Lead Teacher of Economics
London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, London, N17 0BX14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £37,930 and £60,096
Additional allowances
£5,000pa Lead Teacher allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
A unique opportunity to lead the thriving Economics department at the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham - the Sunday Times ‘State 6th Form College of the Year 2020-21’.
We offer our students a broad experience of the discipline with external visits and opportunities to introduce students to Economics beyond the specification. Exam results in the department are consistently excellent. This role would suit someone who loves the subject and inspires colleagues and students to feel the same.
LAE Tottenham opened in September 2017 and currently has more than 750 students on roll. It is an academically selective 16-19 free school harnessing the support of nine independent schools to offer unrivalled educational opportunities to the most ambitious and motivated 16-19 year olds from Haringey and beyond.
The successful applicant will have exceptional subject knowledge and work within the Economics department to inspire aspirational and motivated students and support them to achieve outstanding outcomes.
This role is suitable for an outstanding Economics teacher with experience of middle leadership.
Pay is in the range £37,930 - £60,096 FTE, dependent on experience, using the LAE Tottenham pay scale, (there is an additional £5,000 per annum Lead Teacher allowance.)
This is a full time position, but part time applicants will also be considered.
LAE Tottenham
- Academically selective 6th form, opened in September 2017. Results in the top 2% nationally for attainment and progress.
- Principal Education Sponsor Highgate School and Lead Business Sponsor Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
- Partnered by eight other leading independent schools - Alleyn’s, Chigwell, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’, Harrow, John Lyon, North London Collegiate, Mill Hill and St Dunstan’s College, each offering departmental support, CPD, expertise and shared student experiences.
- Providing first-class support into top class higher education and employment, focused on academically ambitious young people
- Opportunities within the Chrysalis East programme, working with local secondary and primary schools to raise attainment across Tottenham
- Housed in a stunning new state of the art school building linked to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium
- Sunday Times ‘State 6th Form College of the Year 2020-21’ and rated "outstanding" in all areas by Ofsted.
We are actively working to close the gap in areas within the school that are currently underrepresented. To better reflect the diversity of Haringey, we especially encourage applications from educators within the Black community, as well as other members of our diverse community, to further enrich all aspects of our school.
LAE Tottenham is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that this role is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, if shortlisted, you will be required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Further information is available on the school's website.
Closing date for applications is 13th March 2025.
Interviews are scheduled to take place during w/c 17th March 2025, but we reserve the right to invite candidates to interview as applications are received.
What the school offers its staff
LAE Tottenham offers a range of benefits to all directly-employed members of staff, including free breakfast and lunch and access to Benenden Health private healthcare.
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About London Academy of Excellence Tottenham
- School type
- Free School, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 696 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- mark.adams@laetottenham.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 02083526020
The London Academy of Excellence Tottenham, is an academically selective 16-19 free school opened as part of the redevelopment of White Hart Lane in September 2017.
LAE Tottenham's principal education sponsor is Highgate school and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club acts as the Business Sponsor.
Alongside Highgate, LAE Tottenham also benefits from partnership with eight other leading independent schools from London and the South-East: Alleyn's, Chigwell, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’, Harrow, John Lyon, North London Collegiate, Mill Hill and St Dunstan's.
LAE Tottenham is The Sunday Times Sixth Form College of the Year 2021..
Arranging a visit to London Academy of Excellence Tottenham
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mark.adams@laetottenham.ac.uk.
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