Discovery Summer is recruiting committed professional EFL teachers for residential summer posts in leading UK boarding schools. Experienced and newly qualified teachers are welcome to apply. Ideally with CELTA, TESOL, PGCE. Other qualifications will be considered.

Successful candidates will genuinely enjoy working with young people to ensure they have an unforgettable learning adventure. If you are looking for work with young learners/teens with an experienced team, we would love to hear from you.

Contracts available from late June to early August for 3-5 weeks.
Locations: Radley College, near Oxford (11-14 years); Marymount International School, Kingston-upon-Thames (8-13 years); Winchester College, Hampshire (13-16 years) Shrewsbury School, Shropshire (11-16 years)
Contact hours: Depending on the centre, you will have between 20-21 teaching hours per week + planning, administrative duties, meetings and pastoral duties

You will be responsible for planning and delivering high-quality, communicative EFL lessons. Lessons will include engaging activities to help students develop accuracy, fluency and most importantly, confidence in spoken English.

In addition to teaching, you will:
Sleep on-site, normally in a room near the students
Carry out some additional duties e.g. wake-up, bedtime and mealtimes
Attend meetings, plan lessons
Ensure safeguarding and welfare of students and respond sensitively to pastoral matters

We are a family-run organisation with 20 years experience running top quality summer programmes. We have truly multinational courses with limits on each language group. In 2023 we welcomed students of 54 different nationalities. Up to 10% of students are British: our English Student Hosts who are fully integrated with the programme.

Working with Discovery Summer provides an excellent opportunity to join an experienced team (45% of our 2023 staff had worked with us before) and acquire new teaching skills in one of the UKs top British Council accredited schools. In our 2023 British Council inspection we were awarded 12 strengths.

We expect staff to work hard: residential staff work a 6-day week with one 24-hour period off per week and some time off on working days. To compensate we offer excellent rates of pay and provide free meals and accommodation at the school.

Please see our website for the full job description, online application form and details of the application process. We run a rolling recruitment programme so please apply asap.

Discovery Summer is committed to ensuring the safeguarding of children and young people and we expect our staff to share this commitment. To this end, all references will be followed up, gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and appropriate criminal checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.