Head of Economics and Business
Forest School
Waltham Forest
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 20 February 2023
Job overview
Forest School is seeking to appoint an outstanding and inspirational Head of Economics and Business to join a thriving department. The successful candidate will lead a team of two other experienced colleagues and will be expected to teach Economics to highly able and motivated Year 12 and 13 A level students. They will promote the best possible pedagogy in the classroom to maximise student attainment and engage fully in wider Forest School life.
Forest follows the Edexcel specification for both Economics and Business. Results in recent years have been exceptional with 93% of students achieving A*-B in Economics and 100% in Business in the most recent set of (post-pandemic) examinations.
The department's subjects are highly popular with Sixth Form students at Forest: this year, across Year 12 and 13, there are 78 pupils studying Economics and 15 studying Business. Both Economics and Business remain the most popular undergraduate degree courses of Forest School leavers with Old Foresters reading for degrees at UCL, Warwick, Bristol, Nottingham, and Exeter.
Super-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities abound, the department supports a thriving Economic Society and enters a team into the Business Enterprise competition. All Economists are issued with a copy of The Economist and the department promotes discussion of articles, exploration of interpretations and has previously invited external speakers from the academic and business world to present to our students.
This leadership position involves the development of curriculum and course materials and the management of research, advocacy, and project activities. The Head of Economics and Business will be vital in ensuring that all existing/planned activities are in line with the wider strategic objectives of the school and in developing the profile of the department across the school.
The ability to teach Business would also be desirable but a lack of experience in this area would not preclude an otherwise strong candidate from applying.
About Forest
Forest is a large, vibrant school, with approximately 1500 pupils from 4 to 18. Our traditional House structure means that each pupil is treated as an individual, of whom we have the highest expectations, while our size enables us to offer breadth and depth of opportunity.
Location
Forest is a city school surrounded by Epping Forest, within easy walking distance of Snaresbrook Central line tube station and Wood Street Overground station.
Why work at Forest?
There are many benefits of working at Forest school as staff are our single most important asset. Key benefits include:
- Generous CPD budget
- Comprehensive Professional Development Review system
- Opportunities to contribute to the wider community via our extensive Outreach Programme
- Free hot lunch (takeaway sandwich lunch also available) and refreshments throughout the day
- 20% fee remission (pro-rata for part time staff) for children attending Forest which is applicable Y3-Y13
- Subsidised membership to the Sylvestrian Leisure Centre
- Membership of the School's Group Life Assurance scheme and Personal Accident Scheme
- Contribution towards private medical insurance fees
- Membership of a pension scheme
Closing Date: Monday, 20 February 2023, 08:00am
Interviews: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
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About Forest School
Forest is an outstanding all-round School, well known for its friendly, welcoming ethos, and full of 1450 bright sparky pupils aged 4-18. We are lucky to be located in this part of North East London, allowing us to attract pupils from a diverse range of social and ethnic backgrounds who share in being academically ambitious, but are grounded, engaging and very loyal to the School. Described by the Good Schools Guide as a ‘powerhouse with a heart’ and enjoying a reputation for strong expert teaching and learning, Forest pupils are encouraged to find success on all fronts through the breadth of the opportunities on offer to them.
We aim to develop the whole pupil through our distinct educational provision which gives equal weight to academic, co-curricular and pastoral strands of school life. To this end, Forest promotes all-round educational excellence, recognising that advancement to higher education or the world of work requires top academic grades but keen to develop a sense of service in the pupils and an awareness of their responsibilities to other people, as well as themselves. Forest is recognised as a school that is always evolving, self-evaluating and planning strategically for its future, while valuing its heritage and its location, all of which makes our community a stimulating one to work in for our 150+ teachers and 100+ non-teaching staff.
For full details about working at Forest School please visit our website www.forest.org.uk
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