Economics & Business Studies Teacher at Rugby School Nigeria

Rugby School Nigeria will be the Rugby School Group’s third international sister school. Located within the heart of the world-class development of Eko Atlantic in Lagos, Rugby School Nigeria will be a day and boarding school for students aged 11 to 18. The school will start in September 2025, initially meeting demand for a dynamic Sixth Form programme for day girls and boys from age of 16. The senior school for day and boarding students from the age of 11 will open in September 2026. The school aims to synthesise the renowned British education system with rich, diverse, Nigerian and African culture, creating a welcoming and transformative learning environment for students.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Economics & Business Studies Teacher

Location: Lagos
Department: Biology
Reports to: Head of Science

Job Purpose

• This role requires an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Teacher of GCSE and A-Level Economics & Business Studies.
• The candidate will deliver high-quality, engaging lessons that develop students’ academic understanding, analytical thinking and real-world commercial awareness.
• The post holder will also play a full role in the pastoral care, co-curricular programme and wider life of the School.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities
Teacher Professional Duties

The following duties shall be deemed to be included in the professional duties which teaching staff may be required to perform:

Child protection, discipline, health and safety:

• Safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children and young people at Rugby School.
• Maintain good order and discipline among the students and safeguard their health and safety both when they are on the School premises and when they are engaged in authorised School activities elsewhere.
• Ensure all staff act in accordance with Rugby School’s policies and procedures.

Teaching:

• Plan, prepare and teach well-structured lessons.
• Teach, according to their educational need, the students assigned; setting and marking work, including examinations.
• Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students, knowing when to differentiate appropriately.
• Assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of students.
• Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students.
• Promote the general progress and wellbeing of individual students and of any class or group of students assigned.
• Manage student behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
• Demonstrate good understanding of a range of specific learning difficulties.
• Communicate and consult effectively with the parents of students.
• Communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the School.
• Participate in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.
• Collaborate and co-operate with other teachers on the ongoing preparation and development of best teaching practice and an exciting and engaging curriculum.
• When required, to support students completing Extended Project Qualifications (EPQ).

Assessment and reports:

• Make accurate and productive use of assessment, providing or contributing oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
• Use relevant data to monitor, progress, set targets and plan subsequent lessons.
• Give students regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking.

Appraisal and professional development:

• Participate in arrangements made for teacher appraisal and professional development.
• Review methods of teaching and programmes of work.
• Develop and maintain a deliberate approach to teaching pedagogy.
• Undertake such training as may be reasonably required by the School to adapt to the changing requirements of the School or as may be necessary to fulfil the School’s statutory or regulatory obligations.
• To undertake mandated job-related training as required and instructed by the School.

Additional professional responsibilities:

• Fulfil wider professional responsibilities by making a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the School.
• Contribute to the provision of activities to support the co-curricular programme of the School.
• Accompany students on trips away from the School.
• Attend assemblies and services as necessary, register students and supervise students outside the classroom, whether these duties are to be performed before, during or after School sessions.

Public examinations:

• Participate in arrangements for preparing students for examinations and supervise them during public and internal examinations and assessments.

Flexibility:

• Undertake such other reasonable duties from time to time as the School may reasonably require

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr@rugbyschoolnigeria.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.
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