High School Science Teacher - August start

ACS International Schools are recruiting a Science teacher to join the High School team at our Cobham campus in August 2025.

The Science teacher will mainly be required to teach ages 16-18, the IBDP and US/AP curricula.

You will be working within a campus of outstanding facilities in a beautiful countryside setting, inclusive of world-class facilities like our swimming pool, sports centre, and state-of-the-art theatre.

Half of our students now go on to attend UK universities, with more and more local families wanting the benefit of an education that promotes independent thinking, a global mindset and a desire to make the world a better place for their children.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Educated to Bachelors degree or international equivalent as a minimum in the relevant subject
• A teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE/PGDE/Teaching licence/QTS)
• Experience teaching Science to High school students is required
• Strong IT skills
• Experience of/willingness to integrate technology to improve teaching and learning
• Demonstrable positive and tolerant outlook, enthusiasm for teaching and good understanding of behaviours of the relevant age group
• Fluent in both verbal and written English
• Experience of teaching in an international school is preferred but not essential
• Commitment to excellence in education
• Understanding of and commitment to the Mission, Aims and Values of ACS International Schools
• A high degree of emotional intelligence, allied with outstanding interpersonal skills
• A collaborative approach to team working
• A reflective and analytical thinker
• An entrepreneurial problem-solver
• Positive personality, with the ability to judge the appropriate balance of support and challenge that individual young people need in order to thrive.

Benefits of Teaching at ACS:

• Recognising that time is needed to plan, collaborate and provide meaningful feedback to students, teachers at ACS international Schools teach a maximum of 21 hours per week
• Our maximum class size is a manageable maximum of 22 with most classes being smaller than that
• We are a well-resourced school, enabling us to provide our students and teachers with the resources they need to learn and achieve
• We take the professional development of our staff seriously and provide ample opportunities and resourcing to support this
• Working at ACS Cobham provides an excellent route into teaching internationally-recognised programmes such as the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
• Competitive salaries and additional benefits including: visa sponsorship, relocation allowance, optional private medical insurance, pension scheme, Home Leave Allowance, personal days for CPD, subsidised canteen, free parking, Cycle to Work scheme, use of school gym (for a small fee).

Closing date: 30th May 2025

This position is therefore subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.