Teacher of PE - September 2022 - The English School, Kuwait
The English School
Salmiya, Kuwait
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive tax-free package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2022
- Apply by:
- 12 December 2021
Job overview
This is a wonderful opportunity for a proven, outstanding specialist to join a highly successful, long-established and prestigious IAPS school in the Middle East with a first-class reputation for providing excellence in education and sport.
We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of PE to join our highly successful and busy PE department. Main responsibilities include the teaching of games, coaching of major team sports including netball, athletics, swimming, basketball and volleyball. The successful candidate must be experienced and driven to maintain the school’s prominent position as one of the region’s most successful sporting prep schools. The ability to teach a further subject within the curriculum would be very advantageous.
The successful candidate will:
- be highly motivated
- be an excellent role model
- have a proven track record in delivering a quality, balanced PE curriculum from the Early Years to KS3
- be an excellent administrator
- be able to develop excellence in our most able performers, promote ‘sport for all’ and raise the profile of healthy lifestyles within our school community
- ideally, hold qualifications within lifeguarding and pool side first aid
In recent years, the school has won both the BSME Under 13 and Under 11 small schools championships and our teams are always well-drilled, dedicated and competitive. For many of our pupils, PE and games are their favourite subject and the successful candidate will help nurture and develop a lifelong passion for sports and fitness.
The school’s facilities include a superb 25m outdoor swimming pool, high quality indoor air-conditioned gymnasium, outdoor areas and artificial pitches on campus for football, tennis and netball. We also make good use of local facilities in Kuwait to support our programme. Additionally, as a part of our broad extracurricular activities programme, we employ outside coaches to provide opportunities in a range of sports for children of all levels after school.
The School offers an excellent, tax free package which includes accommodation.
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree along with a recognised UK teaching qualification, or equivalent. Prior experience in an international school setting is not essential. If you are considering working overseas for the first time, or even have a significant amount of international experience, then we would be keen to hear from you.
The Teacher of PE Job Description is available here and the Teacher Job Description is available here.
Interviews: Suitable candidates will be interviewed as soon as possible after an application is received. It is therefore in the interests of candidates to respond quickly in order to avoid disappointment.
The position is full time and the successful candidate will need to be available and in Kuwait from mid-August. Term begins for pupils on August 30, 2022.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children - successful applicants will be subject to relevant Child Protection and reference checks.
Attached documents
About The English School
About the School
The English School, which is a not for profit school in Kuwait, has served the English speaking community for 70 years. As the oldest British school in the Middle East, we are a school based on Tradition, Excellence & Success.
Closely following the Foundation Stage and National Curriculum for England, pupils are taught by well qualified and experienced staff who recognise that all children are unique.
Pupils are stretched and enriched by a curriculum that is broad, challenging and varied, and caters for the individual needs of each child. Pupils are also encouraged to develop their social and personal skills, with a strong emphasis upon good manners and respect for one another.
We constantly strive to improve the quality of education that we provide and respond quickly to initiatives and changes in the UK ensuring that our children really do get the very best education possible.
Accreditations
We pride ourselves on the quality of education that the school provides for its pupils and the only way that we can verify whether or not we meet the stringent requirements of a British education is to be inspected by a UK based and accredited inspection body. There is none more rigorous or thorough than the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). During our most recent ISI inspection in May 2022, the school met all expectations and standards.
As a member of IAPS (Independent Association of Prep Schools) the school is one of an elite group of academic institutions providing an education for pupils from 3 to 13 years of age. IAPS membership is a clear indicator that a school delivers a first-rate education comparable to the very best prep schools in the UK. There are 15 IAPS schools in the Middle East region currently meeting the stringent requirements of IAPS accreditation, and we are very proud that The English School does so. In addition, we are a member of the BSME (British Schools in the Middle East) and COBIS (Council of British International Schools) allowing us to attend in-service training, conferences, share best practice, and participate in events.
As a BSO (British Schools Overseas) school we are recognised for providing the very best in a British education.
About Kuwait
All members of staff would tell you that Kuwait is so much more than the common preconceived perception prevalent amongst those that have never visited. Indeed, the vast majority of Kuwait’s 4.25 million inhabitants (1.5 million locals and almost 3 million expatriates) live in a city similar in size to Birmingham in the UK. Many aspects of Kuwait are westernised and the preponderance of restaurants, cinemas and beach clubs would grace any top European destination. The efficient, if extremely busy, network of motorways that criss-cross the metropolis makes it easy to get around.
As one of the richest countries in the world, Kuwait’s tax-free environment and geographical location provide an opportunity to save money, and act as an ideal stepping stone for travel around the Middle East and to the Far East. There is a whole host of most impressive shopping outlets and malls around the city. Traditional souks specialising in gold, fabric and rugs, to name but a few, are invariably busy with eagle-eyed bargain hunters. There are hundreds of restaurants to choose from and it is fair to say that eating out and shopping are national pastimes.
Kuwait is an extremely safe city where most goods are readily available. Summers are hot, but the ten week break gives everyone time to get away and catch up with family and friends, or time to travel further afield. April and May, and October and November are perfect for all manner of outdoor activities including exploring the desert wildlife and environment. December through to March can be cool in the evenings but often still reach the low 20s during the day – a far cry from UK! With an excellent golf course, wonderful beach clubs and a thriving social scene, not forgetting a rich history and heritage, Kuwait is so much more than the uninitiated think. The school has an excellent reputation and teachers have been known to stay for more than 20 years. No one place is for everyone, but Kuwait might just be right for you.
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