Residential EFL Teacher (juniors age 7-11) - YL Summer Contract 2025

Are you a passionate and qualified EFL Teacher with an ability to engage young learners? Can you create and teach captivating lessons that motivate students? Do you thrive in a team environment? If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our talented team of EFL Teachers, teaching juniors on our residential young learner course at Tudor Hall School in Oxfordshire this summer. As a residential Teacher, you’ll not only deliver high-quality English lessons but also live on-site to help create a supportive, safe, and fun environment for our students. You'll engage with students outside of class, participate in excursions, and contribute to evening and weekend activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Teach English lessons to students aged 7-11, delivering engaging, interactive lessons based on our curriculum.
• Assess students’ progress through placement testing, provide feedback, and tailor lessons to meet varying English proficiency levels from A1 – C2.
• Participate in and supervise various recreational, social, and cultural activities.
• Act as a mentor and support students, promoting an English-speaking environment both in and out of the classroom.
• Ensure student welfare and safety, following safeguarding protocols at all times.
• Complete associated admin tasks such as preparing the classroom, maintaining notice boards and packing and unpacking academic resources.
• Assist with house duties, including supervising mealtimes and morning wake-up calls.

Teachers must be qualified as follows:

• CELTA/ Trinity TESOL Certificate or QTS in a related subject specialism such as modern languages, English or a Primary QTS 
• Degree or equivalent

*Courses must be externally validated, contain at least six hours teaching practice and a minimum of 100 hours of ELT/TESOL input. Applicants who have completed 100% online courses will not be considered.

We are especially interested in hearing from candidates with experience in the following areas:

• Experience teaching juniors
• Project-based teaching
• Teaching mixed nationality groups
• Teaching on a residential course
• Delta/Trintiy DipTESOL qualified

If you don’t have experience in the above but hold the relevant teaching qualifications we are still keen to hear from you. If you can develop and deliver inspiring and engaging lessons and create an immersive English language experience for our students, you will make a great EFL Teacher!

At Bell, we believe that English is more than a language. It's a stepping stone that will help you achieve your dreams. For over 70 years, we have provided unforgettable learning experiences to students and teachers from around the world, transforming the lives of over one million. Through our teaching approach we encourage students to aim high, exceed their learning goals and become confident users of the English language. Frank Bell opened his first language school in Cambridge in 1955, which still operates today. Since then, Bell has grown from one prestigious English language school in Cambridge to an internationally recognised, high-quality education business which unlocks the world for its students through learning English and learning in English. Today, Bell offers English language courses to juniors and adults, prepares students for university in the UK and trains the world's English Language teachers.

Employee Benefits:

Our Young Learner schools provide both staff and students with excellent premises and facilities. As well as a competitive salary, staff will also benefit from:

• Free accommodation and meals
• Holiday pay (paid on top of salary for any accrued but untaken holiday)
• Company paid induction upon arrival onsite
• Company paid DBS check
• Regular CPD sessions to enhance your professional development and opportunities for promotion/future work.
• Access to professional development sessions and a supportive teaching and management team.
• Free access to excursions and activities, including trips to London, Cambridge and Brighton.

Opportunities for future career growth

Working for Bell on our Young Learner courses offers valuable experience for qualified teachers looking to further their career in EFL teaching. With Bell’s reputation for academic excellence and the support of our experienced onsite academic leadership team, you will develop your teaching skills whilst making a positive and long-lasting impact on the lives of young people.

For individuals seeking longer term work, we also have opportunities for further work, year-round, on our residential courses.

Bell is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

• A DBS/Police Check will be requested in the event of a successful application.
• We do not accept DBS Checks undertaken by other organisations (unless you are on the update service).
• All gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily.
• Proof of identity and qualifications will be required.
• All references will be followed up and reference requests will ask specifically whether there is any reason you should not be engaged in situations where you have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18.
• Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.

Apply now to join our team and play a key role in shaping unforgettable experiences for young learners this summer.