Head of Economics and Business

CompanyGDST (The Girls' Day School Trust)

LocationNorthwood, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/19/2026

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Employer Northwood College for Girls - GDST Location Northwood, Greater London Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time Salary ML2

Posted 16th January 2026 Start Date 1st September 2026 Expires 2nd February 2026 09:00 AM Contract Type Permanent Start Date 1st September 2026 Job ID 1529859

Start Date 1st September 2026

Contract Type :Permanent
Job ID: 1529859
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Northwood College for Girls seeks a talented, knowledgeable and enthusiastic Head of Economics and Business who is able to lead the department with drive and determination. The successful candidate will be able to communicate their enjoyment of the subject to students, strive to maintain the highest academic standards and promote a genuine passion for Business, Finance and Economics.

The successful candidate will teach throughout the age range, including Y9 Finance, GCSE Business and both A Level Business and Economics. Commitment to wider school life is expected. The successful candidate will be an engaging and impactful teacher, who will lift others by their example. They will be a strategic thinker, committed to developing an engaging and rigorous Economics and Business curricula. They will be a passionate subject advocate, eager to communicate their enthusiasm for Economics, Business and Finance, and they will be both an inspiring leader and flexible team player, commit

ted to getting the best out of their departmental colleagues.

We are keen to engage and empower students with the skills to thrive as independent learners by appropriately scaffolding metacognitive practice. We are looking to appoint someone who will provide dynamic and inspiring lessons when teaching Economics, Business and Finance to students across all age groups; developing in them a lifelong love of entrepreneurship. The ability to develop high quality relationships with students and provide them with an encouraging and aspirational environment is essential. The successful candidate will be able to lead and grow the department, taking ownership for adapting and responding to the ever-changing curricula of Economics, Business and Finance.

The Department

This is an exciting time to join as the leader for our thriving and ever-expanding department. At A Level, Economics and Business are well-established and highly popular subjects. We follow the Edexcel specifications for both subjects. Our Business and Economics students have achieved 74% and 93% A*-B grades respectively over the past 5 years, and many students pursue undergraduate degrees in related fields at leading universities, such as LSE, UCL, Warwick and Nottingham.

Economics & Business has considerably expanded its offer at Northwood College in recent years. From September 2025, we introduced our first cohort for GCSE Business. This option has proven tremendously pop

ular with over half the year group opting for the subject. We follow the Edexcel specification. Students will sit their first examinations in Summer 2027.

All students in Year 9 study the Level 2 Certificate in Financial Education (CeFE) offered by Agored Cymru (previously by the London Institute of Banking and Finance). The Department also oversees the teaching of financial literacy through our PSHE programme across the school. There are also opportunities to work with our Junior School students on understanding money as part of their mathematics and numeracy lessons.

As part of our Sixth Form Extend programme, the Economics & Business Department have offered courses on Famous Economists (Contemporary and Classical) and hot topics such as the rise of China in the market for Electric Vehicles or the case for re-nationalising water and rail services. Our Extend programme is flexible around the needs of the students and the expertise of the teachers with courses changing each year.

The Department also runs the GDST Lead programme in year 12, run in partnership with the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) in conjunction with 22 sister schools across the country. Through GDST LEAD we encourage students to develop an enterprising mindset and employability skills in order to bring a business idea to market so that they secure maximum returns for a social cause of their choice.

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Head Of Department NWC Job Description

Head of Economics and Business Candidate Brief

Safeguarding Statement

The Girls’ Day School Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection checks appropriate to the post, including online searches and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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