud that the core values permeate through our academy, in all aspects of our work and day-to-day life. Through our core values, our vision is that Boston Spa Academy will positively impact the lives of those that attend our academy, now and long after they leave us. Students at Boston Spa Academy achieve exceptionally well at both GCSE and A Level. With a GCSE Progress 8 score which has been ‘Well Above Average’ for the past 3 academic years, students make excellent progress within their academic studies and go on to study at the Post-16 destination of their choice. The majority of our students choose to remain at our own sixth form provision, Elliott Hudson College Boston Spa. We are a popular and growing sixth form with a culture of academic success based on our vision of ‘Character; Ambition; Excellence’. Economics and Business are highly popular subjects for students at Boston Spa Academy and Elliott Hudson College Boston Spa. At Key Stage 5, A Level Economics continues to be one of our most popular subjects, with students showing a desire to study the subject with a view to continuing at university. Business Studies at A Level is equally as popular. At Key Stage 4, there are 4 classes of GCSE Business Studies in both Year 10 and Year 11. Furthermore, we are excited about the introduction of BTEC Enterprise from September 2025, to support even more students to study the subject as part of their Key Stage 4 curriculum. The Economics and Business department at Boston Spa Academy currently consists of 3 teachers. The appointment of a Curriculum Leader of Economics and Business will be vital in providing the department with strategic direction, as well as bringing a wealth of experience to support the delivery of Economics at A Level to an exceptional standard. This is a truly exciting role for an Economics specialist who is passionate about their subject. At Boston Spa Academy, we are proud that, in our recent Ofsted inspection graded “Outstanding”, it was commented that ‘staff feel valued and are proud to be members of the school’. The report also recognises that ‘leaders are highly supportive’ and ‘proactively seek to manage workload and support the well-being of staff’. As well as feeling part of a community with a common purpose, our professional body also benefits from outstanding CPD and support which is personalised to your particular needs and experience. GORSE have established a long-standing culture of excellence where ‘high challenge, high support’ is commonplace. Our trust will be made up of 15 establishments by September 2025. In addition to this, we also operate GORSE SCITT and Leeds Teaching School Hub, important establishments in their own right. Ensuring that each element of the trust, including the central team, performs at its best to ensure all children, especially those whose who are disadvantaged, have the opportunity to secure the Gift of Choice, is the central mission of GORSE If you would like to know more about our academy please visit our website at Boston Spa Academy. How To Apply If you’re as excited about this opportunity as we are, a Job Description, Person Specification and application form are available to download from this page, by email to Susie.Dubber@bostonspa.leeds.sch.uk or by telephone on 01937 846630. Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.