Alternative Pathways Secondary Inclusion Teacher – Sunmarke School - January 2026 start

Fortes Education has
been a leading education provider in the UAE for over four decades with premium
international schools and nurseries that have experienced outstanding success
and growth. Our schools offer the most innovative and character-building
education in the entire Middle East region.

Our core ethos and philosophy of education is
Positive Education (PosEd). Through PosEd, our schools foster active engagement
in learning, celebrating character strengths and accomplishments. We encourage children to
cultivate fulfilling relationships with others and seek meaning and purpose in
their own lives.?We enable children to become happy learners and develop into
innovative thinkers, confident young adults, and life-long learners. Our
students develop resilience, a growth mindset and deep character strengths that
allow them to flourish in an ever-changing world.?

About Sunmarke School – Where Amazing Happens

Sunmarke School provides an ambitious and inspiring, values-based education
that nurtures the hearts and minds of students so that they can flourish and
achieve their dreams. Powered by our unique signature programs, Sunmarke is a
uniquely innovative school, transforming young lives. This was reflected in Sunmarke School winning the
coveted ‘Most Innovative School’ award at the Which School Advisor ceremony in
Dubai and London.

Sunmarke is an all–through
school which offers a premium education across a fantastic range of pathways
for students including the National Curriculum of England,
GCSE/IGCSE, ‘A’ Levels, BTEC and the IB Diploma and Career Related
Programmes. We also offer a suite of Signature Programmes unrivalled
in Dubai. With unique experiences in Environmental and Sustainability Studies,
students learn in Forest School settings, as well as utilising cutting-edge
hydroponic technology to examine how science can support sustainability in
future terrains. Our world-class STEAM centre and curriculum offers students an
incredible opportunity to apply their learning in solving real-world problems,
from Foundation Stage through to Year 9. We run best-in-class mini-MBA programmes for our Year 10 to 13 students in conjunction with the
Peter Jones Academy, to ensure their future success in business and
entrepreneurship. We are technologically innovative and run comprehensive AI
programmes for students in all core subjects, as well as deepening other
subjects through Augmented and Virtual Reality AR/VR experiences. We have
outstanding performing arts opportunities with fantastic facilities and amazing
teachers to help our more creative students truly find their
voice. Sunmarke School was judged by the Dubai School Inspection
Bureau (DSIB) as a ‘Very Good’ school in our 3rd year of
operation and ‘Outstanding’ in our British Schools Overseas
(BSO) inspection in 2019.

We present an exciting
opportunity to join our all through school and to play an important part in our
journey to “outstanding”. Sunmarke School, Dubai is one of our flag-ship
schools, located at a prime location in Jumeirah Village Triangle.

About

you:
We
seek to appoint a well-qualified and outstanding Alternative Pathways Secondary Inclusion Teacher to join our team in January 2026 to lead our
Life Skills Pathway class and support us with the inclusion provision across
the secondary school. You will be actively involved in the formation of
practices and procedures designed to raise attainment, together with effective
monitoring of the impact of those. You will be enthusiastic about working
within a school environment and supporting the needs of the school.

We are looking for certain

qualities:
·
Skilled
in the best inclusive educational practices with at least one core subject as
your specialist area

·
Possess
an excellent understanding of SEND and the skills to teach pupils with complex
needs working significantly below their age-related expectations

·
Committed
to developing and inspiring every student, to believe that they can and will
succeed

·
Experience
of target setting, writing and reviewing IEPs

·
Knowledge
of vocational curriculums and alternative pathways

·
Confident
in communicating and liaising with parents, external professionals and school
leaders

·
Tech-savvy, fluent in using APPs and technology to
extend and enrich each student’s learning experience

·
Outstanding role models who embody our core values

·
Passionate about providing
enriched learning opportunities for children in and out of the classroom.

·
Excellent communicators
who can ignite a passion for learning in our students.

·
Able to make a significant
contribution to our extra-curricular activities (ECA) programme and wider
campus life

·
Strong academic background,
work ethic, well-organised having excellent interpersonal skills

·
Dynamic, enthusiastic and
well-qualified holding as a minimum, a Bachelor’s degree or post-graduate qualification in
Inclusion or SEN with a QTS.

·
Candidate with a CPT3A qualification to assess and create Form 8/9 for
Exam Access Arrangements is desirable but not a must

·
Proven time management and organisational skills

Our

Offer:
·
Excellent
tax-free salary

·
Furnished
Accommodation

·
Relocation
Allowance (applicable to overseas appointments only)

·
Medical
Insurance for self

·
Annual
Air-Ticket and paid vacations

·
Tuition
Fee Concession for up to 2 minor dependent(s)

·
State-of-the-art facilities and
amenities in a newly built campus in a prime location in Dubai

·
An
enthusiastic learning community of students, teachers, parents, and Board
members, who are dedicated to maximise
student achievement, and creating positive learning opportunities in and out of
the classroom.

·
Working
within a team of highly driven and supportive colleagues

·
Excellent
professional development

·
Working
in Dubai, one of the world’s most sought-after
work and travel destinations

Application

Process:
If you have the passion, energy, and commitment to drive accelerated
outcomes for young people, we will welcome your application. In return, you will join a rapidly evolving
organisation that can offer you a central role in our future growth plans.

Candidates are invited to complete

our Online Application by visiting:
http://forteseducation.com/Careers/Current-Openings

Interviews
will take place either face-to-face in Dubai or by video conferencing if
the applicant is not based in Dubai.

The
closing date for applications is the 31st of October2025.
Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted for an interview. The school reserves the right to
make suitable appointments before the official closing date, and therefore we
would encourage candidates to apply early in the process. The appointment start date will be January 2026.

Fortes Education is committed
to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated
activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a satisfactory
International Child Protection Certificate, plus resident country Police
checks.