Competitive Salary + Superannuation + Benefits, including: Furnished rented accommodation, annual flights, comprehensive medical and dental cover, generous discount on tuition fees for dependents.

Full Time, Fixed Term

1 August 2025

19 November 2024

The British School Manila is seeking an outstanding Senior School English Teacher to join our team starting August 2025.


English Teacher


Our progressive, challenging and dynamic curriculum provides all our students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to apply their learning to authentic contexts. We provide an outstanding holistic education and we create the conditions for all our students to flourish both within and beyond school. Our examination results are outstanding and our graduates move onto the very best Colleges and Universities in the world every year.


Location: Philippines
Contract type: Full-Time
Contract term: Fixed-Term


The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• Appropriate degree, with teaching qualification giving QTS or equivalent.
• Experience in the IBDP is preferable.
• Experience as a pastoral or homeroom tutor.
• For candidates with relevant experience, leadership opportunities may be available.

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following professional attributes:

• Reflect and uphold our Core Values of Respect, Integrity and Kindness.
• Promote the value of a holistic education that inspires students to become lifelong learners and global citizens.
• Demonstrate an ability to foster positive relationships with students and families.
• Have high expectations of all learners.
• Commit to supporting the well-being of all students both inside and outside the classroom.
• Invest in their own professional development and that of others.
• Actively engage in collaborative planning and share best practices with colleagues.
• Be committed to achieving our whole school goals including those set out in our DEIB commitment statement
• Contribute to the wider life of the school, including our co-curricular programme.

BSM offers a generous salary to newly appointed teaching staff with a starting salary upwards of GBP50k pa, inclusive of superannuation, on an incremental salary scale with annual increases.


The following benefits are offered:

• High-quality leased accommodation
• School placements for up to 2 children are subsidised at 90% per child
• Annual return flight allowance for teacher and dependents
• Generous baggage allowances
• Settling-in allowance
• Group medical and dental cover for teacher and dependents
• Generous professional development support

BSM follows Child Protection and Safeguarding policies in line with UK standards. All successful candidates will be required to submit a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate, and a full range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken upon appointment.



As part of your application via TES, kindly upload your CV as a supporting document.


Closing date for applications: Tuesday, 19 November 2024.


Early applications are advised and we reserve the right to make an appointment in advance of the closing date.



The British School Manila (BSM) is a co-educational, private, not-for-profit British international school that welcomes 970 students aged 3-18, representing 53 nationalities.
BSM’s Guiding Statements underpin all that we do. Our purpose is to provide an outstanding holistic British international education, empowering students to flourish as global citizens with the skills, understanding and values, to make a positive contribution to our world.
We are a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS), COBIS (Council of British International Schools) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a member of the East Asian Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS)

About The British School Manila
The British School Manila (BSM) is a co-educational, private, not-for-profit British international school.
Founded in 1976, the school has grown from 2 classrooms and 32 students in its first year to the present day where BSM welcomes 950+ students aged 3-18, representing 50+ nationalities.
Our School
Our school is a fully accredited member of the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a member of the East Asian Regional Council of Schools.
Our teaching staff come from a range of backgrounds with experience of the British and other highly regarded curricula. We offer classes from Nursery to Year 13 with three classes per year group.
The majority of BSM graduates attend College in the U.S. and U.K., but our college placement data shows our students attend colleges all over the world.
The school year is divided into 3 terms: Term 1 from August to December, Term 2 from January to March, and Term 3 from April to June.
Our Curriculum
BSM teaches an adapted form of the National Curriculum of England in EYFS and Years 1-9. This is followed in Years 10 & 11 with a comprehensive range of Edexcel and Cambridge (I)GCSE courses. In Year 12 and 13 students experience the internationally renowned and recognised IB Diploma programme, which helps students develop their breadth and depth of knowledge ready for further education.
We are also proud of our wider curriculum. We offer more than 180 After School Activities (ASA), a rich and diverse programme that caters for all student interests and develops their sporting, creative, academic and artistic talents. Our service learning programme is designed to prompt both action and reflection and ensure our students develop the capacity for empathy and a sense of responsibility for others. Our residential trips provide our students with opportunities to step out of their comfort zone, to appreciate cultural differences and to celebrate diversity.
Our Facilities
Our Host City
BSM follows Child Protection and Safeguarding policies in line with UK standards; all successful candidates will be required to submit a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate and a full range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken upon appointment.