Primary Cover Teacher | August 2026

The school

Deira International School is an Outstanding BSO and KHDA rated, award winning school located on a beautiful campus in Festival City, Dubai. In 2023 DIS was awarded the Education Excellence Award for ‘School Team of the Year’ and is also a platinum award holder for ‘Best Place to Work’, demonstrating our commitment to continual focus on ensuring we have a happy and thriving community.

With students from ages 3-18, DIS is run as a not-for-profit school and is part of the Al Futtaim Education Foundation. Founded in 2005, the school is renowned for providing an outstanding inclusive and holistic education. In our recent inspection, the report recognised the following:

• Staff are overwhelmingly proud of the school and believe that it is well led and provides a safe and inclusive learning environment.
  

• The quality of teaching, learning and assessment across the school is outstanding.
  

• Teachers have high expectations of pupils and consistently challenge them in lessons and other activities to do their best.
  

• Staff enjoy working at the school and believe they are treated fairly, respected and valued.
  

• At every phase, the curriculum is planned with precision, is well sequenced and systematically builds on pupils’ prior learning.
  

• DIS has a strong focus on academic progress and achievement.
  

The student body has over 90 different nationalities and this diversity is fundamental to the community nature of the school. Exceptional facilities provide wonderful opportunities for a holistic approach to education; sport, performing arts, academic, technological, leadership and creative pathways are all on offer, ensuring our students enjoy enriching and varied school experiences within our classrooms and beyond.

Although non-selective at admission, our students achieve exceptional exam results which compare to top UK schools. Digital literacy development is emphasised as the school prepares its pupils to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. This success enables our students to move on to the very top universities worldwide.

Our personalised, play-based and continuous provision in the Early Years ensures that students are rigorously assessed against the prime and specific areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework. This focuses on developing key learning skills and the foundations for accessing the Primary Curriculum. In primary, students receive an enriching and broad curriculum offer, which includes the delivery of several non-core subjects. Our senior students take the IGCSE examinations in Year 11 and move into the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) or International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) in Years 12 and 13.

Al-Futtaim Education Foundation (AFEF) owns and provides governance to Deira International School. AFEF aims to realise its vision of taking education in the UAE to the next level of future readiness and of preparing students for an increasingly globalised and technologically advanced world. Al Futtaim Education Foundation is an initiative of the Al Futtaim family to support the vision of the Government of Dubai and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) for the creation of a globally competitive economy while maximising its social contribution to the community through this not-for-profit endeavour.

The Post: Primary Cover Teacher

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Primary cover teacher to join our Outstanding Primary school in August 2026.

As an Outstanding School (KHDA 2023), it is a very exciting time to join the Primary Team at DIS. We are a high-performing and inclusive school, committed to the holistic development of each and every learner. We strive to take away any glass ceiling that may be hindering the progress of individuals and we advocate the pursuit of students’ passions and interests. We are seeking to attract strong practitioners, who understand the importance of continually developing and who will go to the greatest lengths to ensure that our school achieves its goal of providing a provision which goes beyond outstanding.

The Senior Leadership Team is committed to supporting all teachers to be happy, fulfilled and thrive in their work as we believe that in return, our young learners will do similar.

The Primary team at DIS are not only collectively ambitious for the outcomes of pupils but equally committed to their own self-discovery and professional development.

If you feel that you have the focused and positive mindset to join our dynamic team, we would welcome your application.

The successful applicant will be required to have the following:

• Family or Spousal VISA

• A B.Ed. or a degree in a related subject, plus a PGCE/PGDE or equivalent, with exceptional subject knowledge.

• A track record of outstanding teaching and student outcomes.

• A belief that all students have the potential for top performance, and the passion and drive to help them achieve it.

• The ability to contribute to the wider curriculum and enrichment programmes of the school.
  

Application Process:

If you meet these criteria, we would very much welcome your application.

Deira International School, Festival City is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. A UK enhanced DBS or equivalent police check is a pre-requisite for all appointments.