competitive

Full Time, Fixed Term

01/08/2025

2 December 2024

Primary Teacher
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAISAK), Qatar
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor is looking to appoint an outstanding Primary Teacher to join a well-established, supportive team in a highly successful and expanding school.
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAISAK) is a 3-18 through school with more than 1200 pupils currently on roll. Primary is predominantly 4 form entry with approximately 750 students aged 3-11. Our school resides in the town of Al Khor, 35 minutes north of Doha (the capital of Qatar). We educate both local and expat students through a bespoke and engaging Primary curriculum which draws on the English National Curriculum as well as Qatar’s Ministry of Education curriculum. Primary school students have access to various indoor and outdoor spaces, a modern dance studio and a heated outdoor 25m swimming pool.
Job Purpose
To support the Primary leadership team in fulfilling the school’s mission statement by delivering a high-quality education to children.
To be an outstanding classroom practitioner with a positive, can-do attitude for you and for your students alongside a strong desire to develop professionally.
To demonstrate a commitment to implementing the mission, vision, and values of Nord Anglia International School Al Khor, and Nord Anglia Education.
Demonstrate thorough curriculum knowledge, teach, and assess effectively, take responsibility for professional development, and ensure students achieve their potential.
Job Responsibilities
Learning and Teaching

• To promote the ‘mission’ and philosophy of the school, ensuring that children are working towards being truly bilingual international citizens.
• To ensure that planning, preparation, recording, assessment, and reporting are of the highest quality and meet the varying learning and social needs of children.
• To be flexible and adjust to the needs of the school, actively contributing to its development plans and growth.
• Implement agreed policies and developments.
• To demonstrate thorough curriculum knowledge, teach and assess effectively.
• Use the student tracking and monitoring processes to advance children’s learning and enhance professional practice in line with the school’s aspirations and priorities.
• To take personal responsibility for professional development.
• To effectively communicate the school’s narrative, being an ambassador for our school at all times.

More details about the role and requirements can be found in the accompanying job description.
Head of Year/ Middle Leadership positions may be available to the right candidates.
Personal Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education or degree plus PGCE/QTS

Essential

• Teaching Qualifications

Essential

• Proven track record and two years of teaching experience

Essential

• Teaching within International Schools

Essential

• Good working knowledge of the International Primary Curriculum, UK National Curriculum

Essential

• Good classroom practice and interpersonal skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritize workloads and to work on own initiative

Essential

• Range of teaching experience across different year groups

Desirable

• Integrated technology into the classroom experience to enhance and extend the learning of students

Essential

• Successfully teach students using technology in virtual/hybrid environment

Essential

• Experience in leading meetings or INSET sessions

Desirable
Selection Process
Applicants should submit a CV, letter of application and the details of two professional referees, one of which should be your current Head Teacher/ Principal. The closing date for application is 26th December 2024. All interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams or online video calls.
We reserve the rights to close this position early if we find the ideal candidate.
Start Date: 1st August 2025
At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender, or culture.
All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.

About Nord Anglia International School Al Khor
Vision and Mission
Vision:
Be challenged and inspired today, challenge and inspire tomorrow.
Mission
At NAISAK we are a global community that instils ambition through world class partnerships and collaborations. Respect, responsibility and hard work are actively encouraged and celebrated by our internationally trained and caring teachers. We bring the best of the world to Al Khor.
NAISAK Core values: ‘High 5’
Show respect, work hard, aim high, be nice and accept responsibility.
Personal Goals – (adapted from Fieldwork Education)
I am

• Ambitious
• Respectful
• Moral
• Adaptable
• Resilient
• An enquirer
• A thinker
• A communicator
• A cooperator

What makes our school special?
Nord Anglia International School Al Khor is an ambitious school that has rapidly grown through the support of our local community and our global family of NAE schools. Learning is driven by caring and passionate teachers within a culture of pride and respect. Teaching the heart and the mind will empower our students to succeed in the 21st century.
We are able to provide a learning experience that is second to none in Al Khor. As a member of Nord Anglia Education (NAE), we benefit from having programmes for our students that no other school can offer, such as Global Campus, through which our students are able to collaborate with learners from all over the world in NAE’s 84 schools. Students joining us in Al Khor, join a global community who share world-class learning opportunities, including collaborations with UNICEF, The Juilliard School, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and IMG Academy. Being part of the Nord Anglia Education family means that our school in Al Khor, attracts high quality teaching talent from the United Kingdom and other leading international schools.
Our teachers are primarily UK qualified and are passionate about students’ learning. They are energetic, vibrant and perhaps most importantly, caring. We appreciate that a student’s well-being is essential to them recognising their academic potential and we are proud of the feedback we regularly receive regarding about our warm and welcoming school community.
Our curriculum model and international accreditations
A Nord Anglia Education school since 2012, NAISAK prides itself on being a British curriculum school with a global outlook. Our 3-18 education begins with the English EYFS Framework. We then deliver a bespoke Primary curriculum based on the National Curriculum for England but tailored to meet the needs of our local and international students. Secondary students study for i GSCEs, AS and A levels, providing the best possible preparation for university entrance. NAISAK holds Qatar National Schools Accreditation (QNSA) as well as British Schools Overseas (BSO) status.