Teacher of Economics
The Grange School
Cheshire West and Chester
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent upon experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 29th August 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 March 2019
Job overview
The Grange School is seeking to recruit a Teacher of Economics (with Business Studies), ideally on a full time basis. The successful applicant will be responsible for teaching and learning of Economics to Senior School students at The Grange School and would teach the subject at A-Level. The successful candidate will also need to teach some Business Studies – either at GCSE or A-Level – as part of their timetable.
The Economics and Business Studies Department is a strong team currently consisting of one full-time Head of Department, a member of the Senior Leadership Team (teaching equivalent of 0.4 FTE) and a Business specialist who also contributes to other departments. The atmosphere of the department is enthusiastic and positive, meeting regularly to discuss progress, with all members contributing ideas for teaching and development of both subjects. The teaching environment is productive and exciting with both teachers and pupils contributing to its success.
Group sizes at GCSE and A-Level are among the lowest in the Independent Sector in the North West, allowing teachers to get to know their students well and support them at every stage of their studies.
Examination results reflect the high standards that are expected and achieved: in August 2018 the department achieved 68.8% A*/A for Economics and 45.0% for Business Studies A-Level and 48.4% A*/A for Business Studies at IGCSE.
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About The Grange School
The Grange School has been one of the great success stories of independent education over the past forty years. The school was founded in 1933 as a Kindergarten and Preparatory School. In 1977, the Governors took the major step of developing secondary education and since 1978 the school has grown steadily and developed an outstanding academic reputation. Today, The Grange has a total enrolment of 1223 students with 429 in the Junior School (4-11 years) and 794 in the Senior School. It is consistently one of the best performing schools in Cheshire and undoubtedly among the very best independent co-educational day schools in the country.
Our academic results speak for themselves; we are consistently one of the highest ranking co-educational independent schools in the country. In 2023, 22% of GCSE entries were awarded grade 9. At A Level (in 2023), 21% of entries were awarded an A* grade. Thanks to these excellent results, the majority of our leavers (approximately 75%) go on to join their first-choice university.
More importantly we are a very happy school. The relationship between staff and students is exceptional; although very busy and, at times, pressurised, it is a pleasure to work and study in such a friendly environment. Expectations of teachers and pupils are high, but this serves both to stimulate achievement and provide reward.
We understand our chief purpose to be to help produce young people who truly flourish and find fulfilment as adults. We try to do this by helping them to identify and develop their unique combination of strengths, talents and passions, and to challenge them to find a purpose for their lives which such attributes can serve.
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