Job Description
Summary:
Secondary Science Teacher opportunity at a forward-thinking school in Kuwait.
About the School:
A school committed to fostering critical thinking, confident communication, and purposeful learning. It provides a dynamic, inclusive environment that values oracy, creativity, and academic excellence.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a passionate and qualified Secondary Science Teacher to join our growing team and deliver engaging, inquiry-based science lessons across KS3. This role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on students' learning and development in a supportive and innovative school setting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality Science lessons across KS3, with a focus on Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
- Create an inclusive, inspiring, and academically challenging classroom environment
- Use practical investigations, demonstrations, and modelling to support conceptual understanding
- Embed oracy, scientific discussion, questioning, and reasoning into everyday teaching
- Develop students’ scientific knowledge, enquiry skills, and use of subject-specific vocabulary
- Plan engaging and progressive schemes of work aligned with the National Curriculum for Science
- Support learners in becoming confident scientific thinkers and communicators
- Contribute positively to STEM initiatives, enrichment activities, and whole-school events
Qualifications & Skills:
Required
- UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – PGCE, BEd or equivalent
- UK bachelor’s degree in Science or a related discipline
- Recent teaching experience in a UK or BSO-accredited school
- Proficiency in delivering the National Curriculum for Science at KS3
- Confidence teaching Biology, Chemistry, and Physics
- Strong classroom management and high expectations for pupil behaviour
- Strong digital literacy (Google Workspace, shared drives, science-related digital tools)
Preferred
- Experience with Teaching English as a Second Language
- Experience with Philosophy for Children (P4C) or other dialogic teaching approaches
- Experience with oracy-based learning strategies
- Experience with STEM initiatives or extracurricular activities
Compensation & Benefits:
- Generous tax-free salary
- Annual flight allowance to/from home country
- Furnished, air-conditioned accommodation or housing allowance
- No monthly utilities
- End-of-service indemnity (in line with Kuwait Labour Law)