Primary School Class Teacher - Key Stage 1 (August 2026)

Job Overview

Key Stage 1 Class Teacher

***Enough For All, Forever***

• The Arbor School opened in 2018 with a very different vision of what education could and should be – experiential, authentic and inspired by the natural beauty, human ingenuity, and profound ecological and social challenges of the Arabian Peninsula.
• The cultivation of a learning community uniquely committed to understanding and restoring the health of ecological and human communities as interconnected parts of a whole requires equal parts optimism, ambition, and humility.
• A fundamental belief in the inherit goodness of people and their capacity to act with empathy and compassion underscores the sense of hope that is fundamental to learning for a sustainable future.
• The resilience and determination to tackle challenges that have grown to global proportion is essential to finding sustainable solutions and orchestrating the social changes needed to grow them to scale.
• The realisation that comes from recognising that we are all students – never a master – drives our commitment to ignite a lifelong love of learning.
• Recognising the interconnected nature of the cognitive, affective and participative domains, and their roles in shaping learning, we are pursuing a holistic approach to teaching and learning, designed to prepare learners:
• to understand the interconnected concepts of sustainability, individual and collective well-being, and environmental and social justice;
• to find purpose, meaning and joy in their interactions with the natural world and with each other, and to seek to understand people who are different to themselves; and
• to experience a sense of accomplishment and self-efficacy through their actions at home, in school and in the wider world.

The Arbor Promise

Required Candidate Profile

• Native-level English language skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Education or a Bachelor's degree with a PGCE in Education with QTS or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years’ experience teaching Key Stages 1 and/or 2 in British schools
• A track record of outstanding teaching and learning, and an ability to create a caring and nurturing classroom environment

Remuneration

Application

• To apply for this position, please complete the application on TES and upload:
• An up-to-date CV with a recent photograph to be included.
• A letter of application, no longer than two pages in length, which outlines your educational philosophy and suitability for the Arbor School.
• ***The Arbor School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all the students in our care and expects all applicants to share this commitment.
• We hold ourselves to a high standard of effective, safer recruiting practices with specific attention to child protection.
• All appointments are subject to CV and qualification checks, interview, identity checks, criminal record checks, and successful references.***
• ***All appointments are subject to the approval of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority and the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.***