Early Years Class Teacher - August 2025

Repton Dubai is seeking an outstanding Early Years Teacher to start August 2025.

Our ideal candidate will have effective teaching experience at EYFS level in addition to holding QTS, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to continuous improvement.

The role of the Early Years Teacher is to motivate children and use resources imaginatively to help them learn up to the age of 5 years. You'll provide a safe and secure environment for them to develop in the specific and prime areas, while recording observations and summarising their achievements.

About Cognita:

Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 16 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 85,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, ‘Thrive in a rapidly evolving world’.

At Cognita, we know every student is unique. We nurture their distinct personalities and strengths. We support them academically, socially, and emotionally, wherever they are in the world, wherever they’re starting from. We protect what’s special about them, while offering them rich knowledge, opportunities, and best practices. And they get to be part of something bigger; ensuring they get an education that’s, quite literally, world class.

Repton Schools in the UAE

Excella leads the Repton Family of Schools in the UAE, and provides outstanding British curriculum education in the UAE. The Excella school portfolio comprises Repton Dubai, Repton Al Barsha, also in Dubai, and Repton Abu Dhabi, alongside Dovecote nurseries with branches across UAE.

About Repton School Dubai

Repton Dubai is a prominent international school in the heart of Dubai and one of the few schools in Dubai to boast an Outstanding rating from the Dubai Schools Inspection Board since 2014. One of the few genuinely international schools in the Gulf Region, Repton Dubai combines the reputation and academic rigour of the UK curriculum, from Early Years through Junior School and into Senior School. It embraces the challenges and opportunities of the International Diploma, A Levels or IB in the Sixth Form.

Set in the largest, most spectacular school campus in the Middle-East, and almost uniquely in Dubai offering a dynamic boarding experience in addition to day school, Repton pupils from ages 3-18 benefit from facilities, resources and a classroom and sporting experience that is the envy of their peers.

Our mission is ‘the rigorous pursuit of excellence, inside and outside the classroom, combined with a passionate concern for the wellbeing of each individual’

About the Department

This is a wonderful opportunity for successful candidates to join a well-established team who recruit the highest calibre of staff who understand that a student’s wellbeing, happiness and sense of purpose is at the core of their success. 

Skills, Experience & Responsibilities:

• Adhere to the schools teaching and learning handbooks/policies
• Planning and delivering high quality lessons, adapted to meet the needs of the pupils
• Ensure provision for all learners is maintained at the highest level
• Support pupils to make progress in their learning
• Respond to pupils work and mark book from the lesson covered in line with eh school’s marking policy
• Ensure tracking of pupils attainment and progress is kept up to date
• Use data to inform planning and target setting
• Encourage children's mathematical and creative development through stories, songs, games, drawing and imaginative play.
• Support the development of children's basic skills, including physical coordination, speech and communication.
• Maintain a classroom and outdoor environment that provides for the needs of all learners whilst setting inspirational goal and challenges.
• Facilitate, support and monitor the overall progress and development of EYFS pupils and designated groups of pupils.

Successful candidates will have:

• Bachelors of Education or PGCE with appropriate specialism, OR
• Bachelors in subject relevant to teaching specialism plus PGCE in Primary Education
• Experience teaching in a UK setting or renowned British Curriculum / international school
• Appropriate experience which enables them to contribute to our school enrichment programme
• Ideally we require a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Annual flight ticket
• Accommodation
• World class medical & healthcare benefits (subject to status)
• End of service gratuity, as per labour law

To support your application, please include your current, up-to-date CV.

The school reserves the right to interview and appoint strong candidates before the official closing date, and therefore we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process.

Cognita and the Repton Family of Schools is totally committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to detailed and enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks for all countries lived in, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and satisfactory reference checks for all employment in the last 5 years.