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Teacher of Economics

Teacher of Economics

Bromley High School

Bromley

  • Expired
Salary:
Competitive salary plus benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
23 April 2021

Job overview

Bromley High School presents an exciting opportunity for a creative and inspirational Teacher of Economics to join the team of an outstanding HMC school where Economics is a highly regarded academic discipline.

As Teacher of Economics, you will contribute strongly to providing pupils with a breadth of opportunity, teaching them how to analyse numerical and written data, evaluate different points of view and express themselves clearly on paper and verbally in class discussion.

You will also be prepared to offer support and contribute actively to the work of the department. This will include making a generous contribution to co-curricular activities, such as Young Enterprise and Debating.

You will be joining an Economics and Business department which prides itself on challenging pupils academically and supporting them to achieve their very best. We see each girl as an individual and recognise the need for an individualised approach to teaching and learning. We encourage our pupils to enter external competitions and have had notable success, with students winning competitions that have resulted in them securing prestigious city internships (GDST Nomura scholarship).

To be considered for this role, you will need a good degree (normally 2:1 or above) in Economics or a closely related subject, with a passion for Economics and the ability to communicate and engage pupils in effective and exciting learning. Experience of teaching A Level is equally important.

About Bromley High School

Bromley High School is a consistently oversubscribed, academically selective girls’ school with 900 pupils from 4-18, occupying a 25-acre parkland site in leafy Bickley, in Kent. The School enjoys an excellent reputation and in 2018 celebrated another year of outstanding academic achievement.

As part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

  • Access to extensive professional development opportunities
  • Training grants for qualifications
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Free life assurance benefit
  • A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
  • Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
  • A Cycle to Work scheme
  • Competitive terms and conditions of employment
  • Access to school multi-gym, swimming pool, yoga classes

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Any candidate wishing to seek additional information should contact: Sarah Kamalagharan, Head of Economics: s.kamalagharan@bro.gdst.net

Applications must be received by 8.00am on Friday 23rd April 2021.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 28th April 2021.

Please note that early applications are encouraged and the position may be closed sooner in the event of sufficient suitable applications being received.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

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About Bromley High School

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Bromley High School has been offering an exceptional education to bright and talented girls since 1883.

A leading GDST and HMC girls’ school with superb facilities spread across a leafy 25-acre site, Bromley High School educates approximately 870 girls from pre-prep to Sixth Form.

The school’s academic results are consistently excellent earning a rare ‘Exceptional’ rating for Learning and Achievement from the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate. Achievement at A-level in 2022 was 34% A*s, 68% A*-A and 91% A*-B.

Bromley High girls are resilient and well-rounded young women participating with enthusiasm and commitment in music, drama, art, sport, Duke of Edinburgh and an overabundant range of activities – and where they have interest or talent or enthusiasm, it is nurtured so that they learn to excel.

As the first all girls’ All-Steinway School in the world, the school continually invests in the music department, and offers its own Musician in Residence and specialist music wing.  In 2020, the school launched a Steinway Scholarship and Mentoring Scheme offer the winning recipient coaching sessions throughout the year, a masterclass from a Steinway artist at Steinway Hall, private lessons with a Steinway artist and a solo recital at Steinway Hall. In 2021, the school’s first ever Steinway Scholar won a place to read Music at Oxford.

Sport is also exceptional: with 25 acres of top class facilities including a beautiful pool, new fitness suite, sports hall, gym, track and floodlit courts and pitches, providing the perfect environment in which to develop girls’ love of sport. Bromley High School has achieved huge successes in sport at regional and national level. The school’s under 16 team reached the National Hockey finals and were placed 3rd in the country and in 2021, Year 12 pupil Evie Davis won two gold medals with Team GB at the European Swimming Championships.

Pastoral Care is of paramount importance at Bromley High and the school offers an outstanding supportive and caring pastoral system.  In 2021, the excellence of the school’s pastoral care was recognised by the Wellbeing Award for Schools.

Bromley High School provides a beautiful and vibrant environment where bright girls flourish.

The Girls’ Day School Trust

The GDST is the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK, with nearly 4,000 staff and 20,000 students in our 24 schools and two academies. The majority of GDST schools take girls all through, from the age of three to 18 (there are about 6,000 pupils in GDST Junior schools).

Founded in 1872, the GDST has a long history of pioneering innovation in the education of girls, and is the largest single educator of girls in the UK (and the UK’s largest educational charity).

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