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El Limonar International School Villamartín
Spain
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2025
- Apply by:
- 30 April 2025
Job overview
About Cognita
Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 17 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 95,000 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’.
Are you passionate about inspiring young minds and shaping the future of innovation? Cognita Schools in Spain is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic STEM Teachers to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to spark curiosity and foster a love for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in students.
This vacancy is for any new vacancies for the 25/26 academic year and successful candidates will be added to our talent pool. By joining our talent pool, you will be among the first to be considered for upcoming roles that match your skills and experience. We value proactive, talented individuals, and this approach allows us to connect with the right candidates efficiently when opportunities arise. If you are looking to grow your career with us, we encourage you to apply and be part of our network of potential future team members.
About the role
As a STEM Teacher, you will design and deliver engaging lessons that encourage critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving. You’ll integrate modern teaching techniques and technology into the classroom, ensuring students are prepared for a rapidly evolving world.
We are looking for candidates willing to teach Combined Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Technology, ICT and Computer Science at all key stages in Secondary and Sixth Form. You must have a passion for teaching and the ability to connect with students. Prior teaching experience is preferred, but we also welcome applications from enthusiastic individuals who are at the start of their teaching careers.
We are recruiting Teachers to work in any of our Schools listed below. In your personal statement on the application form, you will need to specify which schools are your preferred locations and how flexible you are with the location.
School Locations:
• British School of Barcelona (BSB)
• Hastings Schools
• British School of Valencia (BSV)
• ELIS Murcia
• ELIS Villamartin
• The English Montessori School (TEMS)
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What We Offer
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Support with relocating to Spain
• Free tuition fees for children with permanent contracts
• Free lunches in school
• A supportive and collaborative teaching community.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.
• Access to state of the art STEM resources and facilities.
How to apply
Please click apply and complete the application process.
You will be asked to complete an application form and a personal statement as part of the application process.
Please use your statement (in no more than 800 words) to demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience listed in the job description.
Applications will be sifted on your application form and personal statement.
You must be available to start from Monday, 25th August 2025
Cognita Schools are 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 practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
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About El Limonar International School Villamartín
- El Limonar International School Villamartín
- Filipinas, 15 Urb. Blue Lagoon, San Miguel de Salinas
- Alicante
- 03193
- Spain
El Limonar International School (ELIS) has been providing a high quality bilingual education for Spanish and International students from Early Years to KS5 in the Murcia and Alicante regions, southern Spain for over thirty years. El Limonar International School Villamartín is a mixed, independent, international school for students aged 3 to 18, situated in Alicante in Spain. Since it opened in 2004, student numbers have increased from 240 to over 550, and accordingly teaching staff from 26 to over 55. In 2008, the school, which has students of almost 40 nationalities, was acquired by international school’s group Cognita. During recent years, the leadership and management structure of the school has to developed to see each ELIS school having a fully independent leadership team, overseen by an ELIS Executive Principal. ELIS Villamartín has a generous and extensive senior and middle leadership team to support with both strategic development and the day-to-day running of the school.
ELIS Villamartín has become a very successful school both in terms of the strength of its community and academic performance. Details about academic results and university destinations can be found on our website alongside all key policy and procedural documentation.
Due to growth and reform, the Headteacher is inviting applications for new and additional teachers. All posts offer curriculum development as well as teaching responsibilities and represent exceptional career advancement opportunities for suitably UK, or equivalent, qualified teachers. ELIS is an educational environment that prides itself on continuous professional improvement: Teaching and Learning briefings, carousels and professional development programmes have permeated school life, and Cognita Schools group-wide PD opportunities are extensive. We are committed to deepening the teaching and leadership skills of all staff who form part of our community. Since 2020-21 the school has introduced individual digital devices (laptops and iPads) for all students in Year 3 and above alongside an extensive range of educational software and training programme for staff.
El Limonar International School, as part of the Cognita Schools group, is an equal opportunities employer that welcomes applications from all UK (or equivalent) qualified teachers, including teaching couples. Teachers would be expected to contribute to the extra-curricular life of the school and a working knowledge of the Spanish language would be an advantage but is not essential.
El Limonar International School Villamartín is a mixed, independent, international school for students aged 3 to 18, situated in Alicante in Spain. Since it opened in 2004, student numbers have increased from 240 to over 550, and accordingly teaching staff from 26 to over 55. In 2008, the school, which has students of almost 40 nationalities, was acquired by international school’s group Cognita.
Values and vision
El Limonar International School Villamartín has four aspects which it believes are central to the delivery of its education: a curricular programme of high academic standards; social and moral development; personalised attention; extra-curricular and complementary activities.
The school believes student agency, adaptability and a sense of duty are as important as academic rigor and multilingualism. El Limonar International School Villamartín focuses on students’ academic and social development within a framework of high expectations and care, balance and a sense of responsibility.
The school aims to provide a safe and democratic educational community with maximum learning opportunities for each and every student, and to develop students’ sense of respect and dignity. It also aims to facilitate the development of personal and social values leading to mature global citizenship in a diverse world, and to seek academic merit by stimulating students’ potential. It strives to optimise curricular opportunities for language learning in order to achieve linguistic excellence in a global society.
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