competitive

Full Time, Permanent

August 2025

7 December 2024

We are looking for a dynamic, academically-driven teacher to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Akademeia High School, which is already a well-established international school in its nineth year of operation. You would be a part of a caring and inclusive community where both our students and staff have agency and thrive while sharing a passion for learning.
About Akademeia:
Akademeia High School is an academically-selective school in Warsaw, offering IGCSEs and A Levels alongside Akademeia Assessed Courses. The majority of our students are preparing to study at Oxbridge, Russell group, and Ivy League universities as well as acclaimed architecture, art and music schools. With a rigorous admissions process and A Level classes taught in the form of undergraduate seminars, the school pursues a pre-university university model. The school offers a robust scholarship programme, with 10% of places allocated to merit-based, partial and full scholarships. Together with Akademeia High School Foundation, the school also supports several educational outreach and community engagement initiatives.
About the job
You will have a chance to work with some of the most intellectually curious young minds and have the chance to inspire them through stimulating and creative lessons in small classes of up to 12 students.
You will collaborate closely at both the subject and departmental levels, working on curriculum planning, specification delivery, and broader initiatives. Your role will involve teaching Chemistry to students aged 14-18, across IGCSE and A Level courses.
As a member of our Natural Sciences Department, you will collaborate with experienced professionals who value teamwork and the interdisciplinary nature of science. Our commitment to student-cantered approach fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills, which prepares students for academic success and lifelong learning. We offer fully equipped laboratories supported by two dedicated lab managers who assist teachers in delivering practical lessons. The department consistently achieves outstanding results in external exams at both IGCSE and A Level. In recent years, our students have been awarded Pearson Learner Awards in categories such as the Highest Mark in the world in the International A Level in Chemistry and the highest mark in Poland in the international GCSE in Chemistry.
Our students also participate in prestigious competitions like the British Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Olympiads, frequently earning gold medals and merit awards. Most of our STEM students go on to pursue courses in fields such as Medicine, Medical Sciences, Neurobiology, Psychology, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Many receive scholarships to continue their studies at top universities worldwide. Beyond academic successes, and professional collaboration, our department nurtures a strong sense of community, and we occasionally spend time together outside of school to strengthen team spirit.
The full-time teaching commitment is 20 hours of instruction per week with generous time allowances built into the timetable to facilitate effective preparation, marking, and report writing. Teachers are expected to either be involved in pastoral care (tutoring of a small group) or supporting student clubs and co-curricular activities. The regular school week is from Monday to Friday, with occasional school events happening on weekends (e.g. open days, school trips) that teachers may be required to attend.
Staff benefits include 12 weeks paid holiday, access to private health insurance and mental health package, subsidised lunches, professional development scheme and further qualification support. Extracurricular activities, such as afternoon clubs, supervision of Personal Development Projects and trips are paid additionally in line with the school’s extracurricular points system.
About you:
We are looking for professionals demonstrably committed to pursuing a career in education. The successful candidate will be able to both inspire and widen students’ interests in their subject as well as effectively guide them in exam preparation.
Educational Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry

Experience

• Teaching experience specifically in A Levels or International Baccalaureate
• Thorough knowledge of the subject curricula– i GCSE and A Level
• Involvement in extra-curricular activities: professional, amateur, or voluntary
• Experience managing and leading groups of students/young people
• High level of IT literacy

Newly qualified teachers and recent graduates are welcome to apply. The school’s professional development scheme includes funding for PGCE qualification.
For more information about the school and to gain a better understanding of what it is like to work with us, please visit.
To apply, please complete the application form and submit it along with your cover letter and CV.
Selected candidates will be interviewed by the Headmaster and the Head of Department. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to spend a day in our school and deliver a demonstration lesson.
Akademeia High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous ten years’ employment history.
It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Akademeia High School is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of AHS through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.

Akademeia High School is an international, academically-selective school in Warsaw, offering A-levels and GCSEs. We are an accredited UCAS centre and Edexcel (Pearson) and AQA examination centre for the English GCE Advanced Levels. We have also prepared a special intensive SAT/ACT exam course for students who are interested in applying to American universities.
We offer IGCSEs and A Levels alongside Akademeia Assessed Courses, which supplement and go beyond the prescribed UK Examination Boards’ curricula. In years 10 and 11 students take interdisciplinary Akademeia Assessed Courses and i GCSEs subjects.
All students at Akademeia High School work towards A Level exams, giving them the opportunity to build their own academic profile from the wide variety of subjects on offer. This unique approach, which is tailored to the students’ greatest strengths, allows them to develop several valuable skills, such as critical thinking, effective communication and problem solving.
Our school focuses on developing both students’ academic abilities and their artistic, athletic and leadership potential. The majority of our students are preparing to study at Oxbridge, Russell group, and Ivy League universities as well as acclaimed architecture, art and music schools. The school offers a substantial scholarship program with about 10% of students being scholars.
Our mission
We strive to help our students realise their intellectual and creative ambitions and stretch their abilities in our pre-university university environment. We provide a pathway to the leading universities across the globe and prepare our students for the ever-changing world.
With critical thinking at the heart of our curricula, we nurture student agency, encourage dialogue, and follow an interdisciplinary approach to develop in our pupils a lifelong passion for learning.
Multidimensional education
By understanding the requirements of the best universities in the world, we take care of the academic achievements on the one hand and we actively promote the personal development of our students (participation in volunteer activities, internships, competitions, workshops) on the other.
We place great emphasis on critical thinking and we believe it is important to develop our students’ varied competences, such as: communication and presentation, creativity and innovation, teamwork and project management, critical thinking and problem solving, ability to collect, filter and absorb information.
University acceptances: classes of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, London School of Economics, Imperial College London, University College London, King’s College London, University of Exeter, University of Bristol, University of St Andrews, Durham University, Glasgow School of Art, University of the Arts London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Columbia University, Duke University, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Wesleyan University, New York University, University of Notre Dame, Parsons University, University of Washington, Berklee College of Music, University of Pennsylvania,University of British Columbia, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, University of Amsterdam, University of York, University of Southern California, Design Academy of Eindhoven, Esade, Bocconi University, IE University, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Delft University of Technology, UNC at Chapel Hill, Brown University.
School building
Architecture should stimulate, inspire and give students the feeling of being in an important and unique place. We want our school to be a place where students don’t want to leave. To achieve our educational goals we have created:
Professional spaces for academic work

• modern biology, chemistry and physics laboratories designed in collaboration with leading academic centers
• spacious classrooms with oval (”Harkness”) tables

A unique space for artistic activities and creative work

• a 100 square meter art studio adapted for classes in painting, printmaking and sculpture
• a multimedia studio
• music room with a recording studio
• an auditorium/theatre with seating for 300 people

A comfortable space for sport

• gymnasium with courts and other extensive sport facilities

Inspiring spaces for individual work and relaxation

• green roof (over 1000 m2 of vegetation)
• green patio
• cafeteria
• study lounge

Key words: A-levels, multidimensional education, teachers, 21st century skills, diagnosing student potential, Friday Enrichment Programme, scholarships, houses, academic excellence, the talented and gifted, space that creates opportunities