The markets we focus on
PIT Recruitment concentrates on British-curriculum and international schools in the Gulf and the wider Middle East. These are the markets where UK training, curriculum knowledge and assessment experience transfer most directly, and where the international school sector is most established.
The guides below are background reading rather than a list of live roles. They describe the teaching environment, the kinds of schools you will find, the qualifications schools tend to look for and the practical points worth thinking about before you apply. Where we are recruiting, the vacancies are on the jobs board.
How to use these guides
- Start with the destination that fits your circumstances, not the one with the best reputation online
- Compare school types as carefully as you compare countries, because the day-to-day job varies more by school
- Treat regulatory and visa information anywhere online as background, and verify it with the employer and official authorities
- Read the relocation guide alongside the destination page before making a decision
Destination guides
- United Arab EmiratesDubaiDubai has one of the largest concentrations of international schools anywhere in the world, and British-curriculum provision makes up a substantial part of it.
- United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiAbu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates and has a school sector that includes long-established British-curriculum providers alongside newer campuses.
- QatarDohaDoha is the centre of Qatar's international school sector, with British-curriculum provision serving a large and long-established expatriate community.
- Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia has an expanding international school sector across Riyadh, Jeddah, the Eastern Province and newer developments.
- KuwaitKuwaitKuwait has a long history of English-medium private education and a number of well-established British-curriculum schools.
- OmanOmanOman offers a smaller international school sector, concentrated around Muscat, in a country known for its landscape and its relaxed pace.