Teacher of Economics
Magdalen College School
Oxford
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary, TPS, Health Insurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Fee remission, gym and swimming pool facilities (please check MCS website for more)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January or April 2023
- Apply by:
- 12 August 2022
Job overview
The School
Magdalen College School, founded in 1480 by William of Waynflete, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools. It is situated in an enviable location at the heart of Oxford beside the River Cherwell. It educates boys from 7 – 18, and girls in the Sixth Form.
The Role
The school is seeking to appoint a full-time Teacher of Economics from 1st January 2023 or 17th April 2023 to teach bright and enthusiastic pupils Economics at A Level. The role would also include helping pupils to prepare for university applications in Economics and related subjects and involvement in the financial and enterprise strands of Lilium (PSHCE) for pupils in Years 7 to 11. The role would be suitable for an experienced teacher, an Early Career Teacher (ECT), or someone without a teaching qualification, who might be interested in pursuing the School’s Waynflete Teaching Certificate, which can lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
The Candidate
The successful candidate will be a well-qualified graduate who is looking to teach in a highly successful Economics department. They will be prepared to have majority Sixth Form timetable, but also be enthusiastic about the subject as a whole, keen to inspire and engage with younger pupils and excited by the academic stretch and challenge on offer at MCS. The Teacher of Economics will report to the Head of Economics, and ultimately to the Master for the proper discharge of their duties. In a lively day school, a willingness to contribute to other areas of school life, whether in the pastoral system, in games, music, drama, CCF or other activities, is always advantageous.
Further details of the Department, benefits and Professional Development are available in the attached "Information Pack - Teacher of Economics" as well as on the MCS website under Vacancies. The MCS Teaching Staff application form is also attached for your convenience.
Application Process
Candidates should submit the Application Form for Teaching Staff which can be found on the Job Vacancy link of the website (www.mcsoxford.org). To access click here. The MCS Teaching Staff Application Form should be emailed with a Covering Letter addressed to the Master, Helen Pike, and a CV to Gail Workman, HR Officer, (recruitment@mcsoxford.org). All documentation should be sent no later than Friday, 12th August 2022 at noon. Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to interview before the date below. The school's preferred method of communication is by email and it will not be necessary to send a hard copy of the documents by post.
References are likely to be taken up in advance. If you do not wish references to be called for at this stage, please make that clear on the reference section of the application form.
We anticipate holding interviews on Thursday 18th August or Friday 19th August 2022, or sooner. We will be in contact with shortlisted candidates by telephone and email.
Safeguarding Policy
Magdalen College School is committed to the safeguarding of pupils, and any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the school’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, plus sight of relevant original ID documentation and degree certificate(s).
Attached documents
About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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