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PE Teacher - Female - Immediate Start

PE Teacher - Female - Immediate Start

Gulf British Academy

Kuwait

  • New
  • Expiring soon
Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
Immedaitely
Apply by:
7 November 2024

Job overview

Established in 2005, Gulf British Academy is a BSO-accredited school seeking a qualified and skilled PE Teacher to join our team of specialists across Key Stages 2/3 and 4.

In return for your service, we offer an excellent package for overseas, qualified employees that includes:  

  • A generous tax-free salary  
  • Annual flight allowance to and from your home country  
  • Furnished air-conditioned accommodation or housing allowance  
  • End-of-service indemnity  


What you offer 

The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of the PE English National Curriculum and is able to teach the subject across Key Stages 2/3 and 4. The successful candidate would reflect upon and adapt practice to raise attainment while instilling confidence and independence into our pupils. The successful candidate would also commit to the successful and extensive after-school programme on offer at GBA.


Essential requirements  

  • Qualified Teacher Status: A degree qualification in teaching (e.g. PGCE or Bachelor’s in Education) with evidence of teaching Physical Education or sports science. 
  • Expert knowledge of your subject area as evidenced by your passion and CPD for various pitch and court focused sports and activities.  
  • Recent UK teaching experience or international experience within a British curriculum-based, BSO-accredited school.  
  • Fluent in spoken and written English.  
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills to inspire and build good relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues.  
  • A clean enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or police check.


Desirable  

  • Your degree subject is in Physical Education. 
  • Swimming teaching experience to assist the Swimming Instructor as and when required.  
  • Familiarity with initiatives such as Philosophy for Children and Growth Mindset.  
  • Comfortable using Google Workspace (Gmail, shared drives, forms, etc).
  • Experience in leading netball and volleyball teams.
  • Experience of teaching GCSE PE.


Please visit the job vacancies section on our website https://www.gulfbritishacademy.com/our-school/job-vacancies/

Applications are considered upon receipt and should arrive no later than:

Thursday 7th November 2024.

We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process so early applications are positively encouraged.

Interviews will be conducted by video-conference (Google Meet, Zoom, or Skype), telephone or in person if you are already based in Kuwait.

If you do not hear back from us after 5 working days, you should presume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

Further information

Please take the time to read our teacher job description and any additional documents at the bottom of this page. Visit our website and Tes Career Site to gain a deeper insight into our school.

Gulf British Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Attached documents

About Gulf British Academy

"Grow, Build, Achieve - Uniting the best of British education with the best of Kuwaiti culture"

Established in 2005, Gulf British Academy is an independent, co-educational, BSO, BSME and COBIS accredited school.

In August 2020, we opened the doors to our brand new premises. Currently, GBA caters for pupils from Pre-KG to Year 10. We aim to add a new year group every year until we become a fully 3-18 school. This rapid growth provides a wide range of opportunities for professional development and in-house promotion.

Here you will find our current opportunities to join our passionate team. We pride ourselves on welcoming new ideas and value the opinions of all staff on our journey of constant improvement.

New facilities

The new school building provides a modern learning environment, including spacious classrooms, a swimming pool, a large hall/theatre and cinema, indoor and outdoor sport facilities, science labs, design and technology areas, ICT rooms, play areas, and a teaching kitchen.

Location

Kuwait is a small, friendly country providing the ideal base to visit many other countries. It has a large expat community and offers plenty of opportunities for new experiences with lots of sunshine and plenty of beaches.

Benefits

We offer an excellent package for overseas, qualified employees that includes a generous tax-free salary; annual flight allowance to and from your home country; furnished accommodation or housing allowance and end-of-service indemnity.

Curriculum

We work closely within the national curriculum for England to deliver creative and interactive programmes that develop our academic curriculum, pastoral care system and extra-curricular activities to ensure our children are happy and enjoy coming to school. This includes a house system, as well as Philosophy for Children and Growth Mindset initiatives. We also embrace Islamic culture and values through Arabic Language, Islamic and Quran studies in accordance with the guidelines of the Kuwait Ministry of Education.

British values

We expect all members of our staff to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Join us!

If you’re passionate about helping pupils succeed, share our values and meet our requirements we would love to hear from you.

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