Principal
Dubai British School Emirates Hills
United Arab Emirates
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2019
- Apply by:
- 29 September 2018
Job overview
Dubai British School, a Taaleem School, is one of the leading British schools in the region, offering a broad and balanced education to children from all around the world. The school’s mission “Enjoy, Aspire, Achieve” perfectly captures the ethos of this great school, where students thrive in a nurturing yet challenging environment.
DBS offers high quality, inclusive British education to over eleven hundred students aged 3 to 18 from 50 nationalities, set in first class, modern facilities. The school was rated Outstanding by the KHDA for the first time in 2017-2018 in recognition of the students’ experience and development within a stimulating learning community. Children thrive due to the highly skilled teaching, which promotes their independence, curiosity and key skills, and their attitudes, behaviour and sense of responsibility are exemplary.
DBS is now seeking an engaging, forward-looking, globally-minded and collaborative educational leader for the school from August 2019. This position offers an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious and innovative Principal to join a thriving school and education group, and lead the school through the next exciting stages of its development.
The successful candidate will be an experienced Principal and will provide professional, highly effective leadership and management that will achieve outstanding results in all aspects of school life, promoting an inspiring vision and clear direction that is shared by all members of the school community.
This is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional candidate to build on the school’s strong international reputation and ensure that DBS continues to be recognised as one of the leading schools in the GCC.
Application Process
A candidate brief, with details on the role and how to apply, can be downloaded from www.odgers.com/68256
Closing date for applications: Sunday 30th September 2018
Attached documents
About Dubai British School Emirates Hills
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- Dubai British School Emirates Hills
- Springs 3, Emirates Hills, PO Box 37828
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
Who are we?
Taaleem was founded in 2004 in Dubai and is one of the largest education providers in the United Arab Emirates with more than 9,000 students attending our 11 international schools and pre-schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Our main activity is the development and management of high quality early childhood, primary and secondary schools in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
We also only recruit the best international teachers who can deliver our international curricula in a creative and highly engaging manner. Taaleem, which means 'education' in Arabic, is committed to inspiring students helping them to identify and develop their passions and talents.
Dubai British School
Dubai British School is a thriving British international school, located in The Springs area of Dubai’s Emirates Hills. A Taaleem school, DBS offers high quality education to over a thousand students aged 3 to 18. Dubai British School is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS)
Our Curriculum
The curriculum at DBS is modelled on the National Curriculum for England, significantly enhanced by ‘Wow Learning’, the study of Arabic throughout and a challenging set of GCSE and GCE A Level courses from Year 10 to Year 13. We welcome a wide range of students to study a curriculum, which is designed to extend and excite all of them, whatever their interests or ability. The opportunities that students enjoy outside the classroom are just as important as the main curriculum and we offer an extensive and varied extra-curricular activities programme (ECA).
DBS Facilities
DBS offers a range of different facilities in addition to bright and airy classrooms: Performing Arts Theatre, Tennis Court, Basketball Court, Swimming Pool, Sports Hall, Football Pitch, Dining Hall, Foundation Playground, Primary Playground, Primary ICT Suites, Primary Library, Secondary Library, Secondary ICT Suite, Interactive Whiteboards, Sixth Form Common Room, Extended Learning Rooms, Conference Room, Design and Technology Suite, Art Studio and Pottery Room, Science Labs, Music Room, peripatetic Rooms for individual Music Lessons, wireless Internet throughout.
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