Early Childhood Class Teacher

Southbank International School is London’s leading IB world school. With over 40 nationalities on campus, our beautiful Hampstead school educates 220 children from the ages of 3 – 11. The growth of our school means we are currently looking for an excellent class teacher to expand our Early Childhood (ages 3 and 4) teaching team from April 2019 or earlier,  relevant experience of Early Years is essential. This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills in a supportive and dynamic IB PYP Early Childhood learning environment.

With a liberal ethos, an emphasis on academic excellence and a commitment to the values of the IB, Southbank offers the opportunity to further extend your teaching and learning skills in a friendly, supportive but hard-working team. We offer excellent professional development opportunities linked to our well-developed Let’s Talk programme which provides all teachers with quality feedback. We want all our teachers to develop professionally and to help develop the school. We are particularly interested in candidates able to demonstrate outstanding teaching and learning practice informed by educational research.

All our teachers offer a termly extra-curricular activity for children from Kindergarten to Grade 5 which should motivate, excite and interest children.

Applications from PYP teachers or teachers with international teaching experience are particularly welcome.

Person Specification

The successful applicant will have:

• Qualified Teaching Status (or equivalent) in Early Years
• Relevant experience as a teacher in Early Years (age 3 and 4), preferably in an international school
• Proven record of excellent teaching and learning
• Strong IT skills and an ability to deliver integrated digital learning
• Strong track record in the teaching of language and mathematics skills for early years
• Demonstrate understanding of constructivist Early Years educational philosophy
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the DFE and UK Independent Schools Standards and Regulations for Early Years

The School is unable to offer Tier 2 sponsorship for this role.  Please ensure that you already have the legal right to work and reside in the UK.

To apply for this role please complete the application form and return to jobs@southbank.org Please note we do not accept CV’s for this role.  When returning your completed application form please ensure that your application form is saved as Surname, First Name - EC Teacher.

Further details regarding the role can be found in the candidate brief.

Closing date for applications 14 January 2019. 

Southbank International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Appointment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for regulated activity and overseas police checks from any countries a candidate has lived or worked overseas for three months or more in the past ten years or completed their teacher training outside of the UK.