Teacher of Economics
Langley Grammar School
Slough
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Main Scale (London Fringe)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 September 2023
- Apply by:
- 6 February 2023
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding and inspirational teacher of Economics to join a thriving department. The successful candidate work with the Subject Leader to teach A-Level Economics to both Year 12 and 13 students. Candidates should have a track record of successful Sixth Form teaching and should have the academic background and knowledge to teach Economics to highly motivated and aspirational students. The successful candidate would be expected to develop, maintain and stimulate students’ curiosity, interest and enjoyment of Economics through consistently planning and delivering high quality and engaging lessons. The ability to teach a second subject other than Business Studies would be advantageous.
Langley Grammar School is a co-educational 11-18 selective school with academy status, located within easy reach of Langley station and the M4. The school was inspected by Ofsted in November 2021, and was graded outstanding in all categories. We have approximately 1240 students, over 330 of whom are in the Sixth Form. The school is heavily over-subscribed and draws students from a wide geographical area and range of backgrounds. Alongside promoting excellent academic outcomes, our school ethos supports students to become confident and well rounded, independent and creative, responsible and caring. Our students are capable, hardworking and a delight to teach. We are a National Teaching School with a record of nationally recognised innovative practice, and an Apple Distinguished School in recognition of our leading-edge use of technology for learning. In recent years major building programmes have included the construction of excellent sports facilities, a distinctive Sixth Form Centre and new classrooms, workshops, laboratories, ICT suites and staff accommodation. In February 2020 we took possession of our new teaching block and the current building programme was completed in autumn 2021. We enjoy fantastic new teaching spaces and communal areas.
Information packs and application forms are available on request from the school, or can be downloaded from the school website at www.lgs.slough.sch.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, online checks and with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applications should be returned by midday on Monday 6th February 2023 to Mrs Dionne Cheyne, Head’s PA at vacancies@lgs.slough.sch.uk. Interviews will be held thereafter. We reserve the right to interview promising candidates prior to the closing date.
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About Langley Grammar School
- Langley Grammar School
- Reddington Drive, Langley, Slough
- Berkshire
- SL3 7QS
- United Kingdom
Langley Grammar School is a co-educational state selective school operating as a single academy trust. We are committed to both our students' academic success and wider personal development, and provide a supportive and stimulating environment. Our students are a delight to work with: staff enjoy an excellent working environment and a range of additional benefits.
We can offer you:
- the opportunity to work with able and well-motivated young people
- excellent modern teaching facilities
- a welcoming, caring and stimulating environment with dedicated, innovative and supportive colleagues
- a range of wider benefits and excellent opportunities for your professional development
- a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and work-life balance
- excellent induction and CPD opportunities including strong support for trainee teachers and ECTs
We are:
- an Outstanding school, as judged by our most recent Ofsted inspection in November 2021
- a Leading Edge school working with SSAT; accredited as transformational under their framework for exceptional education
- recognised for our use of iPads for learning as an Apple Distinguished School
- a DfE accredited teaching school hub
- recognised as top-performing school in terms of GCSE and A Level outcomes
- consistently heavily oversubscribed for entry into Year 7 and the Sixth Form
Our Ethos...
We are privileged to work with able students who have the potential to be in significant positions of influence and leadership in the future.
- We encourage our students to discover their own talents, to be confident of their abilities and to follow their passions across academic subjects, in sports and the arts.
- We support our students in developing themselves as innovative, effective and independent learners with high-level skills, willing to think in new ways, solve new problems and create new opportunities for the future.
- We help our students build up a set of sound values so that they have the strength of character, moral integrity and resilience to deal with the challenges they will face, and the motivation and willingness to work hard to achieve their ambitions.
In addition to helping them gain excellent examination results we support our students to become young people who are:
- Confident and well-rounded
- Independent and creative
- Responsible and caring
Langley and the local area...
Langley forms the eastern part of the Borough of Slough and offers easy access to Windsor, south Buckinghamshire and west London. The school is 5 minutes from Junction 4 of the M4, with good transport links. Langley station is 10-15 mins walk, and offers frequent trains into London Paddington, and Elizabeth Line services.
Slough itself is a thriving multicultural town which has benefitted from considerable investment in recent years. In September 2017, Slough came top in a survey of the 25 best towns and cities to live and work in, beating Manchester and Cambridge in the top three. It is hailed as a "prime spot" for jobs, cost of living and worker satisfaction in research by jobs site Glassdoor.
For further information please visit our website at www.lgs.slough.sch.uk
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