Head of Primary

About the role 

As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Head of Primary will provide inspirational, strategic and operational leadership to the Primary School. You will lead and develop a high-performing team to ensure outstanding academic, personal, and social outcomes for all students within a supportive and inclusive learning environment. 

You will have responsibility for the smooth day-to-day running of the Primary School, ensuring high standards of teaching and learning, effective staff deployment, and robust systems for performance management and professional development. Working closely with colleagues across the school, you will foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and professional growth. 

The successful candidate will play a significant role in shaping and delivering the school’s vision, ensuring that BSY’s mission, values and commitment to holistic education are embedded in all aspects of Primary provision. You will champion high-quality curriculum design, assessment and pastoral care, placing student wellbeing, inclusion and safeguarding at the heart of decision-making. 

About Nord Anglia Education 

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium school's organisation, with more than 90 schools located across over 38 countries in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. Together, our schools educate over 90,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of Secondary school.   

Our philosophy for education rests on our four pillars of creativity, wellbeing, excellent academic outcomes, and global connectedness. These are delivered through innovative use of educational technology to create a personalised 21st century learning experience for all students.   

Every parent wants the best for their child, and so do we. Nord Anglia schools deliver high quality, transformational education and ensure excellent academic outcomes by going beyond traditional learning. Our global scale enables us to recruit and retain world-leading teachers and to offer unforgettable experiences through global and regional events, while our engaging learning environments ensure all our students love coming to school. 

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About our school 

Established in 2014, The British School Yangon (BSY) is the leading British curriculum school in Myanmar. With undoubtedly the best facilities in the city, we offer a genuine and personalised approach to both our students’ learning and our teachers’ wellbeing and professional development. For those with an enthusiastic, collaborative, professional approach to learning and to life, this may well be the perfect opportunity for you.   

Our purpose-built school boasts state-of-the-art facilities, including a covered sports field, 25-metre swimming pool, two gymnasiums, and a 500-seat theatre. We have state-of-art science labs, as well as specialist music, drama and art rooms. All year groups have extensive play facilities and outdoor spaces. The latest technology features strongly throughout the school and in our modern, air-conditioned classrooms with interactive white boards and wireless connectivity. The school also accommodates the famous Yangon Bakehouse coffee shop, an inviting setting for our community to benefit from. We have a strong and extremely supportive parent community, and our students are enthusiastic and creative learners who are a joy to teach.       

Our schools 

Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We believe that being part of our family of schools gives them a special advantage. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually. 

We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as the Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, IMG, and King’s College London. 

About you 

With the ability to drive excellence by valuing and developing others, you will be a qualified teacher with extensive experience of both hands-on teaching and management in education. This means you will be fully up to date with curriculum developments. Strong on leadership and people management, you will have a flair for setting and meeting challenging performance targets.  

Able to work with a high degree of cultural sensitivity in our changing and fast-paced international environment, you will have the ability to use a range of communication strategies and channels. Your strong commercial, financial, market, and organisational awareness will enable you to devise effective solutions to complex business challenges. 

A strong ambassador for the school, you will be able to develop new ways to engage students and parents with the wider school and Nord Anglia Education community. You will also be able to meet visa-related restrictions for Yangon, Myanmar including you must hold a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate relevant with this post. 

Benefits 

When you join a Nord Anglia Education school, you join a global community of over 15,000 people working together to support our students’ success. We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more.  

We offer career and development opportunities that come with being part of our global organisation. Nord Anglia University unites our team through a vibrant online platform which harnesses the collective expertise of peers in an exchange of knowledge, ideas and best practice. We also provide extensive professional development through Nord Anglia University to ensure that our teachers don’t just maintain their skills but can also develop at the cutting edge of educational thinking. 

Our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF and King’s College London, offers our teachers unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields. We also offer selected candidates from our staff worldwide an opportunity to earn their Executive Master’s in International Education in an exclusive collaboration with King’s College London. 

Alongside great training and a competitive package, you’ll enjoy the chance to live and work in one of the world’s most vibrant cities.  

As a Nord Anglia Education teacher, you enjoy the following benefits: 

• A fast-paced, global experience so that you can progress on a global scale 

• An enabling environment founded on creativity, challenge, and collaboration 

• A culture which is fair and consultative  

• Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career 

Selection process 

The closing date for applications is Friday 30th January, however early applications are encouraged. There will be three stages of interview, including a panel interview. 

Start Date: 1st August 2026 

At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils irrespective of race, ability, religion, gender, or culture.   

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.