Primary Teacher
Foshan, China
Start Date: January 2025
Region: Far East and South East Asia
School Curriculum: UK
The School
Opened in 2020, this school has been founded to provide a British high school education to the expatriate community in Foshan. When full, it will educate 850 boys and girls aged 8-18, with both day and boarding options. Although this is an independent school, it is closely linked to one of the oldest and most prestigious academic girls' schools in the UK
Under the proactive support and guidance of the UK school, the Foshan school aims to become a beacon of educational excellence and the premier School in the region. Students learn to balance their academic studies with a wealth of extra-curricular activities. Students learn many lessons through these activities, discover passions and interests that will last with them for life and develop skills that make them more effective learners.
The School Site
The School enjoys a spacious, green environment spread over a 9.5 acre site. Awarded the inaugural British Schools Forum China award for sustainable design, the school incorporates latest thinking, offering state-of-the-art facilities include flexible, collaborative classrooms, superbly equipped science and technology facilities, specialist teaching and performance spaces for the creative and performing arts, extensive sports facilities together with a 400m running track and sports fields.
Modern student accommodation will enable up to 60% of students to board to allow them to truly work hard, play hard and sleep well at night.
Location
The school is situated in the heart of Foshan, a city the size of London with a rich and varied cultural heritage. Foshan is a clean, modern city with the ambition to become the hub for high-technology, bio-science, and finance in the Greater Bay Area. The city is famous for its porcelain ceramics, the martial art Wing Chun (Kung Fu), Chinese opera and its Cantonese cuisine.
The area surrounding the School is green and air quality is good. There are plenty of cycling and running tracks along the banks of the Dongping Waterway and adjacent to the Ban Yuedao wetland park. Traditional culture has been preserved in nearby Lingnan Tiandi, which has been redeveloped as a pedestrianised restaurant and shopping area.
The School is 45 minutes from the International Airport in Guangzhou and just under an hour from Hong Kong and Hong Kong International Airport by high-speed train.
School Requirements
- Fully qualified with a minimum of 2 years of post qualification experience
- A clear vision for effective learning and teaching
- An understanding of what excellence looks like
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to establish and shape this new international school and the successful candidate will need to:
- possess outstanding teaching skills and be enterprising and proactive
- promote a strong culture of developing practice in learning and teaching
- have excellent communication, problem solving and critical thinking skills
- support the distinctive ethos of the School and actively participate in the School community
Salary and Benefits
- The school offers a generous remuneration package
- On-site, purpose-built accommodation - the staff apartment building includes a fitness suite, social club and terrace. In addition, staff can make use of the impressive school dining and sports facilities at the school
- Medical
- Flights
- Comprehensive Induction
- Ongoing professional Development programme