PERSON SPECIFICATION: SUBJECT / CLASSROOM TEACHER
Category Essential Job Desirable Job Requirements
Requirements
Excellent classroom
management skills and
rapport with pupils.
Classroom skills and
knowledge Excellent communication
and inter-personal skills.
Excellent subject knowledge.
Has worked well in a team.
Well-developed pastoral skills
Professional
and instincts.
experience
Understands the demands of
a boarding school.
Record of A good standard of general
professional education.
development related
to the subject Good honours degree.
Flexible, motivated and
reliable. Capable of dealing
with unpredictable situations
with tact and discretion in an
international context.
Character
DBS clearance (application
funded by the College).
Awareness of appropriate
Safeguarding procedures in
schools.
Method of Testing
Expertise in an area of the
Covering letter, application
schools curriculum (National
form, references and
Curriculum, Common
interview.
Entrance, (I)GCSE, IB
Diploma)
Lesson observation (if
practical).
Teaching experience in a
similar type of school
boarding, international,
independent.
Covering letter, application
form, references and
International experience.
interview.
Ability to make a major
contribution in areas of
College life, for example: Art,
Drama, Music, Games and
Service.
A recognised teaching
qualification, equivalent to a
UK Post-Graduate Certificate Documentary evidence.
of Education.
Interview.
Demonstrable commitment to
professional self-improvement.
Ability and desire to promote Interview and references.
the image of the College in the
wider community. Medical questionnaire and
references.
Organised to meet necessary
deadlines and priorities.