Head of Economics & Business
The Skinners' School
Kent
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- according to the applicant’s experience and position on the main or upper scale + TLR 2/3 (currently £7,535)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 10 May 2024
Job overview
The Economics and Business department at Skinners’ is vibrant and exciting, achieving very strong results at GCSE and A level. Both subjects remain popular choices for students every year.
The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher with excellent subject knowledge supported by a good honours degree in Economics or a related subject. The ability to form good working relationships with colleagues and students is essential. He or she needs to be ready to step up to middle management, or indeed already a successful Head of Department with the skills and energy to lead a popular and successful department.
Whilst there is a focus on academic success, there is also the opportunity to drive our extra curricular offer through activities, clubs and competitions which will inspire the student body, many of whom plan a career in finance and business. The successful applicant will also have the prospect of teaching highly motivated and academically accomplished students, working with them in the World Economics Cup and in preparation for Oxbridge interviews, for example.
Candidates should submit a completed application form, including details of key achievements and responsibilities, along with a covering letter which fully addresses the competencies outlined in the job description and person specification.
Completed applications should be emailed to the Headmaster’s Secretary, Mrs Wendy Dray at wendy.dray@skinners school.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 10th May 2024.
Candidates will be invited for interview during the week beginning 13th May. We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications would be welcomed.
Attached documents
About The Skinners' School
The Skinners’ School is an all-boys grammar school with academy status in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The pupil roll is around 1120, with more than 350 students in the sixth form.
The Skinners’ School was founded in 1887 by the Worshipful Company of Skinners, one of 108 livery companies in the City of London, in response to a demand for education in the Tunbridge Wells area. Over the years the school site has been developed. Byng Hall, acquired in 2003, led to the development of the school’s music and drama offering, with the Thomson Theatre opening in October 2008. A new £2.5m sports complex opened on the main site in September 2012 and the Mitchell Building in 2020, home to the English department, Library and Sixth Form Centre
Headmaster
Edward Wesson
Values and vision
The school’s ethos and activities are inclusive and diverse, aiming to help develop character, leadership, compassion, collaboration and interests for life. Teachers aim to foster a love of learning and curiosity about the world, building the capacity and self-confidence in students to strive with ambition to reach their full potential.
Ofsted report
“Students have excellent attitudes to learning and are very proud of their school. The school is very inclusive and is focused on encouraging both academic excellence and the personal and social development of all students. The relatively small size of the school means that students are well known to staff and there is a very strong emphasis on meeting their individual needs.”
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