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Durham School provides a first-class all-around educational experience. All pupils, from age 3 through to 18, enjoy the equality of opportunity necessary to fulfill their potential, are well-prepared for further education and have the confidence to face an ever-changing global environment. To ensure this, Durham School provides a broad and balanced curriculum of GCSEs, iGCSEs and A-Levels and places great emphasis on giving pupils the flexibility to choose the curriculum which best suits them.
We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:
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Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- All professional duties including planning, preparation, teaching a broad and balanced curriculum, marking and assessment, giving feedback and reporting.
- Maintaining effective communication with parents.
- The pastoral care, safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all students.
- Contributing to the busy life of the school through the co-curricular programme.
- Supporting and driving the ethos, aims and values of the school.
- Ensuring every child is included and achieves to their full potential.
- All staff are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the School’s Code of Conduct.
Specific Duties
Teaching & Learning and Assessment
- Plan and prepare learning activities and experiences for all children in line with the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum.
- Deliver a broad and balanced creative education which enables every child to develop to their maximum potential in a dynamic and caring environment.
- Teach all students enthusiastically and to a high standard, according to the educational needs of each individual child.
- Create and maintain a well-managed and stimulating class environment which promotes positive learning.
- Provide opportunities for the use of digital technology within all areas of the curriculum.
- Contribute to the Year Group team planning and organisation.
- Establish and manage good relationships with parents/carers as partners in their children's learning.
- Continuously assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of every child.
- Mark classwork and homework in accordance with the school marking policy.
- Communicate and consult with parents regarding the academic, physical, social and emotional development of their children.
Pastoral Care and Promoting the Wellbeing of Students:
- Incorporate the School’s mission, aims and core
- values into your working practice and be a positive role model to others.
- Foster the personal, social and emotional development of all students.
- Provide guidance and advice to students and
- parents on educational and social matters.
- Maintain high standards of behaviour and safeguard students’ health and safety both on the School premises and during school visits elsewhere.
Other Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the busy life of the School through the extra-curricular programme.
- Attend and contribute to staff meetings and discussions.
- Actively participate in school activities and events, such as assemblies, plays, concerts, workshops, sports days, open events, trips and visits and fundraising ventures.
- Engage in continual self-assessment and keep current with curriculum and educational developments.
- Contribute to the continuous cycle of improvement of curriculum, schemes of work and resources within the school.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will:
- Be a fully qualified teacher with a minimum of 2 years teaching experience.
- Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or a PGCE or Qualified Teacher Status (for overseas applicants).
- An enthusiastic and passionate educator
- A team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills with students, colleagues and parents
- Adventurous, adaptable and excited by new experiences
Remuneration Terms and Conditions
- The initial contract is for a period of two years, renewable thereafter.
- Remuneration package in line with experience and qualifications, and will be commensurate with the responsibilities of the role.
- Benefits include medical insurance and pension
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Summary of Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- All professional duties including planning, preparation, teaching a broad and balanced curriculum, marking and assessment, giving feedback and reporting.
- Maintaining effective communication with parents.
- The pastoral care, safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all students.
- Contributing to the busy life of the school through the co-curricular programme.
- Supporting and driving the ethos, aims and values of the school.
- Ensuring every child is included and achieves to their full potential.
- All staff are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the School’s Code of Conduct.
Specific Duties
Teaching & Learning and Assessment
- Plan and prepare learning activities and experiences for all children in line with the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum.
- Deliver a broad and balanced creative education which enables every child to develop to their maximum potential in a dynamic and caring environment.
- Teach all students enthusiastically and to a high standard, according to the educational needs of each individual child.
- Create and maintain a well-managed and stimulating class environment which promotes positive learning.
- Provide opportunities for the use of digital technology within all areas of the curriculum.
- Contribute to the Year Group team planning and organisation.
- Establish and manage good relationships with parents/carers as partners in their children's learning.
- Continuously assess, record and report on the development, progress and attainment of every child.
- Mark classwork and homework in accordance with the school marking policy.
- Communicate and consult with parents regarding the academic, physical, social and emotional development of their children.
Pastoral Care and Promoting the Wellbeing of Students:
- Incorporate the School’s mission, aims and core
- values into your working practice and be a positive role model to others.
- Foster the personal, social and emotional development of all students.
- Provide guidance and advice to students and
- parents on educational and social matters.
- Maintain high standards of behaviour and safeguard students’ health and safety both on the School premises and during school visits elsewhere.
Other Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the busy life of the School through the extra-curricular programme.
- Attend and contribute to staff meetings and discussions.
- Actively participate in school activities and events, such as assemblies, plays, concerts, workshops, sports days, open events, trips and visits and fundraising ventures.
- Engage in continual self-assessment and keep current with curriculum and educational developments.
- Contribute to the continuous cycle of improvement of curriculum, schemes of work and resources within the school.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will:
- Be a fully qualified teacher with a minimum of 2 years teaching experience.
- Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or a PGCE or Qualified Teacher Status (for overseas applicants).
- An enthusiastic and passionate educator
- A team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills with students, colleagues and parents
- Adventurous, adaptable and excited by new experiences
Remuneration Terms and Conditions
- The initial contract is for a period of two years, renewable thereafter.
- Remuneration package in line with experience and qualifications, and will be commensurate with the responsibilities of the role.
- Benefits include medical insurance and pension
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Key Responsibilities
- Management and Leadership of the schoolwide SEN provision
- Together with the Heads of School and Board of
- Directors, determine the strategic development of the SEN provision in the School.
- Ensure the School has a clear approach to identifying and responding to students with special educational needs (Identifying needs at the earliest point and then making effective provision improves long term outcomes for the child or young person).
Day to day responsibility for the operation of the
- SEN provision school wide and oversight of the specific provision made to support individual students with SEN across the whole school.
- Annual review of school policies related to students who learn differently (including SEN policy, EAL policy, G&T policy and parts of Curriculum policy).
- Monitor the effectiveness of the School’s programmes of support and resources used through the annual review and evaluation of the breadth and impact of the support the School is offering for SEN, EAL and G&T.
Assessment and Identification of Educational Needs
- Ensure the identification of SEN is built into the overall approach to monitoring the progress and development of students.
- Using a team approach, identify students who require additional support, using available data and coordinating appropriate testing/assessment of students as required.
- Involve parents in the discussion about early concerns making sure parents receive the information, advice and support that they need to participate in the decision-making process regarding interventions and support to be put in place in order to achieve specified outcomes/progress.
Management of Students’ Programmes of Support
- Share information with teachers on known students’ learning difficulties and associated teaching strategies to support students’ learning and achievement.
- Ensure programmes of support are actioned inline with the Special Educational Needs Policy
- Manage the EAL programme of support for English second language speakers.
- Manage extension activities to ensure the more able students are challenged across year groups.
- Use professional learning opportunities to improve and develop understanding of best practice in special education, and behaviour management.
- Support teaching and support staff in the differentiation of curriculum materials to support diverse learning needs.
- Provide professional guidance to colleagues and work closely with staff, parents and other agencies.
- Be the point of contact for external specialists.
- Make referrals and liaise with professionals outside of the school including psychologists, speech and
- language therapists and occupational therapists.
- Provide one-on-one or small group teaching support to students with learning difficulties.
Monitoring Progress and Reporting
- Ensure the records of all students with SEN are maintained and used to track progress and achieve the best possible educational for the students.
- Maintain accurate and complete records of all meetings and assessments related to students.
- Ensure IEPs are completed and chair termly review meetings with parents and class teacher.
- Produce regular reports and updates on the educational progress of children to teachers and parents.
- Maintain an up-to-date register of students with learning support needs.
Professional Development of Staff
- Prepare and lead SEN training for teachers and teaching assistants
- Ensure teaching staff have the relevant skills and
- knowledge to support children with learning and
- language needs through training that targets:
- Understanding different kinds of educational needs and ways to support them in the classroom.
- The School’s approach to identifying and addressing SEN needs.
- Strategies and specific activities that teachers can use in their classrooms to support different learning and language needs.
- Durham’s team approach (parents, school, external specialists) for the assessment and supporting of educational needs.
Schoolwide Resourcing
- Ensure that the school is equipped with adequate resources and equipment for diverse special educational needs.
- Manage and develop budgets for schoolwide resources for use in class rooms, for the Learning
- Enrichment department, for books in the library, for diverse seating to meet sensory needs, etc.
- Oversee the annual schoolwide purchases.
Management of Access Arrangements
- Apply to exam boards to put in place access arrangements for students who qualify for public exam accommodations; and coordinate venues around the school for students with access arrangements to sit for their exams.
- Liaise with ICT regarding computers/laptops used in the Learning Support Department and for exams.
- Liaise with Facilities to book rooms to meet accommodations requirements.
Other Responsibilities
- Contribute to the busy life of the School through participation in the School’s co-curricular programme.
- Attend parents meetings as appropriate.
- Actively participate in school activities and events such as assemblies, plays, concerts, workshops, open events, trips and visits and fundraising ventures.
- Engage in continual self-assessment and keep current with curriculum and educational developments.
- Contribute to the continuous cycle of improvement of curriculum., schemes of work and resources within the school.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will:
- Be a fully qualified teacher with a minimum of 5 years teaching experience
- Have a valid Teacher Services Commission Certificate (if applying from Kenya) or a PGCE or QTS or equivalent (for overseas applicants)
- Have a minimum of a Level 5 qualification in Specific Leaning Difficulties
- Be an enthusiastic and passionate educator
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with students, colleagues and parents
- Be adventurous, adaptable and excited by new experiences
Method of Application
Interested applicants are invited to send an application by email to hr@durhamkenya.com with the information listed below. The closing date for applications is 5th June 2026.
Please be advised that an incomplete application form or applications that do not provide a Covering Letter and Application Form as stipulated, will unfortunately not be considered. A letter of application addressed to The Headteacher, of no more than one side of A4, explaining why you would like this role and the skills and experiences you can bring to it.
A fully completed Durham International School Application Form
The names and accurate addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three referees, one of whom must be your current employer, to be completed in full in the Application Form.
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