Primary Class Teacher (Head of Year)
British Vietnamese International School - Hanoi - Royal City
Hanoi, Vietnam
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 01/08/2025
- Apply by:
- 30 April 2025
Job overview
British Vietnamese International School Hanoi is looking to appoint a Primary Key Class Teacher to join our talented and dedicated team of educators, in our high-performing Primary Section. For the right candidate, there is also the possibility of a Head of Year role.
Why Join BVIS Hanoi?
As part of Nord Anglia Education (NAE), BVIS Hanoi offers world-class professional development opportunities, a collaborative teaching community, and a commitment to educational excellence.
Outstanding Benefits Package
We offer a highly competitive remuneration package, including:
- Salary: Aligned with UK-qualified teacher pay scales, reflecting experience and expertise.
- Housing Allowance: A generous monthly allowance to support comfortable living in Hanoi.
- Annual Return Flight: A fully covered return flight to your home country each academic year.
- Comprehensive Health Insurance: Medical coverage for you and eligible dependents.
- Relocation Assistance: Support with visa and work permit applications, plus a settling-in allowance.
- Professional Development: Access to global training opportunities through NAE’s professional learning platforms.
- Tuition Discounts: Significant fee reductions for staff children attending BVIS Hanoi.
About the role
We are looking for a professional who will thrive working closely with British, Vietnamese and international colleagues
Our pupils are predominantly Vietnamese, with some Koreans and a few other nationalities. Your teaching will develop students intellectually and emotionally, increasing their proficiency in English through an engaging curriculum based on the English National Curriculum and the International Primary Curriculum. It is therefore essential that you have a good understanding of English language learning.
Please refer Job Description and check our Candidate Information Pack for detailed information.
About you
BEd or PGCE, plus QTS, a good working knowledge of the English National Curriculum (or similar), and a minimum of four years’ recent experience of teaching are essential. You will shine in the primary classroom. You will have experience teaching EAL learners, a passion for teaching and a strong desire for working in an outstanding bilingual learning environment. Overseas teaching experience is also desirable.
We will expect you to promote high expectations for our students, design learning activities that are aligned to our school’s curriculum and encourage a learning culture where every child is appropriately challenged and motivated, and where the child and parents receive regular helpful feedback and next steps. You will foster a warm environment of respect, facilitating learning in a language rich setting.
You will embody the school values of integrity, respect, caring, enquiry, reflection and perseverance.
About Nord Anglia Education
Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium schools organisation, with more than 80+ schools located across over 33 countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate over 74,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.
Our philosophy for education rests on our four pillars of creativity, wellbeing, excellent academic outcomes, and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a personalised 21st century learning experience for all students.
Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. Nord Anglia schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.
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About our school
The British Vietnamese International School (BVIS) produces a high-quality international education standard with a rapidly growing reputation. Fully integrated within the curriculum is the deliberate nurturing and safeguarding of Vietnamese language, culture and heritage. This new type of school is the first in Vietnam to offer this unique and special model.
BVIS is a member of the prestigious Federation of British Schools in Asia and has fully credited by the Council of International Schools.
To learn more about our school and see our latest updates, please view our Facebook page and the News and Events section of our website.
Selection Process
The closing date for application is Wednesday 30th of April 2025 although we encourage early applications and reserve the right to pursue good applications as soon as we are ready.
The interview will be conducted online.
Applications must be made online by clicking the Apply Button below. Applications should contain an application letter and full CV (including photograph, phone number, and contact details of 3 referees – one of whom is your current Head Teacher/Principal). A scanned copy of relevant degree certificates will also need to be provided.
Start Date: 1st August 2025
At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender, or culture.
All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.
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About British Vietnamese International School - Hanoi - Royal City
- British Vietnamese International School - Hanoi - Royal City
- Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai, Thuong Dinh, Thanh Xuan
- Hanoi
- Vietnam
BVIS, Hanoi is a state of the art, purpose-built school which opened in August 2013 in a desirable commercial and residential location, adjacent to the Royal City shopping mall and apartment complex in the Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi. The campus is organized around three buildings which house the Early Years Centre, the Primary School and the Secondary School, featuring exceptional facilities including two large libraries, a theatre, an auditorium, an indoor 25m swimming pool, two sports halls and grass playing fields. The school also has available specialist suites for Science, Music, IT, Art, Dance and Drama.
Originally part of an independent group of schools in Vietnam, BVIS Hanoi, along with the three sister schools became a part of the Nord Anglia family of schools in 2015.
Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium schools organisation, with more than 80+ schools located across over 33 countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate over 80,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary school.
Our philosophy for education rests on our four pillars of creativity, wellbeing, excellent academic outcomes, and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a personalised 21st century learning experience for all students.
Every parent wants the best for their child — so do we. Nord Anglia schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all of our students love coming to school.
Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are united by our philosophy, to be ambitious for our students, our people, and our family of schools. We believe that being part of our family of schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. Our schools have access to a wide range of resources and support to enhance their success.
We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London.
BVIS Hanoi is the first of its kind in Hanoi to offer a dual-language, integrated curriculum modelled on the National Curriculum for England whilst committing to nurturing and celebrating Vietnamese language and culture. Students reach high literacy levels in both English and Vietnamese by the end of Primary school. The International Early Years and International Primary Curriculum models are used extensively. The use of English as the medium of instruction gradually increases as students progress through the school. We are proud to call ourselves an international school that is additively bilingual. Enquiry-based learning in Key Stage 3 leads into Cambridge International Examination IGCSE and International A Level examination courses.
Whatever the nationality of the students, there is a respect for and a deliberate nurturing and safeguarding of the Vietnamese language, culture and heritage. These schools are the first in Vietnam to offer the “Best of Both Worlds”.
BVIS, Hanoi is staffed with dedicated, skilled and committed teachers, ensuring the education on offer is amongst the very best available anywhere in the world. All of the teaching staff are well-qualified with relevant curriculum experience, are content and language instructors so that we can truly say that students gain full bilingual proficiency by the time they graduate. There are extensive professional learning opportunities for all staff.
The mission of BVIS is to ensure that all students become responsible global citizens with a world vision, whilst having a clear Vietnamese perspective, either as a Vietnamese national or as a result of studying at the school here in Vietnam.
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