Teacher - Primary - Muna British Academy (AY26/27)

Job Description Aldar Education is seeking an outstanding Teacher of Primary to join Muna British Academy in Abu Dhabi, commencing in August 2026. Since our establishment in 2009, we have built and maintained a strong reputation for excellence, consistently achieving an “Outstanding” ADEK rating since 2015. In August 2025, Muna British Academy relocated to a state-of-the-art campus in the prestigious Saadiyat Lagoons community. This move has enabled us to expand our provision—now welcoming students from FS1 to Year 7, with plans to extend to Year 13 in the near future—within an inspiring environment that supports our mission of delivering exceptional education. Our new campus features world-class facilities designed to foster academic excellence, creativity, and personal growth. As we continue to expand our secondary year groups in the upcoming academic year, this represents a fantastic opportunity to join the highly successful Aldar family of schools and play a key role in shaping the future of Abu Dhabi’s leading educational group. Successful candidates will be closely aligned with our core values and ethos and will demonstrate a genuine understanding and appreciation of the culture and values of the region. Responsibilities Responsibilities: Teaching and learning: • Demonstrating a clear understanding of the KS1 Curriculum for effective implementation to match learning outcomes. • Teaching using appropriate syllabus, materials, and schemes of work. • Organizing the classroom provision and learning resources and creating displays to encourage a positive learning environment. • Supporting the KS1 leaders in improving the development of teaching and learning across the key stage. • Planning, preparing, and presenting sessions that cater to the needs of the whole ability range within the class. • To plan lessons and sequences of lessons consistently and effectively, in the long, medium and short-term, to meet pupils’ individual learning needs. • Motivating students by delivering enjoyable and creative lessons that both challenges pupils and promotes critical thinking. • Observing and assessing pupils in line with school assessments. • Being reflective of the classroom provision, sessions taught, progress made, and adjusting environment, planning and curriculum to reflect this. • Supporting SEN (POD), EAL and G&T students and ensuring that their needs are met through differentiation. • Meeting with other professionals such as speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and educational psychologists, if required, to best cater to diverse learning needs of pupils. • Facilitating Hybrid / Distance Learning / Face to Face lessons. Wider professional responsibilities: • To work as part of a curriculum action group, supporting planning, assessment, resources, and special events linked to the team. • Support in organizing and taking part in school events, outings and extra-curricular activities (ECAs). • Communicate effectively with parents/carers with regards to student’s achievements and well-being using school systems/processes as appropriate. • Take initiative of own professional development to secure high quality teaching and for successful execution of roles and responsibilities. Requirements: Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education or a Bachelor's degree with a mandatory post teaching qualification (PGCE or similar in Primary Education). Minimum Experience: A minimum of 1 year experience teaching the England National curriculum (ENC) in a similar role. Job Specific Knowledge & Skills: • Experience working with students whom English is not their first language (EAL) students. • Mandatory experience teaching the England National Curriculum in a primary setting. • To be able to deal professionally with a range of stakeholders. • Passion for teaching and commitment to educating and nurturing children. • A high level of professionalism and consideration of the well-being of children. • Recent and consistent involvement in extra-curricular activities. • A positive and solution-focused attitude to working life. • Warmth, empathy, credibility, self-belief, integrity, drive and child centered. • To be able to prioritize workload and multitask. • IT Literate and familiar with online technologies to aid in 21st century teaching. • Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with parents in a diverse multi-cultural environment. Qualifications What we offer: Aldar Education is a family of world-class, child centered, and innovative schools based in the UAE. We educate over 25,000 students across our group of owned and managed schools and as we grow so does our need for highly skilled, inspirational, and dedicated school leaders. We offer an attractive remuneration package including medical cover, flights, housing, and free child school places. Our future-focused learning model includes both students and staff and so we place a special emphasis on professional development, coaching and training. Successful candidates will have access to a wide network of professionals and opportunities to both lead and contribute to training others as well as developing themselves. Aldar Education is keen to hear from like-minded, forward thinking school leaders who would welcome the challenge and opportunities that we have to offer. This job description is not all inclusive. Aldar Education reserves the right to amend this job description at any time. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are also mindful of our national development strategy and encourage UAE Nationals in their application at our company. Aldar Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of appointment are subject to satisfactory references and police clearance. About The Team Muna British Academy is relocating to Saadiyat Island. It was recently rated ‘Outstanding’ by ADEK - Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) currently serving over 700 students from Nursery – Year 6 we follow the National Curriculum of England. Next year will see the school grow and open a Year 7 for the first time. Show more Show less

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education or a Bachelor's degree with a mandatory post teaching qualification (PGCE or similar in Primary Education). Minimum Experience: a minimum of 1 year experience teaching the England National Curriculum (ENC) in a similar role.

Teaching and learning: Demonstrate understanding of the KS1 Curriculum; teach using appropriate syllabus, materials and schemes of work; organize classroom provision and displays; support KS1 leaders in improving teaching and learning; plan, prepare and present sessions for diverse ability ranges; plan lessons long-, medium-, and short-term to meet pupils' needs; motivate students with engaging, creative lessons; observe and assess pupils; reflect on provision and adjust planning and curriculum; support SEN (POD), EAL and G&T students through differentiation; liaise with specialists (SLT, therapists, educational psychologists) as needed; facilitate Hybrid/Distance/Face-to-Face learning. Wider professional responsibilities: participate in curriculum action groups; support events and ECAs; communicate with parents about student progress; pursue ongoing professional development.