Head of Economics
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BP19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
14 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Economics
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- UPS + TLR
Additional allowances
TLR
What skills and experience we're looking for
This position involves the leadership and teaching of Economics. The person appointed will be responsible for the Economics Department. She/he will work with the Senior Team to promote the strategic direction for the Department within the context of a Selective School. The School has a demanding curriculum in which reading and the pursuit of scholarship are seen as of the first importance. The successful candidate will have a strong academic background.
The Economics Department at Westcliff High School for Boys (WHSB) has been a high performing Department for many years. We have consistently achieved outstanding results in Public Examinations. The Department has grown considerably over recent years. There are presently 170 students studying Economics in Years 12 and 13, with a further ten groups (250 pupils) studying the subject in Years 10 and 11.
The Economics Department also plays an important role in the extra-curricular life of the School. The Department offers a variety of additional clubs and competitions which pupils can participate in across Key Stages 4 and 5, aimed at assisting those in need of support or extending the more able. These include The Westcliff Economics Society, The Westcliff Economist, Young Enterprise, Extended Project Qualification and Sixth Form Mentoring.
What the school offers its staff
Accommodation and Facilities
The Economics Department occupies a suite of classrooms, including classrooms in the Sixth Form building. All classrooms have modern audio visual systems.
Curriculum
The OCR 9-1 specification is taught at GCSE Level. It is an excellent introduction to Economics and provides a route for many pupils to continue studying the subject at Advanced Level and University. In the Sixth Form, students are taught Edexcel Advanced Level Economics (Specification A).
Examination Results
Results at Advanced Level are outstanding and those who choose to continue their Economics studies at University generally do so at established Universities, including the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the London School of Economics (LSE).
In summer 2025, 89.3% of candidates at Advanced Level were awarded A*-B grades, with 16.7% achieving A* and 63.1% A*-A. At GCSE, in the Summer of 2025, 61% of candidates were awarded 7-9.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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About Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy website
- Email address
- vacancies@whsb.essex.sch.uk
Westcliff High School for Boys is an Outstanding Academy Grammar School located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
At WHSB we continue to hold dear our values and traditions whilst fostering academic excellence and a dynamism which allow us to provide a twenty-first century world class education.
Our record of outstanding success is reflected in our outstanding A Level and GCSE results and we are committed to providing the highest standards in all aspects of our provision for pupils.
We currently have around 870 boys on roll in Years 7 to 11, and 330 students in our mixed Sixth Form.
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