Head of Year & Assistant Head of Year

Dulwich College (Singapore) is seeking talented and inspiring candidates for Head of Year and Assistant Head of Year roles for an August 2025 start. 

Junior School Heads of Year and Assistant Heads of Year are accomplished educators who lead a team of ten class teachers across a year group, ensuring every child can thrive pastorally and academically. The post holders will work closely with the Junior School Leadership Team to set the tone and culture for the year group, while ensuring their own classroom and teaching practice is exemplary. 

Students come first is our guiding pillar. The right candidates will be highly committed team players with the drive, energy and passion to help develop this forward-looking school. They will be internationally minded and excited to work with a culturally diverse range of colleagues and children. Applicants must be willing to lead by example and play a full part in the College’s pastoral care and extra-curricular programme. 

Junior School teachers have high expectations of themselves and learners. They are reflective and strive for continual improvement. They value knowing each child as an individual and create a safe space for learning. They believe in personalising learning and that all children have the right to make progress from their individual starting points; teachers identify the needs of children and provide support and challenge as appropriate. 

Our teachers understand the importance of a solid platform of core skills and content, and see this as a springboard to teaching broader concepts, through an inquiry approach to learning. To support this, every student has access to a device. Our curriculum and timetable value a breadth of disciplines that includes traditionally academic subjects as well as STEM, sports and visual and performing arts. Teachers are supported to develop areas of expertise within this model.

Above all, our teachers strive to develop a love for learning in every child. 

Safeguarding

Our College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our care. We follow safe recruitment practices and appointments are subject to vetting including reference checks, and identity and criminal record checks. 

Dulwich College (Singapore)

Dulwich College (Singapore) is a globally renowned international school educating more than 2,900 students from Toddlers (age 2) to Year 13 (age 18). The College was founded in 2014 on the ethos and values of the British independent schooling system and was the seventh College to join the Dulwich family of schools. It has a global outlook and contemporary approach that mirrors Singapore’s cosmopolitan nature and reflects the diverse backgrounds of the 50+ nationalities that make up its student body. 

Dulwich College (Singapore) believes in nurturing global citizens and well-rounded future leaders equipped to solve the world’s challenges. Students are encouraged to Live Worldwise – to make informed choices, take inspired action and create a positive impact on society and the planet. This global outlook is expressed in the school motto, ‘Detur Pons Mundo’, which translates to ‘Building Bridges To The World’ – a perspective that is lived out daily. 

Regarded as one of the leading international schools in Singapore, the College is academically selective and provides a rigorous curriculum, complemented by a rich co-curricular programme. We build upon an enhanced version of the English National Curriculum, followed by IGCSE and the IB Diploma Programme. It is a genuinely international education. Our modern campus connects us to the greenery of Singapore and features technology-rich learning spaces, world-class performing arts facilities, swimming pools, sports pitches and gymnasia.

The Junior School

Our Junior School caters for 880 enthusiastic learners aged between 7 and 11. Everything we do is underpinned by a culture of safety and wellbeing for all members of the community. We build upon the excellent foundations laid in DUCKS, and develop a depth of academic knowledge, as well as the life skills and mindset needed to prepare students for the best possible success in our Senior School. We want children to leave Year 6 as motivated, independent and collaborative learners. 

Our Vision for Teachers

Dulwich College International(DCI) is a family of leading international schools in Asia. Across our schools, we are focused on nurturing teacher and, in turn, every student to have the skills and motivation to thrive in life and make a positive difference in the world – that is, to Graduate Worldwise. To this end, we look to recruit the very best practitioners in international education who are passionate about unlocking the potential of our students, and who will continue to grow with us as Worldwise Teachers. 

Worldwise teachers:

• Put students first in all they do 
• Display a positive attitude, adaptability and open-mindedness
• Show professional initiative and perseverance 
• Are truly collaborative and display highly developed communication skills 
• Are committed to internationalism and equity 
• Are committed to sustainability and global citizenship 

Worldwise teachers believe in:

• The right of every student to be safe, supported and nurtured 
• Evidence-based and innovative pedagogy 
• Personalised and differentiated student learning 
• Setting high expectations for every student 
• Empowering students to reach their own goals 
• High levels of student motivation and engagement 

Worldwise teachers’ practice:

• Maximises every student’s opportunity learn 
• Promotes student agency, reflection and a love of learning 
• Delivers academic rigour and holistic learning 
• Reveals the complex and inter-disciplinary nature of learning content 
• Creates a supportive and dynamic learning environment 
• Develops students’ higher-order thinking 

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Having a diverse staff body is a great strength to us as a College and one of the ways that we can help students achieve our College Mission of Living Worldwise.We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy or socio-economic status. We support family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational needs allow. Staff recruited locally are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law. 

Dulwich College (Singapore) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices which are aligned to the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection. We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection. All appointments are subject to an interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references.

PEI Registration Number: 201027137D. 

Period of Registration: 09 January 2024 to 08 January 2028