Teacher - Pre-Preparatory

Queen Elizabeth’s Global Schools  are an equal opportunities employer and is deeply committed to safeguarding our students, ensuring their safety and wellbeing. We expect all staff and members of our community to share this commitment and to promptly report any concerns about a student’s or community member’s safety or wellbeing. Applicants must be willing to undergo rigorous child protection screening, including checks with past employers and providing Police Clearance Certificates from all countries that the applicant has resided in.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an exceptional and inspiring Pre-Prep Teacher to join the founding team of Queen Elizabeth’s School, Gurugram, India.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to shape a world-class early years programme that combines the academic rigour of the Cambridge Early Years Programme with a nurturing, child-centred approach to holistic development. You will play a transformative role in cultivating curiosity, creativity, communication, and emotional wellbeing during the most formative years of a child’s life.

The ideal candidate will bring warmth, imagination, and deep expertise in early childhood pedagogy, along with the flexibility and ambition to thrive in a dynamic, high-performance environment. You will contribute to the design and delivery of a pioneering Pre-Prep model that reflects international best practice while respecting the cultural context of India.

You will play a key role in realising the vision of Queen Elizabeth’s Global Schools – combining academic excellence, character education, and global citizenship within an inclusive and inspirational setting for young learners.

If you are an outstanding early years educator with the passion, professionalism, and vision to shape the future of a new generation, we would be delighted to hear from you.

The Role

Inspirational Teaching and Learning

• Embrace an innovative setting by designing learning experiences that foster language acquisition, cultural appreciation, and cognitive development.

• Plan and deliver inspiring, developmentally appropriate lessons aligned with the Cambridge Early Years Curriculum, ensuring the highest standards of early childhood education.

• Use play-based learning, storytelling, song, movement, and hands-on exploration to cultivate early literacy, numeracy, inquiry, and social-emotional skills.

• Employ a range of interactive, creative teaching strategies to spark curiosity, critical thinking, and a love of learning from the earliest years.

• Personalise learning by differentiating instruction to meet the developmental stages, interests, and needs of every child, ensuring all learners feel seen, included, and supported.

• Monitor and document each child’s progress through formative observations and developmental milestones, using assessment insight to refine teaching and provide targeted next steps.

Pastoral Excellence and Child Development

• Create a warm, inclusive, and nurturing classroom culture where every child feels secure, celebrated, and able to thrive.

• Promote the holistic development of each learner—social, emotional, physical, and cognitive ensuring individual growth is carefully supported and meaningfully guided.

• Actively model and reinforce positive behaviour, emotional literacy, and respectful peer relationships within a caring community of learners.

• Identify and respond to individual learning or developmental concerns by collaborating with families, specialists, and the school’s learning support team to provide timely and appropriate interventions.

• Build children’s confidence, independence, and resilience through affirming interactions, personalised encouragement, and consistent routines.

Parental Partnership and Communication

• Build strong, trusting relationships with parents, positioning them as partners in their child’s
learning journey.

• Provide insightful, timely updates on each child’s development through formal reports, parent-teacher conferences, and day-to-day communication.

• Host family learning opportunities, such as workshops, presentations, or classroom showcases, that deepen home–school connections and celebrate children’s learning.

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