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Early Childhood Class Teacher

Early Childhood Class Teacher

Southbank International School, Kensington

Kensington and Chelsea

  • Expired
Salary:
£43,797pa – £66,2700pa (depending on experience)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
August 2019
Apply by:
25 February 2019

Job overview

Southbank International School is London's leading IB world school. With over 40 nationalities on campus, our beautiful Kensington school educates 220 children from the ages of 3 – 11. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic class teacher to join our well-established Early Childhood (ages 3 and 4) teaching team from late August 2019. This is an ideal opportunity for someone to work in a highly supportive and dynamic IB PYP Early Childhood learning environment. 
The successful applicant will be a team player who collaboratively plans and works with another teacher and a classroom assistant. 

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 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.

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 

● have relevant experience as a teacher in Early Years (age 3 and 4), preferably in an international school

● have a proven record of excellent teaching and learning

● have strong IT skills and an ability to deliver integrated digital learning

● have a strong track record in the teaching of language and mathematics skills for early years

● demonstrate understanding of play based learning

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

When returning your completed application form please ensure that your application form is saved as Surname, First Name – Early Childhood Teacher.

Closing date for applications 25 February 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.


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About Southbank International School, Kensington

About Southbank 

Southbank International School is a high achieving independent school based in central London. We aim to attract the best teaching and administrative staff, to maintain and build upon our successful reputation as a centre for excellent teaching and learning.Southbank is a truly international school with a diverse student population of more than 70 nationalities. The school is based over three campuses in the centre of London. We seek to appoint staff who have the willingness to recognise the diversity that exists in the student body, to teach from a multi-cultural perspective and to practise the highest standards of professionalism.We follow the International Baccalaureate curriculum and whilst previous experience with one or more of the programmes is an advantage it is not essential:


  • Primary Years Programme – Hampstead and Kensington (ages 3-11)
  • Middle Years Programme – Westminster (ages 11-16)
  • Diploma Programme – Westminster (ages 16-18/19)


Southbank prides itself on high standards, encouraging all students to make the most of their unique qualities and talents. Its central belief is that schools are an end in themselves as well as a means to progress into further education. Our aim is to put teaching and learning at the forefront of our mission to provide excellent services to the international community of students and teachers. The school has an exceptional teaching salary scale, and we endeavour to recruit teachers from across the world. Administrative and support staff are also offered competitive salaries and opportunities for career progression. 


About the Kensington campus

The Kensington campus offers the PYP for students ranging in age from 3 to 11 and also has children from a multitude of backgrounds. Kensington is relatively small with a close-knit community and is housed in two coverted mansion blocks in Notting Hill. Facilities at Kensington include a Mac-based IT Lab; a music room with a range of percussion instruments; a library/media room to support the PYP programme; a multi-purpose hall used for lunches, sport and concerts; a large garden with a climbing frame, sandpit and an array of equipment for children to use.


For further information about Southbank, including curriculum guides, school prospectus and inspection reports, please visit www.southbank.org.

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