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Primary Teacher
Baleares International College, Sant Agusti Campus
- Contract Type: Part Time
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Start Date: January 2025
Are you a fully qualified, inspirational, and highly motivated Primary Teacher, seeking a new opportunity at a successful and growing international school? If so, you will be interested in this exciting opportunity to join our school from January 2025.
About the School
Baleares International College (BIC) http://www.balearesint.net/Sant-Agusti-Campus is a growing British-curriculum international school serving the international community in Mallorca. We offer a high-quality education from Nursery to Year 6 with small class sizes of up to 20.
The school is accommodated in a beautiful building just outside of Palma in Sant Agustí. The school has approximately 160 students and is a wonderful, caring family environment that welcomes an international community.
BIC is part of the Orbital Education group, an expanding group of international schools specialising in providing a British Education to an internationally diverse student population. In addition to our partner school in Mallorca, BIC Sa Porrassa, the Orbital group have schools in China, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, Ecuador and the Middle East, with exciting plans to develop schools in new regions across the globe. Working at the school would provide the opportunity to work and collaborate with colleagues at our partner school but also at schools across the world, supporting you to achieve excellent outcomes which enable our students to achieve their potential. After two years’ successful employment you also have the opportunity to be considered for roles at our other schools, giving you the opportunity to see the world at the same time as progressing in your career.
About the Opportunity
The school is seeking to appoint a Primary teacher, with effect from January 2025. Applicants should be committed and outstanding teaching practitioners, able to lead by example, and possessing excellent teaching, organisational and communication skills.
We are seeking individuals who can apply a committed and common-sense approach to primary education, such that it achieves outstanding results and happy children. The role requires an individual who has sky-high expectations of what children can achieve and how they can behave.
The successful candidate will want to play their part in the development and implementation of the school’s strategic plan, supporting the delivery of the school's mission to make the school the number one choice on the island.
As a British school, specialising in teaching the National Curriculum to a diverse, international student population, strong English language is an essential requirement and applications from native-level speakers of English are preferred.
For more information, please refer to the Job Profile by clicking Download PDF.
Benefits of working at an Orbital Education School
The school also forms part of the Orbital Education group, an expanding group of acclaimed international schools, which currently educates over 5,000 students from 114 nationalities providing them with skills and qualifications to access high quality universities. We are a group of Internationally acclaimed schools, focused upon delivering outstanding education to a large and diverse student population. Our schools are spread globally from Latin America, through Europe and the Middle East to Asia, with exciting plans to develop new schools across the world.
Key reasons to work at an Orbital Education School include:
- Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues and students on an international scale.
- Enhanced professional development opportunities, through partnerships with specialist learning providers to offer recognised and accredited professional development programmes.
- Enhanced opportunities for future career development and movement within the group, providing opportunity to see the world whilst progressing an attractive and rewarding career.
Living and working in Mallorca
As a relaxed, friendly and cosmopolitan island, working in Mallorca has many benefits. From the beautiful beaches and coves spread across its 550km coastline, to the majestic world heritage Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, the splendid landscape means you are never far from the mountains or sea. The international city of Palma de Mallorca is also close by, one of Spain’s major cities, steeped in history, wonderful architecture, shops and restaurants. With an added benefit of cheap and short haul transport links to the UK and Europe - via Palma de Mallorca Airport – home, and some of Europe’s finest cities are only a short journey away.
Applications - Applications should be made by e-mail and include a covering letter addressed to the School Principal, Elizabeth Compton, and an updated CV including the details of two referees, one of whom should be your most recent employer. Interested applicants should review the job profile and person specification, and ensure their covering letter highlights how their experience, knowledge and skills match those of the ideal candidate.
Applications should be sent to: elizabeth.compton@balearesint.net
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 15th October.
However, interviews will take place by teams and will commence immediately from the date of advertising. The school reserves the right to appoint before this deadline if the right candidate is found. If you have not been contacted by 22nd October you should assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Safeguarding – Baleares International College, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all of its staff and stakeholders to share this commitment. As part of the school’s commitment to safeguarding, all post-holders are subject to background checks and an International Child Protection Certificate administered by ACRO ICP Certificates (acro.police.uk) (if ever worked or lived in the UK), Prohibition Checks where appropriate and/or Criminal Records (Police Check) disclosure from their most recent country of residence.