Teacher of English
King's College International School Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly competitive salary + annual flight + medical insurance + bonus + housing
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2024
- Apply by:
- 20 April 2024
Job overview
The Beginning of a Great Heart
The School:
King’s College International School Bangkok is a King’s College School Wimbledon International School which opened in 2020 for boys and girls and now cater for over 1,300 students aged 2-17 in Early Years to Year 12, offering IGCSEs, A levels and pathways to the world’s best universities. We will open Year 13 in August 2024, and next year we will grow to over 1,500 students.
We work closely with King’s Wimbledon to provide a well-structured education that aims to instil a love of learning, creativity and independence in our students. Our vision is to engage, inspire and extend our students. We want our alumni to be successful in their own ways. We do this with the values of kindness, good manners and wisdom in a friendly, welcoming and attractive environment.
We are looking for outstanding teachers who embody our values, can inspire students and who understand the values of a UK-style education.
We really value our teachers and we recruit the best. To help us do this, we offer an excellent package of international benefits including annual flight allowance, medical insurance, housing and a competitive salary.
The Position:
The school wishes to appoint a dedicated, well-qualified Teacher of English to develop and deliver an outstanding learning experience for our students. They will have a focus on student-centred learning such as practical work and have a strong subject knowledge to engage, inspire and extend the students.
Since 2020 we have grown rapidly and this is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who will inspire, set the highest of standards and build systems to ensure that as we continue to grow we set the scene for future excellence.
This position will also play an active role in the co-curricular and pastoral aspects of the school with the opportunity of being a form tutor for the right candidate.
If you value colleagues who will support you, you are excited by a new school environment in which we all work hard for each other, and if you have a nurturing approach to education we would welcome your application for a position with us.
Applications
A full application form and cover letter, along with an accompanying CV in support of your application should be sent through the TES portal.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please Note: only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Important Note
King’s College International School Bangkok is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of an enhanced DBS disclosure/ICPC, a criminal records check, suitably translated if you teach outside of the UK, satisfactory references, and medical clearance.
Further details can be found on our school website at www.kingsbangkok.ac.th
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About King's College International School Bangkok
- King's College International School Bangkok
- 727 Ratchadaphisek Road, Bang Phongphang, Yannawa
- Bangkok
- 10120
- Thailand
King’s College International School Bangkok provides a world-class education for girls and boys aged 2-18. King’s Bangkok seeks to engage, inspire and extend its students whilst focusing on our key values of kindness, good manners and wisdom. The alumni will be well-rounded young women and men with independent and enquiring minds; they will have a broad and varied set of interests and hobbies and will want to make positive contributions to society.
King’s College International School Bangkok is a King’s College School Wimbledon International School that opened in September 2020, and now cater for over 1,500 students aged 2-18 in Early Years to Year 13, offering IGCSEs, A levels and pathways to the world’s best universities.
We work closely with our sister school, King’s College School Wimbledon, to develop our academic curriculum, our co-curricular programme and pastoral care system to ensure that our children are happy and enjoy coming to school each day. Our focus on kindness, good manners and wisdom means that we develop our students’ character and focus on giving them a great heart.
Important Note
King’s College International School Bangkok is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of an enhanced DBS disclosure/ICPC, a criminal records check, suitably translated if you teach outside of the UK, satisfactory references, and medical clearance.
Further details can be found on our school website at www.kingsbangkok.ac.th
The King’s Bangkok Campus
King’s College International School Bangkok is situated in the prestigious Ratchada-Rama 3 area of Bangkok, with easy access to the financial district and the city centre. Our state-of-the-art facilities will include:
- Modern and spacious classrooms for students, optimised for learning in the digital era.
- Whole school facilities include a sports complex boasting an Olympic-size swimming pool, a 10,000 sq. m FIFA-Quality Football Turf, a 625-seat auditorium, a concert hall, a dance studio with a sprung floor, Sports Centre with an air-conditioned sports hall housing three full-size basketball courts, an indoor jogging track and 7-metre climbing wall.
- There are also more than 10 state-of-the-art science labs, Design Technology studios and Robotics Labs, modern classrooms, and a seminar room for extension lectures and vibrant topic discussions as well as a rooftop garden for educational purposes and to encourage social interaction
- A bespoke Early Years Centre with outdoor and indoor play space, fully equipped and spacious classrooms, large playgrounds, bicycle tracks, a sandpit, a large multi-purpose hall, a swimming pool, a paddling area, and splash area.
King’s College School, Wimbledon
King’s College School, Wimbledon was founded in 1829 by royal charter. It is one of the most successful schools in the world, and in November 2017, was awarded the title of ‘Top Boys’ and Co-ed School in the UK’ by the Sunday Times Parent Power (2017-2019, and 2022)'. Alastair McCall, editor of The Sunday Times Parent Power, wrote: “King’s is the embodiment of everything you could want in a school.” This comes three years after King’s Wimbledon won the title of ‘The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year 2014/15’, having also won ‘IB School of the Year’ and ‘Best for IB’ twice from The Sunday Times and The Week, respectively. The school was named ‘Great for sixth form’ by The Week in 2018. Read more about King's College School, Wimbledon here.
“We want to help our students become kind, curious and well-mannered people who are valued in society as well. This is because we believe that a great heart in central to future success and happiness. Moreover, our speciality is a ‘Pastoral Care’ system giving children the support and guidance they need to become successful adults.” - Mr Andrew Halls OBE, Honorary Principal at King’s Bangkok and Head Master at King’s Wimbledon (2008-2021); Andrew Halls is a leader in British education.
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