Subject Leader for Economics
Chesham Grammar School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- London Fringe Allowance + TLR2b
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required September 2020
- Apply by:
- 5 April 2020
Job overview
Chesham Grammar School is a successful and popular co-educational grammar school with 1,240 students on roll (380 in the Sixth Form) and is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and well qualified teacher to lead and drive forward a committed team. Economics is a popular subject at GCSE and A-level, with many students going on to study the subject at top universities.
We are looking for:
- an excellent teacher
- experience of raising attainment through motivating and inspiring students
- the ability to inspire colleagues and students
- excellent leadership and management skills
We offer:
- Highly motivated students, who work with their teachers to achieve their goals
- Commitment to high standards of staff wellbeing, with additional PPA time for all teaching staff
- A SMART marking policy, to maximise impact whist maintaining a manageable workload for staff
- A broad and varied professional development programme for all staff, including excellent Subject Leader programmes of support and development, including the opportunity to study for the NPQML
- Superb teaching and staff facilities
- Great support and team work
- Priority admission for qualified children of staff
- Heavily subsidised membership of the onsite leisure centre which includes a swimming pool and well-equipped gym
- On-site accommodation
- An opportunity to work in an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 minutes from London
Good Schools Guide: ‘Here you will find an overwhelmingly kind, nurturing school, coupled with a clear focus on excellence and getting pupils to achieve their very best.’
For an application pack, please see linked documents. Completed applications should be emailed to: hr@redkiteschoolstrust.org
Closing date for applications: 10am, Monday 6 April 2020
Interviews will be held over Skype.
Red Kite Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Attached documents
About Chesham Grammar School
Chesham Grammar School is a successful and highly sought after co-educational grammar school with 1,272 students on roll (396 in the Sixth Form).
The School covers a site of about 20 acres, encompassing Chesham Leisure Centre, and is classed as ‘within an area of outstanding natural beauty’. Chesham is in the Metropolitan Line and from there, or nearby Amersham, Central London is around 35 minutes away. It has an attractive High Street with a range of retail outlets.
Chesham Grammar School’s reputation is based on the highest academic standards. Pupils thrive in the balanced co-educational atmosphere and are encouraged to accept responsibility as individuals. Our rich cultural life allows pupils to express and develop the flair that will distinguish them as adults. We were awarded Humanities College status in 2007.
We have a highly developed pastoral system that actively offers support from Year 7 all the way through to University entrance. On top of the school’s academic focus, there is an awareness of the world outside. The pupils undertake many activities in the community and there are many opportunities for international involvement.
Ours is a school built upon friendship, mutual support and respect, with dedicated teachers who have a deep concern for the growth of each individual.
The school brochure will give you a more detailed view of life at Chesham Grammar School.
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