Job Ref No. ECC5457-320S Position Type: Head of Department/Faculty Pay Range: MPS/UPS plus TLR 2b
Position Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 12/05/2025 Midday Date of Interviews: TBC  

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This is an exciting opportunity for an innovative leader with strong curriculum understanding to join us as Head of Business Studies and Economics.

The successful applicant will be supported by the SLT Line Manager who is also the Director of Sixth Form. You will provide strategic leadership to your team, with a clear focus on continuing to drive improvements in teaching, curriculum design and students' progress across the department. As such this role will prepare candidates for onward progression to senior leadership positions.

Reporting directly to the SLT Line Manager, you will have a varied, dynamic and strategic role. As Head of Business Studies and Economics, you will be expected to lead the provision of all areas of the Business Department, including GCSE, Cambridge National, BTEC Level 3 and A-Level Business and Economics.

We would love to hear from you if you are an inspirational, dynamic and creative individual who makes learning fun and challenging, and who is looking to join a supportive and enthusiastic team in beautiful rural surroundings.

At Helena Romanes we value the personal attributes of hard work, positivity and kindness, and we are looking for someone who can model these values.

Information about the School

Helena Romanes School is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating diversity, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

We are committed to raising student achievement by providing a rich and challenging curriculum delivered by high quality staff. Excellent opportunities exist for professional development.

All applications must be made using our application form. Please visit www.helena-romanes.essex.sch.uk for more information

Visits to the school to meet with our students and staff are welcomed, Please contact Eleanor Ball, HR Officer to arrange a convenient appointment or to answer any questions that you may have. eball@hrs.education

Helena Romanes is a popular all through school situated in the beautiful North Essex countryside with good communications to London and the South East and is approximately 7 miles from Stansted Airport.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Eleanor Ball
Helena Romanes School
Parsonage Downs, Dunmow
Essex, CM6 2AU
Telephone: 01371 872560
Email: eball@hrs.education

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