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Early Years Class Teacher (China based)

Early Years Class Teacher (China based)

St John's College School

Nanjing, China

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Salary:
Competitive salary including housing allowance
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Spring/Summer
Apply by:
30 April 2020

Job overview

St John’s College School Nanjing is recruiting a Class Teacher to teach children from 1.5-6 years old. This role is available in the summer but training and inductions likely to start mid to late Spring. Timings flexible due to visa application process.


St John’s College School Nanjing opened its doors for the first time in China in 2018, with a vision to develop the ethos and values and following the teaching methodology of St John’s College School, Cambridge, UK in the city of Nanjing. St John’s Cambridge has long enjoyed a national reputation in the UK for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides and places a particular importance on the high quality of pastoral care and innovative pedagogical approaches. St John’s Nanjing use a bilingual approach to language teaching and therefore each classroom has both a Chinese and English teacher who work closely together to provide the very best in bilingual education.


St John’s College School Nanjing is located in the southern district of Jiangning (江宁) in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Located on a site of more than 7,000m2 indoor and outdoor space, this newly built school provides the best facilities and learning environment for its local students. Students enjoy large, well equipped classrooms with up to only 20 students in each class, multifunction rooms for drama, music, art and reading, as well as a large bright cafeteria to enjoy a delicious offering of healthy daily meals eaten in the lovely communal space. The outdoor areas provide a wealth of explorative learning spaces from the Forest Garden, complete with underground tunnels and water features (and of course trees!), to the football pitch and trampolines on the roof. Learning outside is just as important as learning inside and this site provides fantastic opportunities for both. Situated on Jiangjun Dadao (将军大 道), the school is easily accessible and within walking distance from the nearest metro line (S1).


The successful candidate will work as part of a dedicated team of four teachers with shared responsibility for a class, supporting children to develop the English language.


You should have Qualified Teacher Status in Early Years or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare, and be educated to degree level (due to visa requirements).  You will be a fluent English speaker and have up to date knowledge of teaching in the EYFS.


Please review the job description attached for further information.  To apply, please send an up to date CV and cover letter, stating why you would like to work at St John’s College School Nanjing and why you think you are suited to this role, to Mr Sandy Lennox, Foreign Head of School, slennox@sjcsnj-edu.cn.


St John’s College School Nanjing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

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About St John's College School

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Set in the heart of Cambridge, St John’s College School has long enjoyed and deserved a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides, which focuses on fostering the aptitudes and nurturing the growth of each child.  St John’s has been awarded national Best Prep School and national Best Prep School Head awards in the Tatler Schools Awards.  Its teaching has been rated ‘inspirational’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate and it is the first of the very few to have achieved the coveted ‘exceptional’ grade for children’s attainment. At St John’s, we believe in a childhood filled with affection, in which children know that they are known and valued, in which they learn to trust themselves and each other, in which they find and express their voice, discover the difference they can make for themselves and others, learn to think for themselves, to question, to collaborate, to be independent, to own and take charge of their learning and their lives.

A curriculum that believes in children draws from them the highest and the deepest levels of attainment. Though we are not selective in our Kindergarten, our children are on average at the 85th centile on national tests or ability before they leave.  Our exam results are outstanding and our 60 leavers gain on average around 25 scholarships to the strongest schools.  Up to one-third of our past pupils in due course gain Oxbridge places each year, more than in the most academically selective of schools: our children continue to be exceptional learners.

The School is located in leafy Grange Road, a short walk across the playing fields from the centre of town and the College, at the heart of which sits the Chapel, home to the internationally renowned College Chapel Choir.  The School site has undergone significant rebuilding or redevelopment in the last five years to ensure the facilities, layout and fabric of the buildings fully support the delivery of the School’s ethos.

The majority of children proceed at 13+ to day schools in Cambridge, each of which sets its own Entrance exams, predominantly in English and Maths. About one-third of the children proceed at 13+ to boarding schools via Common Entrance while others will proceed via Academic Scholarship examinations. 

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