Requirements
Candidates must hold a B.Ed. or a B.A & PGCE and QTS, along with an additional EAL qualification (TEFL, TESOL, or CELTA). Mainstream teaching experience is mandatory. Strong academic background, excellent interpersonal skills, and tech-savviness are also required.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Education & Teaching
Company Industry
Education & Training
Fortes Education overview
Fortes Education has been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building education in the entire Middle East region.
Our core ethos and philosophy of education is Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in their own lives. We enable children to become happy learners and develop into innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.
About Regent International School – Inspiring minds. Building character.
With a rich history of over 35 years, Regent International School is recognised as one of the leading and most innovative schools in the region, as well as a global leader in Positive Education. We have a close-knit family and community spirit with happiness resonating in our school, our children, our parents, and our teachers. We believe in inspiring, empowering, and enlightening our students and enriching the community of which we are a central focus.
Regent International School is an all-through school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways for students including the National Curriculum of England, GCSE/IGCSE and ‘A’ Levels. Some of our students achieved ‘best in world’ awards from examination bodies this year, and the school significantly exceeded all international and Dubai averages in this year’s TIMSS results.
We offer a suite of Signature Programmes unrivalled in Dubai. With unique experiences in Environmental and Sustainability Studies, primary students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilising cutting-edge hydroponic technology to examine how science can support sustainability in future terrains. Our world-class STEAM centre and Design Thinking curriculum offers students an incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real-world problems, from Foundation Stage through to Year 9. We are technologically innovative and embed AI in teaching and learning.
We have outstanding performing arts opportunities with amazing teachers to help our more creative students truly find their voice, and equally impressive athletic options for our students who regularly compete with other international schools in the region in DASSA and BSME sporting events and are supported by PE teachers as well as bespoke coaches for each sport.
Regent International School is judged by the Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ school with many outstanding features and ‘Outstanding’ in our British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection in 2019.
We present an exciting opportunity to join us in further developing our highly popular, dynamic and innovative school.
About you
Due to our continued growth, we seek to appoint an outstanding Primary ELL Teacher for an August 2026 start.
We are looking for certain qualities:
Skilled in the best global educational practices
Committed to developing and inspiring every student, to believe that they can and will succeed
Tech-savvy, fluent in using apps and technology to extend and enrich each student’s learning experience
Outstanding role models who embody our core values
Passionate about providing enriched learning opportunities for children in and out of the classroom
Excellent communicators who can ignite a passion for learning in our students
Able to make a significant contribution to our extra-curricular activities (ECA) programme and wider campus life
Strong academic background, work ethic, well-organised having excellent interpersonal skills
Mainstream teaching experience is a must
Dynamic, enthusiastic, and well-qualified candidate holding as a minimum, a B.Ed. or a B.A & PGCE and QTS. In addition, the candidate must have an additional EAL related qualification, such as a TEFL, TESOL or CELTA
Our offer
Excellent tax-free salary
Furnished accommodation
Relocation allowance (applicable to overseas appointments only)
Medical insurance for self
Annual air-ticket and paid vacations
Tuition fee concession for up to 2 minor dependents
State-of-the-art facilities and amenities in a newly built campus in a prime location in Dubai
An enthusiastic learning community of students, teachers, parents, and Board members, who are dedicated to maximise student achievement, and creating positive learning opportunities in and out of the classroom
Working within a team of highly driven and supportive colleagues
Excellent professional development
Working in Dubai, one of the world’s most sought-after work and travel destinations
Application process
If you have the passion, energy, and commitment to drive accelerated outcomes for young people, we will welcome your application. In return, you will join a rapidly evolving organisation that can offer you a central role in our future growth plans.
Interviews will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if the applicant is not based in Dubai.
The closing date for applications is 31 July 2026. Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. The school reserves the right to make suitable appointments before the official closing date, and therefore, we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process. The appointment start date will be August 2026.
Safer recruitment statement
Fortes Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Policies for safer recruitment are aligned with the recommendations of the International Task Force on Child Protection. At Regent International School, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks, including receipt of satisfactory references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification, and police checks, including overseas checks.
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