Job Details

FOUNDING SENIOR TEACHER: MATHEMATICS

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Highgate International School Thailand

location
Chon Buri, Thailand
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    Preference : Fluent English Speaker
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    Salary : Competitive Salary
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Start Work : Aug 2027

Highlights :

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    Job Type Full-time
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    Education Bachelor degree
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    B.ED./ PGCE / iPGCE Preferred
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    Experience 3 years
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    Major Mathematics
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    Gender Any

Job overview
POSITION: FOUNDING SENIOR TEACHER OF MATHMATICS

Highgate International School Thailand opened to a founding community of Pre-Prep and Junior School students in August 2026. It will open a Senior School in August 2027, initially welcoming students into Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9. 

Operated in partnership with Siam Motors Group and Highgate School, London, students enjoy access to a wide range of world-class facilities within a beautiful and generously appointed campus situated in Chonburi. 

THE OPPORTUNITY 
The successful candidate will enjoy the privilege and responsibility of joining the school as a founding member of staff. They will, as a result, play a critical role in the subject specific interpretation of an aspirational set of guiding statements and the fostering of a culture centred upon the considered application of high expectations. 

The Founding Senior Teacher of Mathematics will help to establish Mathematics as a defining academic strength of the Senior School. They will develop secure knowledge alongside mathematical fluency, reasoning, problem-solving, proof and precise communication within the minds of a carefully selected population of highly capable students.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Founding Senior Teacher of Mathematics will: 
  • Plan, implement and review an ambitious and engaging Mathematics curriculum for a cohort of capable, multilingual students founded upon Key Stage 3 objectives drawn from the English National Curriculum 

  • Develop mathematical fluency through carefully sequenced knowledge, practice and application 

  • Build confident reasoning, problem-solving and proof, supported by precise mathematical communication 

  • Create a culture in which students think deeply, persevere with challenging problems and experience the satisfaction of mastering difficult ideas 

  • Encourage students to explain, justify and refine their mathematical thinking through purposeful discussion and questioning 

  • Establish clear progression both into and through Key Stage 3, and towards IGCSE and A Level Mathematics 

  • Use formative and summative assessment to support progress and inform teaching 

  • Foster curiosity, rigour, engagement, enthusiasm, community and kindness among the student population  

  • Work in accordance with school policy and in the wider interests of the school 

  • Contribute enthusiastically and collaboratively to the development and wider operation of the school 

KEY CHARACTERISTICS

The Founding Senior Teacher of Mathematics will: 

  • Demonstrate exceptional subject knowledge 

  • Exhibit a commitment to academic ambition, intellectual curiosity and the instilling of a lifelong love of learning 

  • Build productive relationships with students, families and colleagues 

  • Be ambitious, reflective, adaptable and upbeat 

  • Have a pioneering attitude 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

The Founding Senior Teacher of Mathematics will: 

  • Hold a relevant degree and be a fully qualified secondary teacher with QTS 

  • Have a minimum of three years' successful post-qualification teaching experience 

  • Have a secure working knowledge of the English National Curriculum and appropriate secondary assessment pathways 

  • Be able to demonstrate a strong track record for the teaching of Mathematics at Key Stage 3 and 4 - Key Stage 5 experience would be seen as an advantage 

  • Have experience of securing strong outcomes for populations of multilingual students  

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