Full Time / Part Time will be considered
Required for January 2026
Closing date: Friday 20th June 2025
Interviews to be held on: To be Confirmed
Please submit your application and covering letter to recruitment@shsg.org
You will be joining a thriving economics and business department working within a successful social sciences faculty which includes psychology, sociology, politics, economics, and business. We value collaboration to ensure there is a vibrant learning and teaching experience for all with opportunities to get involved with visiting speakers, trips, external lectures, presentations, and EPQ.
We offer A Level Economics and A Level Business in the Sixth Form with GCSE Business as an option at Key Stage 4. Economics and Business courses at A Level and GCSE are usually oversubscribed. Results are testament to our diligent and hardworking students and staff, and in 2024, 93% achieved grades A*-B in A Level Economics, 83% achieved grades A*-B in A Level Business, and 73% achieved grades 9 – 7 in GCSE Business.
A good number of students go on to study economics or business-related courses at university. In recent years the department has prepared students for courses at Oxford and Cambridge, LSE, Nottingham, and Bath Universities as well as Degree Apprenticeships with institutions such as KPMG, NatWest, Barclays, J P Morgan, and PWC.
The successful candidate should:
* Be an inspirational classroom practitioner with an irresistible enthusiasm for their subject. As a reflective practitioner you will be constantly looking to develop your practice through collaboration, experimentation, and hard work.
* Be a team player working closely with the Head of Department to develop the learning experiences for all our students.
* Be creative and innovative constantly looking for new ways to challenge our high ability students.
* Contribute to secure the highest standards of pupil achievement, monitoring, tracking, supporting, and evaluating pupil achievement. Set targets for improvement and implement effective strategies for underperforming students.
We can offer you:
* Highly motivated, curious, and industrious students.
* A strong, highly qualified staff team and an ethos of tolerance and respect with a family community spirit.
* A commitment to ongoing professional development and staff wellbeing.
* An environment which promotes innovation.
Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls’ grammar school rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey
We reserve the right to call applicants to interview, and appoint, prior to the closing date
All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. This is a customer facing role needing fluent spoken English.
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