Head of Economics and Business

GDST; London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 69,000

Job description

Salary: GDST Middle Leaders scale (£52,533 to £68,742 per annum). Dependent on experience.

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Required from: September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-qualified individual to lead one of our most popular departments bringing energy and dedication to setting a vision for Economics and Business within the school.

Leading by example, you will promote excellence in teaching and learning to ensure all pupils develop their potential through the planning and delivery of high quality, innovative and engaging lessons whilst ensuring high performance standards are achieved and maintained across the department.

You will be responsible for the department's extra-curricular activities, giving pupils the opportunities to enter various enterprise competitions, as well as promoting further extension reading and discussion by the pupils whilst ensuring they keep abreast of current affairs to help bring this information into their lessons and develop their ideas.

If you have excellent leadership skills, in addition to experience teaching GCSE and A level, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About the School

As one of the UK’s leading schools, Putney High School is rightly proud of its exceptional academic results and pastoral care. A spirit of intellectual agility and engagement is at the heart of the school’s ethos, with pupils stretched, challenged, and supported inside the classroom and beyond.

The school is set in leafy, tranquil grounds close to the heart of Putney and to the River Thames.

The school is part of the GDST, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools. We can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

1. Competitive salaries and pay progression
2. Competitive terms and conditions of employment
3. Free life assurance benefit
4. A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
5. Access to extensive professional development opportunities
6. Training grants for qualifications
7. Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and season ticket loans
8. A Cycle to Work scheme
9. Retail and lifestyle discounts
10. Financial guidance and support
11. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

For further information about the role, person and school, please refer to the Candidate Brief.

To apply for this exciting opportunity please click apply.

Applications must be received by Monday 28 April 2025 at 9am.

Putney High School and the GDST are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

At Putney High School, we embrace and celebrate difference. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on their age, disability, gender, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. To ensure this, all positions are subject to blind shortlisting.