Class Teacher – One-year maternity cover – August 2025 start

Job Title: Primary Classroom Teacher, Key Stage 1 or 2

Reports to: Head of Year

Please note this role will commence in August 2025 and will be for a fixed term until the end of the academic year.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Teaching and Learning

• We are looking to appoint experienced, enthusiastic and outstanding classroom practitioners for KS1 and KS2.
• We believe that every student requires more than academic skills to succeed, and we cultivate academic excellence through holistic education.
• Candidates should have a genuine commitment and passion for child-initiated and inquiry-based learning.
• It is expected that candidates are excellent practitioners; we are equally interested in what is the ‘extra’ that you can bring to our school community.
• Demonstrate an interest in educational research and be passionate about learning through investigation, inquiry and the use of concepts.
• Monitor students’ work effectively and according to the school’s requirements.
• Provide effective written and oral feedback to students.
• Monitor individual student achievement and respond accordingly.
• Contribute to the relevant sections of the school’s evaluation and improvement documentation.
• Attend and participate in regular meetings.
• Attend and participate in regular CPD sessions.

The successful candidate must:

• Have a minimum of 2 years full-time teaching experience.
• Have a pioneering attitude and a good sense of humour.
• Have knowledge and experience of UK and/or international curricula, their delivery and assessment.
• Have experience of an inquiry, concept-based approach to curriculum planning and teaching.
• Have an advanced ability to use technology to support and enhance learning within the classroom in a 1-to-1 device environment.
• Be able to provide a happy, stimulating, safe learning environment for all children and to expect high standards of individual excellence from all.
• Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents and staff to support and improve students’ achievement and personal development.
• Be a reflective, flexible practitioner with the ability to think creatively and take risks.
• Have the interpersonal skills needed to work collaboratively within teams.
• Be committed to their own professional development to enhance capacity and continually improve learning in the school.

We will provide:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing Professional Development.
• A professionally stimulating and collaborative working environment.

How to Apply

Please see the full job description, and apply via our website directly via the following link: Class Teacher (maternity cover fixed term).

Closing date for applications: April 20th 2025.

The British School in Tokyo welcomes applications from suitably skilled applicants from all backgrounds.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check or International Child Protection Check, and provision of satisfactory background checks for at least the past 5 years.

Further information about the school is available on the School’s website www.bst.ac.jp 

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