Has anyone ever worked in a British International School in Japan? If so what was it like and how did you adapt to living there?

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1. You might get more and clearer responses posting in r/Internationalteachers

   You could also look at the International Schools Review forums.

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3. I have. In general they are not too much different from. American schools. The curriculum and some terminology is different but most foundational stuff is the same

4. There is only one official British international school in Japan – the British school in Tokyo. It is actually accredited by the British overseas schools association if I remember correctly. They usually recruit from the UK and advertise in the TES. They teach the UK national curriculum (with a Japanese spin I imagine) and have A-levels instead of the IB. I’ve never worked there but I imagine it would be like teaching in a private school in the UK. Well behaved and motivated students – in other words none of the problems you’d see teaching in the UK. I also imagine that the living side is all taken care of by the school such as setting up your apartment, etc. But keep in mind you’d need to be a qualified and experienced teacher from the UK to gain employment and it is probably fairly competitive.