IB Math Teacher return to the UK

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Any teachers on here who teach the IB curriculum ? I am a physics and maths teacher and have been teaching in Spain for the last five years....we are planning to return to UK,....I myself plan to leave teaching but I have done quite a few applications with no success and cannot afford the paycut, I have accepted, I will probably have to take on a teaching role, but IB roles are few and far between, any tips on how to secure one.... I have seen one on TES being advertised for £ 48,0000´to £ 68,000 is this a realistic salary for an IB teacher, any tips on where I can find more vacancies.

Most UK schools teach GCSE and a level so could you teach those.

Could you teach something that isn't IB? Surely there are positions for teachers for Maths and Physics, even if it's GCSE and A-Level.
If it has to be IB, you might have more luck looking at international and independent schools. There might be some state schools offering it but I don't think it's that many.
The money won't be the same. I'm abroad and my pay as a simple class teacher here is higher than what I used to get on UPS and with a TLR back in the UK. (I also have loads more spare time here and just work my contracted hours.)

Yes I could teach gcse/Alevel but I really like the IB course and would prefer not to switch

isw.changeworknow.co.uk/theabbey/vms/e/careers/positions/cSjI5VAC5aUjaivG_hYA_U IB taught here (GCSE and A Level too)

£48-£68k sounds very high and not many schools do IB here. Are you limited by area/location too?

I live in West Kent and there are three full IB schools within a few miles, which is probably unusual. You've got Sevenoaks School (day/boarding, private, quite international, one of the big IB players), Tonbridge Grammar School (super selective state girls' grammar, coed sixth form), and Skinners Kent Academy (coed state comprehensive). First two are v academic, around 40/35 IB points average respectively, the third is non-selective and does the career programme not the diploma. There may be others that I don't know of.

That's quite a chunky salary you're looking at in the job advert - not unachievable, but would probably mean a fair bit of additional responsibility (head of department, head of year etc), which you might be hesitant about if your heart's not really in teaching any more.

If you're moving near Cardiff there's the IB head office too.