Recruitment for International Schools

About

Compass recruits inspiring teachers and leaders for international schools worldwide. Founded in 2011, we have assisted schools in over 50 countries, spanning continental Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and North & South America. In this time we have placed hundreds of teachers, middle managers & Heads seeking to teach and lead overseas.

 

 

 

 

We have developed our client base by visiting international schools, attending education conferences and meeting with school leaders. In doing so, we are able to offer a consultative service to the many schools and teachers who regularly use our service.

Click here to see some of the international schools we have recruited for over the years.

 

 

 

 

We are also governed by Federal & Cantonal permits to conduct recruitment for international schools in Switzerland. For teachers seeking opportunities in Switzerland and for Swiss based schools requiring our services, click here for further information.

 

Register

Teachers wishing to register as a candidate, please send an up to date CV by email to:

info@compassteaching.com

 

 

 

 

We can only accept CVs showing a full employment and education history. For any questions concerning the presentation of your CV, please contact us for guidance.

 

 

 

 

For international schools who wish to enquire about our recruitment services, refer to our Contact section. Our database and network of teachers are typically British qualified, followed by Australian, New Zealand and North American and many have international experience. We have experience working with many leading international schools, including members of COBIS, BSME and similar accrediting organisations.

 

Team



Tom Arnold Director

Tom is a qualified teacher having taught in both the UK and Switzerland. He also gained substantial experience of education recruitment before founding Compass. In this time he has recruited for and visited many international schools worldwide.

 

Ian Kerr MBE Consultant

Ian has over 40 years of experience as an educator in England, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. During this time he was Head of an international school and in 2004, he was honoured with an MBE for services to education and the Malaysian Community.

 

Honoria Arnold Marketing

Honoria is an accomplished educator with over 30 years experience in primary schools, 16 years as a Head and more recently as an Executive Head across two schools. Honoria has significant experience in  recruiting teachers and senior leaders.

 

Heather Thompson Consultant

Heather joined us in 2015 bringing with her 25 years of recruitment experience. Heather’s expertise has been placing candidates in the Middle East and Africa and she herself has relocated many times with her husband who is an international Head.

 

Kevin Page Consultant

Kevin began his teaching career in his native New Zealand and has been working in IB international schools across Switzerland, Germany and Austria. As a former international Head of School, he is widely experienced in recruiting teachers.

 

YOU ?? Consultant

Compass is seeking to appoint an experienced and dynamic recruiter to join our growing team. If you have experience of working in recruitment and education, then we look forward to hearing from you! Contact us at info@compassteaching.com.

 

testimonials

“We have been very pleased with the service offered to us from Compass. As a result of the personalised service Compass has provided we have filled our vacancies with outstanding teachers. I know that, even at very short notice, Compass will respond quickly to our needs and ensure that the match between teacher and our school is perfect. I can thoroughly recommend Compass to you.”

Dawn Akyurek, HeadteacherKing's College School Madrid - COBIS, IAPS

testimonials

“Finding ourselves in need of a Higher Level IB Physics teacher at very short notice, we decided to contact Tom at Compass. This turned out to be a very good decision. Within a matter of hours we received the CV of a well-qualified teacher who was available, for a short term contract, immediately. We had a replacement teacher of the highest quality in front of our students in just over a week ! I will certainly be using Compass again, if and when the need should arise.”

Ian Tysoe, PrincipalSt. George's School in Switzerland

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“Tom managed to find two important positions I needed in a critical time. He came personally to visit ISC, spent some days in the Como area to have a clear idea of what living and working here can be. He accurately interpreted my requirements and represented me well in finding good candidates. I would thoroughly recommend Tom and would be pleased to work with him again.”

Emanuela Ferloni, PrincipalInternational School of Como

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“Compass Recruitment competently and with amazing speed helped us to find a teacher at very short notice. Most impressive was the company’s personalised service that located exactly the right person to match our specific requirements. Not only did Compass solve a problem for us, they took care to ensure we had an experienced and well respected practitioner to join the teaching team.”

Anne Howells, PrincipalThe British International School of Stavanger - COBIS

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“We used Compass to recruit an outstanding Physics teacher during an emergency situation in Term 2. The efficiency and helpfulness of Compass was outstanding, as we filled the short-term post quickly with a top class candidate. Thank you!”

Paul Barrie, Deputy Head Upper SchoolThe British School of Milan - COBIS, HMC

News

Mzuzu International Academy

  Click here to read the latest newsletter from Mzuzu International Academy.   “In 2003 a group of community leaders in Mzuzu and a group of Malawians living in the USA had a ‘dream’ to build an internationally accredited secondary school in Mzuzu Malawi. Having recognised that northern Malawi had a shortage of quality educational […]

COBIS Annual Conference

  The 37th COBIS Annual Conference will take place this month, 12th-14th May at the InterContinental London O2 in Greenwich.   Attending the conference will be school leaders, senior managers, school owners and governors from British international schools worldwide. It provides a platform for networking, bringing together ideas and sharing of best practices and an […]

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SAFEGUARDING

Compass is committed to child safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children through safer recruitment. We advise all candidates and schools to read about our safer recruitment to understand the vetting processes we have in place.

 

 

 

 

Click here to read more about our safeguarding.

 

CONTACT

Type: 

info@compassteaching.com

 

 

 

 

Talk: 

+41 (0)78 955 34 77

 

 

 

 

Visit: 

Rue Louis-Meyer 7, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland