Job Description

King Edward VI Grammar School

Essex

Salary:

Main/Upper Pay Scale

Job type:

Full Time, Maternity Cover

Start date:

02 February 2026

Apply by:

10 October 2025

Job overview

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Teacher of Economics

(maternity cover)

Full time

Main/Upper Scale

KS3 Mathematics teaching also required

Required for February 2026, a well-qualified, enthusiastic teacher of Economics to teach at this selective boys' state school with a mixed Sixth Form and an exceptional academic and extra-curricular reputation. The Department achieves outstanding results and we are seeking an excellent classroom practitioner and an advocate for their subject.The post offers an exciting opportunity for a newly or recently qualified teacher or someone looking to broaden their experience in a stimulating environment. In addition, the successful applicant will be expected to teach KS3 Mathematics. We would be happy to receive applications from qualified teachers at any stage of their career.
Please see the website https://www.kegs.org.uk/about/staff-vacancies/ for further details and an application form. The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 10 October 2025. Interviews will be held shortly afterwards.

King Edward VI Grammar School demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding children.

KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL


Broomfield Road


Chelmsford, Essex
CM1 3SX
Tel : 01245 353510


E-mail: office@kegs.org.uk


Website: https://www.kegs.org.uk/


An Academy


Number on roll : 1158 (407 in Sixth Form)

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King Edward VI Grammar School

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King Edward VI Grammar School

Broomfield Road, Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 3SX
United Kingdom

+44 1245 353 510

King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (known as KEGS locally) is a Leading Edge School, constantly testing and adapting professional practice to raise standards of teaching and learning. It is consistently one of the top ten grammar schools in the country and lends itself to being a natural leader with an international reputation as a centre of learning. The School is regularly in the top five in A Level league tables, and the top ten at GCSE.



We aim to optimise learning, and to educate the 'whole person' through excellence in the highest level of pastoral care and support in every aspect of our work. We provide an exceptional range of opportunities both within the classroom and through the impressively diverse extra-curricular activities. Our goal is to engage students in their own learning and to teach them to be life-long learners.



The most recent OFSTED report described the school as an 'outstandingly effective' school achieving 'outstanding results' and 'excellent personal development'. It boasts a 'passionate interest in learning by teachers and students'. Admission to year 7 is by 11+ examination performance, and around 80 students, including girls, from other schools are admitted annually into Year 12, based on GCSE examination performance.

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