English Teacher
King's College School Cascais
Portugal
- New
- Salary:
- Competitive salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2025
- Apply by:
- 30 April 2025
Job overview
ROLE SUMMARY:
King's College School, Cascais, a prestigious addition to the Inspired Education Group, is looking for a passionate Senior English Teacher to join our dynamic faculty. In this role, you’ll engage students with the Cambridge International curriculum and prepare them for IGCSE and A-Level standards. With plans to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma by 2026, we aim to develop globally minded, critical thinkers ready for academic and personal success.
Our prime location and exceptional facilities, including a 25-meter pool, sports courts, and new boarding options, set us apart as a leader in premium international education. This is a unique opportunity to join a school that values academic rigor, staff growth, and holistic student development as we continue to expand.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Deliver engaging, challenging, and interactive lessons to ensure the highest academic standards and outcomes in line with the Cambridge International and IGCSE curriculum.
- Foster critical thinking and intellectual curiosity in students, guiding them to engage deeply with literature and language studies.
- Utilize a range of assessment techniques to gauge progress, providing constructive feedback to support individual student growth and curriculum alignment.
- Develop a positive, inclusive classroom environment that promotes student welfare, respect, and a sense of belonging.
- Collaborate with colleagues on curriculum planning and assessment strategies, contributing to the school’s ambitious academic vision.
- Integrate ICT effectively to enhance learning and keep students engaged with digital tools and resources.
- Participate actively in the school’s growth roadmap, contributing to initiatives that strengthen the institution’s mission and student-centred approach.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
- A university degree in English, English Literature, or a closely related subject, along with a teaching qualification.
- A strong foundation in teaching British or Cambridge International curricula at the IGCSE and A-Level or IB Diploma levels.
- Excellent subject knowledge and a passion for bringing literature and language to life in the classroom.
- Strong organizational skills and adaptability in teaching style, with an emphasis on fostering student progress and confidence.
- A positive, forward-thinking approach to change and continuous improvement in teaching practices.
- Commitment to student welfare, creating a nurturing and supportive learning environment.
- Proficiency in integrating ICT into teaching, making use of digital tools to enrich the student learning experience.
- Experience in or enthusiasm for contributing to extracurricular activities, building a well-rounded educational experience.
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
About King's College School Cascais
- King's College School Cascais
- Rua Cesario Verde 395, Pampilheira, Cascais
- Lisbon
- 2750-657
- Portugal
Our School is part of the Inspired Education Group
King’s College School, Cascais comes with a 50-year heritage of academic excellence instilled from the King’s College schools group, one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the world.
King‘s College School is an international school offering a truly global education and is the only school in Lisbon to offer the full world-renowned Cambridge curriculum up until Year 11 (age 16) and then culminate with the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme in Years 12 & 13 (age 16-18).
The school offers the highest quality modern facilities, ensuring that students benefit from a learning environment that has been designed for how students learn in the modern day. Facilities include football pitches, tennis courts, padel courts as well as dance, drama, and art studios.
King’s College School joins other King’s Group schools in Spain, Panama, Latvia and soon The Bahamas and Egypt. King’s Group schools have provided children with a rigorous and broad British and international education since 1969 with a focus on developing thoughtful and knowledgeable young people. The success of the group comes from recruiting teachers with the skills and experience to turn the curriculum into dynamic lessons that ignite the imagination.
The King’s belief that child-centred, exploratory learning teaches students to think, question and explore new ideas, complements lnspired’s forward-thinking learning approach.
The Inspired learning approach
Our approach is defined by supportive academic excellence and the exploration of life skills to develop students’ self-confidence and self-assurance.
We do this by delivering a focus on the individual and offering a broad curriculum based on the three pillars. Academics are at the centre of our approach but are also complemented equally by Performing Arts and Sport. This rich curriculum ensures that every student can discover their passions and develop their skills. Students are encouraged and supported to excel across all areas, even those they find more difficult.
Our Three Pillar Approach
1. Academics
Central to all our schools, our core of academia teaches our students critical and lateral thinking to inform the understanding and application of a wide variety of disciplines. At King’s College School, we follow the British Curriculum to Year 11 and then the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme to Year 13.
2. Sport
Inspired’s sporting pillar stands for health, wellbeing, fun, motivation, self-discipline,
and self-esteem. Whether it’s about involving students in team sports or introducing them to individual pursuits, we aim to provide an athletics programme to suit every student. King’s College School students can get involved in a broad range of sporting pursuits including football, basketball, cricket, swimming, and tennis.
While some students in each school go on to achieve national and international honours, all students benefit from the fitness, enjoyment, and life-long interest that sport can spark. The physical exercise involved also contributes to the mental alertness necessary for successful study.
3. Performing Arts
The arts help to instil confidence and selfassurance within our students to nurture and
develop their interests for life. This confidence is derived from performance, the appreciation of the arts as fundamental to the human experience, and a creative approach to all that our students do.
From drama lessons and public speaking to instrumental music lessons and visual arts, King’s College School students get to experience it all as part of the core curriculum.
Build a career with Inspired Education
Inspired schools remain anchored in the vibrant cultures of their respective locations, and collectively, they form an international community that nurtures each student's academic and personal development in a progressive, dynamic, and innovative learning environment.
Specialist-led, extracurricular activities and exchange programmes are woven into the fabric of Inspired's approach to schooling, resulting in a well-rounded, diverse student population of engaged, active learners who confidently apply their wide-ranging skills within a global context.
Students benefit from a robust, holistic, international curriculum formed around the Inspired three pillars of modern education: academic excellence, sports, and performing & creative arts, with dedicated, highly qualified teachers who demonstrate Inspired's exemplary methodology. In the application of a student-centred teaching model, Inspired schools achieve outstanding examination results and, importantly, nurture happy, multi-skilled individuals who have faith in their abilities. Inspired students are empowered to fulfil their potential and are fully equipped to thrive in a modern world.
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