Early Years Foundation Stage Teacher

Garden International School Eastern Seaboard Rayong is a caring and vibrant international community of happy and passionate lifelong learners. We strive for excellence through our core values; overcoming challenges, nurturing our own and each other’s potential and celebrating success. We empower our diverse and inclusive community to take responsibility for creating a sustainable and peaceful world. The core values and character development of our students are also a high priority. We have a reputation for providing academic excellence coupled with individual and high-quality pastoral care.

Garden International School presents an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, successful school on Thailand’s beautiful Eastern Seaboard. We are looking for an energetic, dynamic and student-centred Early Years teacher to join our team in August 2024. (Job description here).

Primary at Garden: The Primary phase of the school is a two-form entry with partner teachers, teaching assistants and specialist teachers working closely together to deliver our unique student-centred curriculum. The successful candidate will be an excellent all-around teacher with good organisational skills and who has initiative and a commitment to all aspects of school life. In addition, they should have a proven ability to communicate well with different sections of the school community. Experience in teaching the UK Early Years curriculum and knowledge of Read Write Inc Phonics would be desirable. Applicants should be well-organised, child-centred and understand current pedagogical best practice in early childhood education.

We have a vibrant extra-curricular programme across the school. Candidates able to coach sports, especially football, swimming and basketball, or who would be keen to develop the Arts programme would be particularly welcome.

Garden International School is a coeducational school of around 500 students, with classes from Early Years to Year 13. We have over 40 nationalities represented in our community and use an educational framework based on the English National Curriculum, leading to IGCSE and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Many of our students have English as an Additional Language and are supported by a strong English as an Additional Language department. We have a small boarding facility, and the school has a wonderful sense of community. Class sizes are generally small, with the students well motivated, engaged in their learning and supported by their families. Year on year, our results are impressive, with around 90% of students achieving five or more A*- C grades at IGCSE and a 100% pass rate in the IB Diploma.

Our school is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS), the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) and the Thai Ministry of Education (ONESQA). We are affiliated with the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT) and the Department for Education in the United Kingdom. We are also a founder member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA).

Ban Chang is a semi-rural coastal town in Rayong Province, about 2 hours from Bangkok and 45 minutes from both the tourist hot spot of Pattaya and the bustling city of Rayong. Thailand is a vibrant and exciting country with rich cultural experiences. It is a beautiful part of the world with friendly people, year-round sun, and a safe place to work overseas. The cost of living is reasonable, and teachers tend to avail themselves of high-quality holiday experiences in the region, including flying regionally from our local airport, U-Tapao, which is only 20 minutes from the school.

The health, safety, and well-being of all students at Garden International School are the foremost concern of all adults employed by the school. Aligned with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection.

• Our students have the right to be protected. 
• Our students have the right to be safe in our school. 
• Our students have the right to be respected and listened to.

Appointed teachers from the United Kingdom must provide an International Child Protection Certificate (UK) (refer: http://www.acro.police.uk/ICPC/). Full police clearance, covering at least the previous ten years, is necessary for all appointees working or who have worked in countries outside the United Kingdom.

Garden International School offers:

• an attractive salary;
• health insurance and accident insurance;
• an annual performance-related bonus of up to one month’s salary;
• baggage allowance (for Overseas Hire Contracts);
• flights from London (for Overseas Hire Contracts) at the start of the two-year contract and to London at the completion of the two-year contract. Flights are also provided for a legal spouse and up to two dependent children;
• two-year contract (renewable on mutual agreement);
• tuition fee remission for up to two dependent children.

Please see the information attached to our school TES page for further details about the school, the employment package and life in Thailand.

Teachers who want to experience the rewards of working at our school should complete the TES application form. In addition, they should attach a letter of application addressed to Ms Jackie Houghton and an up-to-date CV, including a photograph. Three professional referees’ names and email addresses must be included on the CV and added through the TES apply now/quick apply system.

Interviews will take place via Google Meet/Zoom or face-to-face in Rayong. Early applications are encouraged and applications will be assessed as they arrive. 

• The advert opens: on Friday 8th March 
• The advert closes: on Monday 8th April

We reserve the right to close the selection process early should an exceptional candidate be identified at an early stage.