Lead Teacher of Art
The King's School Canterbury, Shenzhen International
Shenzhen, China
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2020
- Apply by:
- 8 December 2019
Job overview
In September 2019, the King’s School, Canterbury, dating back to 597 and one of the UK’s leading co-educational boarding schools, opened its first overseas branch, a Kindergarten/Pre-Prep department (ages 2-6) in Shenzhen, China’s fastest growing city. This will be followed by Primary and Junior Schools in September 2020 and the Middle and Senior High Schools in 2021. King’s in Shenzhen offers a blended bi-cultural and bilingual pedagogy and it has already been successful and gaining an excellent reputation for the quality of its teaching, its focus on the well-being of children, and its inclusive approach.
We are now seeking an outstanding Lead Teacher of Art to join our first team of Primary and Junior School teachers with responsibility both for the teaching of the visual arts and for developing art throughout the School. This should be a very attractive opportunity for those wanting to take their first steps into Asia or for those with previous experience. Shenzhen is a very exciting place to be; it is China's fourth largest and fastest growing city, the home of some of China's leading technology companies, and the hub of the Greater Bay Area. The King's School, Canterbury, also has a wonderful
history of excellence in the field and an extremely well-resourced and staffed department to provide both inspiration and resources.
Applications should be submitted by 09:00 (China time) on Monday 09 December. Further details available via this page on the TES, from our website https://www.kings-school.com.cn/vacancies/ and from hr2@kings-school.com.cn.
There are two steps in the application process:
1. Forward a Personal Statement to hr2@kings-school.com.cn.
2. Complete EITHER the TES application form obtainable through the TES advertisement OR our own form found at https://www.kings-school.com.cn/vacancies/.
When both steps have been completed we shall acknowledge the application and inform you of the next steps.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and criminal records.
The King’s School Shenzhen International is an equal opportunities employer.
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About The King's School Canterbury, Shenzhen International
- The King's School Canterbury, Shenzhen International
- No 375 Yuewan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
- Guangdong
- 518000
- China
Established 1400 years ago in the 6th century, the King’s School, Canterbury is thought to be the oldest continuously operating school in England and Europe. In the early centuries, the School was attached to Canterbury Cathedral and it still occupies buildings which are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The School was re-founded by King Henry VIII in 1541 and hence it was given the name ‘The King’s School’. It received a new Royal Charter from King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1946.
The famous ‘King’s Week’, the festival of music and drama at the end of the summer term started shortly thereafter, in 1952.The School has continued to evolve and modernise to meet today’s educational demands. Its new International College opened in 2018, and the first stage of the Shenzhen campus opened in 2019. It is also planning to open a sister campus in Cambodia in 2023.
The School has enjoyed a distinguished reputation and excellent academic results. It is labelled ‘outstanding’ in regular independent inspections. Every year 99% of its graduating class go on to world class universities. The King’s School Canterbury UK is not interested in multi-franchise arrangements but in a small number of quality overseas branch schools. In this way, it will be able to keep a much closer connection between both Canterbury and the overseas branches, but also between the overseas schools themselves.
Our Shenzhen school is King's first overseas school and will always have a very special connection in terms staffing, staff training, resources, policies, summer programmes, inspections and, in due course, exchanges.
Our Pre-Prep is blessed with the wonderful green backdrop of the Da NanShan – the Nanshan mountain – and the children enjoy very generous outdoor space as well as extremely well-fitted classrooms. In addition, there is an excellent library, art maker-space, a mindfulness room, a large music hall and an indoor play area. The curriculum is based on the UK’s EYFS (Early Year Foundation Stage) which allows children to learn through exploring the world and playing. Everything we do is in two languages and all classes have two teachers, one international and one Chinese and at least one TA.
Our main campus which opened in Autumn 2022, 4 kilometres away from the Pre-Prep, is designed specifically for the Prep School (Grades 1-8, UK Years 2-9) and Senior School (Grades 9-12, UK Years 10-13). State-of-the-art in every respect, it is modern in appearance and modern in the way it will meet the needs of today’s children. There are open learning and break-out spaces, both indoors and out, alongside bright and flexible classrooms with specialist laboratories, common social areas, sports, music and drama facilities. It also has a sizeable five-days-a-week boarding community.
Some of the ‘signature’ spaces include: library, health & well- being centre, robotics lab, performance halls, theatre, recording studio, sports hall, swimming pool, a martial arts room and outdoor sports and play facilities.
Our exciting pedagogy merges the best practice from the UK with that from China and comprises a strong emphasis on ensuring that academic depth and breadth, together with many co-curricular opportunities, supported by the highest standards of pastoral care.
Senior school students prepare for global university entrance through Cambridge IGCSEs and International A Levels.
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