Job overview
Our world-class British International School, based in central Doha, is looking for an outstanding Director of Learning to join us for the new academic year – August 2026. We can't wait to hear from you.
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Start date: August 2026
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Contract: Full-time, indefinite, fully sponsored
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Generous tax-free package including:
o Competitive basic salary plus additional allowances – all tax-free.
o Free furnished private accommodation with all utility bills paid.
o Free return flights home each year.
o Generous paid annual leave.
o Free school places, flights, and medical insurance for children.
o Allowances for extra baggage and legal documents.
o Comprehensive private medical insurance for Qatar and your home country.
o Enhanced end-of-service gratuity package for long servers.
o Unlimited sunshine in Qatar – consistently ranked as one of the world’s wealthiest and safest countries!
Our happy, supportive, and tremendously successful school, certified as one of the best in the world by British Schools Overseas, are now looking for an Outstanding Director of Learning.
If you are a UK-qualified teacher, with leadership experience, and you have a creative, positive and professional attitude – we would love to hear from you.
About you
As part of the School Leadership Team, you will play a key role in leading and developing Teaching and Learning and Continuous, Personal and Professional Development across the school towards achieving its vision of excellence. You will be responsible for overseeing key areas of school improvement, and contributing to the its continued positive school culture. The role also includes supporting the leadership of staff, student welfare, and liaising with parents and the wider community.
To be considered for a vacancy, you should:
• Hold a good bachelor’s degree and PGCE qualification from a reputable UK university.
• Have experience of teaching English National Curriculum, as well as experience in a leadership role.
• Have strong leadership and management skills.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have experience in leading school improvement initiatives.
• Be keen to develop your career, supported by our world-class professional development.
• Genuinely love what you do – showing plenty of enthusiasm, creativity and energy.
• Be a real team player, always prepared to go the extra mile and support your colleagues as we reach our goal: to become the best International School in the world.
• Have experience of leading and facilitating Continuous Personal and Professional Development.
Specific Responsibilities:
• To plan and deliver the best quality lessons to engage and challenge your students.
• To lead and manage teaching and learning across the school, and to ensure agreed policies and practices are delivered consistently.
• To lead and manage Continuous Personal and Professional Development across the school, and to ensure agreed policies and practices are delivered consistently.
• To contribute to the strategic planning and decision-making processes of the school.
• To work closely with staff to ensure high standards of teaching and learning are maintained.
• To develop, and deliver, professional development programmes in line with school improvement.
• To foster excellent relationships and effective communication with all stakeholders including students, staff, parents and wider leadership teams
• To uphold the school’s values and ethos in all aspects of school life, and act as an advocate for the school within the wider community.
• To plan and facilitate key training programmes, for example, ECT network, both for QIS ECTs and other ECTs at other schools in Qatar
• To lead on whole school Quality Assurance.
• To lead the planning, communication, and delivery of our OLEVI programmes.
About us
QIS is one of the best international schools both in the nation of Qatar and in the wider Middle East region – we are one of a selected number of schools in the world to hold BSO’s ‘Gold Standard’. Our recent BSO report (2023) wrote:
“Qatar international School offers an excellent British education that fully meets the needs of its students: as a result, they enjoy school, learn well and thrive”.
“The students at QIS are characterised by their remarkable enthusiasm for learning and their exceptional behaviour, which unequivocally reflect their profound motivation to excel academically. Students’ behaviour is exceptional, as is their attendance in school indicating high levels of enjoyment”.
“Relationships at all levels provide a highly positive learning environment where children thrive. Adults nurture children’s personal development and well-being extremely effectively”.
Our School – currently comprised of about 2,200 students aged from 3 to 18 – is a vibrant, fun and multicultural place of learning. It offers an engaging and warm environment, where children and staff alike are on a journey of continuous learning.
Across each Key Stage in Primary, our students enjoy a creative, skills based, curriculum delivered through 'I wonder' and continuous provision (EYFS), continuous provision /thematic learning (KS1), and thematic learning (KS2). Specialist lessons for Arabic, Islamic Studies, PE, French, Music, and DT form part of students’ personalised timetables, supporting further our broad and balanced curriculum offer. Our class teachers are highly trained in programmes such as Talk 4 Writing and Read-Write-Inc, which we use to enrich the children’s learning. Classes are supported by trained, qualified, and experienced Learning Support Practitioners.
In Secondary, the curriculum that is offered is based on the English National Curriculum. The students study a broad and balanced curriculum in Key Stage 3 (Year 7 – 9) before they begin to specialise in Key Stage 4 (Year 10 & 11) and Key Stage 5 (Year 12 & 13) to match their personal interests and future career aspirations. The students will take International GCSEs in Key Stage 4 and A level and International A Levels in Key Stage 5. We also offer BTEC qualifications in Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.
Safeguarding
Qatar International School is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants must be willing to undergo recruitment screening processes including an interview, references from past employers, and a Criminal Background check from all countries of adult residence. Please note that the school will also carry out an online search, inclusive of social media, for shortlisted candidates.
We require applicants to declare all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent'. All information provided will be treated as confidential. All applicants, (regardless of position) are requested to read QIS’s safeguarding policy, available on the school website, of our commitment to safeguarding children.
Application and interview
Please apply via our website with your CV.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and we observe the right to appoint suitable candidates before the closing date.
Initial interviews may be conducted online or face-to-face if the candidate is in Qatar. Successful candidates will be fully supported all the way through to their joining day – and beyond.
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of excellent applications we receive, we are unable to notify those who have not been shortlisted.