Teacher of Foundation Stage, Reception Class

**International School of Bearn**
France**Salary**:

Competitive**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent**Start date**:

January 202630 September 2025**Job overview**:
**TEACHER OF RECEPTION (FOUNDATION STAGE)**

**Contract: FULL-TIME**

**Start date: January 2026**

We are a small, friendly international school seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic **Reception Class Teacher** to join our team for two terms, from **January 2026 until the end of June 2026 (or longer)**.

**About the Role**

You will be responsible for leading our Reception class, delivering high-quality teaching and learning in line with the **UK Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)** framework. Working closely with a supportive team, you will create a nurturing, stimulating, and inclusive environment where our youngest learners can thrive.

**Essential Requirements**
- ** UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)**:

- Proven experience in **EYFS** teaching, ideally in Reception or Nursery settings
- A passion for early years education and a child-centred approach
- Excellent classroom management and communication skills

**What We Offer**
- A welcoming, collaborative school community
- Small class sizes in an international environment
- The opportunity to contribute to a caring and dynamic early years team
- A chance to spend at least 6 months between the foot hills of the Pyrenees and the beaches of the Atlantic coast

**How to Apply**
Please send your CV and a short covering letter outlining your relevant experience and availability to the Head of Primary, Mr John-Mark Hanrahan:

**About**International School of Bearn**:
**International School of Bearn**
- 200 Boulevard du Cami Salie
64000 PAU
France
- +33 12 56 68 67International School of Bearn is a mixed, non-denominational all-through school with sixth form situated in the commune of Pau in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region of southwest France. It is an independent and non-profit school that is based around the English National Curriculum, with a high priority put towards students speaking fluently in English and French, with the help of its English as a Second Language (ESL) programme available. It is the only school in the Béarn area offering an international Anglophone education. There are a total of approximately 350 students across its Foundation Stage, Primary and Secondary departments between the ages of 2-18, and class sizes are small at around 18 pupils each. Exams include SATs, IGCSEs, AS and A2 Levels and Cambridge International Exams (CIE).

ISB was founded by the school’s current principal in May 2002, with its pre-school and primary school opening in 2003, shortly followed by its secondary school in 2007. It has been accredited by a number of organisations, including ECIS in 2004, University of Cambridge International Schools in 2007, Edexcel in 2012 and Ista in 2013. It has recently moved to some new buildings in 2014.

**Principal**

Maria Elias

**Values and Vision**

ISB is a place with an unmistakably positive ethos and the school motto “learning for living in an international world”. There are high expectations for all students, with a strong and purposeful sense of leadership and an emphasis on working in partnership with parents of students and all members of the local community, following a belief that all good schools actively involve other people.
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