Competitive

Full Time, Fixed Term

August 2025

5 December 2024

Established in 2005, Gulf British Academy is a thriving British International School with BSO accreditation. The school presently caters for pupils from Pre-KG to Year 11 and will grow year on year to become a 3-18 through school. The recent move into a purpose-built, state-of-the-art building reflects the owners' and senior leaders’ ambition to offer our pupils and staff the very best, and to achieve excellence.
We are seeking a UK qualified and experienced Music& Drama Teacher to join us and our team of Specialist Subject Teachers. Applicants must be fluent English speaking graduates who hold a UK Department for Education teacher reference number or be in their final year of training.
We pride ourselves on welcoming new ideas and value the opinions of all staff on our journey of constant improvement.
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

You can offer a high-quality music and drama education to KS2 and KS3 students, fostering creativity, confidence, and a passion for the performing arts. You can develop an engaging curriculum, tailored to the age and skill level of students, aiming to develop their musical and dramatic skills, critical thinking, and teamwork abilities. You are a teacher who can reflect upon and adapt practice to deliver quality lessons thereby raising attainment, giving pupils confidence and encouraging independent learning.

Essential requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Music, Drama, Performing Arts, or a related subject and a certified teaching qualification such as B.Ed. PGCE, PGDE or equivalent.
• Plan, prepare, and deliver engaging lessons in music and drama for KS2 and KS3 students, in line with the National Curriculum and school guidelines.
• Develop students’ practical skills in singing, acting, music theory, improvisation, and ensemble work.
• Foster creativity and confidence, encouraging students to explore a range of music and drama styles, techniques, and genres.
• Assess and monitor student progress, providing constructive feedback and support for students of varying abilities.
• Integrate technology and resources to enhance learning experiences in both music and drama.
• Organize and help lead school productions, concerts, and other performance opportunities, including drama clubs, music ensembles, and choir.
• Coordinate with colleagues to support cross-curricular activities and projects.
• Proven UK teaching experience or international experience within a British curriculum-based, BSO-accredited school.
• Promoting safeguarding of all students and equality of opportunity for all students and staff.
• 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.
• Willingness to make a significant contribution to our wider curriculum, including the development of extra-curricular activities.
• High level of IT skills with experience in using Google Workspace, Zoom, Gmail, shared drives, etc as well as IT tools to record observations and assessment.

Desirable:

• Google Workspace for Education certified
• Knowledge and experience with student management information systems (i SAMs, SIMS, etc)
• Familiarity with initiatives such as Philosophy for Children and Growth Mindset.

How to apply

Applications are considered upon receipt.
We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process so early applications are positively encouraged.
Interviews will be conducted by Google Meet 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.
Gulf British Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment.

"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.