New School Reviews
• Berkeley International School Thailand 7/31 review 12
10 years old and still experiencing growing pains… [166 words]
• Berkeley International School Thailand 7/31 review 13
A good place to work so long as your expectations are realistic… [858 words]
• Berkeley International School Thailand 7/31 review 14
You may have to handle some nonsense & not feel victimized… [690 words]
• British School Beijing Shunyi China 7/30 review 46
Teachers feel pressured to produce work for lazy students… [450 words]
• King Mongkhut International Demonstration School Thailand 7/30 review 7
No amount of words can express the depth of dysfunction… [867 words]
• Khalil Gibran School Morocco 7/29 First time reviewed on ISR [896 words]
• Repton School Dubai UAE 7/29 review 12
No professional development at all. Shocking in this regard… [302 words]
• Kings Tirana Albania 7/26 review 3
There is a culture of entitlement among the students… [338 words]
• American International School Vietnam 7/26 review 35
I find a lot of the negative reviews really surprising… [280 words]
• GEMS World Academy Dubai UAE 7/26 review 12
GWA Dubai is not perfect. This is true. However… [1,070 words]
• American School Hong Kong 7/25 First time reviewed on ISR [261 words]
• Australian International School Malaysia 7/25 review 10
Everyone works hard & almost everybody is on a full load… [235 words]
• International School Central Switzerland 7/24 First time reviewed on ISR [502 words]
• German European School Manila Philippines 7/24 review 3
Has a family feel to it and class sizes are small… [856 words]
• Zurich International School Switzerland 7/24 review 5
This makes for a long, but hopefully helpful, read… [2,246 words]
• North Jakarta Intercultural School Indonesia 7/23 review 8
Marketing is constantly given priority… [668 words]
• American School Pachuca Mexico 7/23 review 5
The moral was extremely low when I worked there… [236 words]
• Australian International School Malaysia 7/23 review 9
KL is a good city but much more expensive than we were told… [642 words]
• Jinan Foreign Language School International Center China 7/22 First time reviewed on ISR [1,229 words]
• Kang Chiao International School China 7/22 review 10
I am a worse teacher for having been here… [1,621 words]
• Wycombe Abbey International School China 7/22 review 13
Expect to be worked hard for your money… [676 words]
• Colegio Inter-Americano Guatemala 7/19 review 24
You will fight unnecessary battles to get what is rightfully yours… [127 words]
• Wycombe Abbey International School China 7/19 review 12
Enjoyed the country. It’s a very positive place on the whole… [166 words]
• British School Beijing Shunyi China 7/19 review 45
A step up from a mere English language institution… [683 words]
• Tsukuba International School Japan 7/19 review 3
TIS is not perfect, no school is… [731 words]
• Al Bayan Bilingual School Kuwait 7/19 review 28
The visa process requires BBS to take your passport… [1,197 words]
• Kingsgate International School Malaysia 7/18 First time reviewed on ISR [227 words]
• Yew Wah International Education School Guangzhou China 7/18 review 6
I made it out alive with my sanity barely intact… [414 words]
• Edron Academy Mexico 7/18 review 11
Health and safety are not prioritised… [560 words]
• School of the Nations Brazil 7/18 review 2
The actual teaching contract is only one page long… [447 words]
• Tsukuba International School Japan 7/17 review 2
Understand where you are going… [19 words]
• Berkeley International School Thailand 7/17 review 10
Broke contract due to lack of support & vision at the school… [1,462 words]
• Shanghai Community International School China 7/17 review 47
School is in decent shape, resources reasonable… [107 words]
• Shenzhen American International School China 7/17 review 5
I’m embarrassed that I once worked at this dodgy place… [393 words]
• GEMS World Academy Dubai UAE 7/16 review 11
Do not expect an open organization that values your input… [1,797 words]
• St. Andrew’s Nassau Bahamas 7/16 review 17
A school with excellent potential to achieve the glory it once had… [464 words]
• International School Myanmar 7/16 review 35
I enjoyed my experience in Myanmar very much… [335 words]
• British School Beijing Shunyi China 7/16 review 44
I simply could not take the risk of staying another two years… [506 words]
• Al Bayan Bilingual School Kuwait 7/15 review 27
Used to have a good reputation & now it’s bleeding teachers… [838 words]
• Colegio International de Caracas Venezuela 7/15 review 16
From the moment you land you are on your own… [149 words]
• Universal American School UAE 7/15 review 22
Decisions are top down & teachers don’t have any say… [489 words]
• GEMS International School Al Khail UAE 7/15 review 4
There is a good group of staff working at the school… [574 words]
• Tsukuba International School Japan 7/12 First time reviewed on ISR [1,530 words]
• Cairo American College Egypt 7/12 review 15
A great school with a small community feel… [897 words]
• Kings Tirana Albania 7/12 review 2
A mediocre establishment in a crowded market… [628 words]
• American School Kosova Kosovo 7/12 review 10
Only surviving because of the hard work of the local staff… [485 words]
• American International School Jeddah Saudi Arabia 7/12 review 52
If you take job here, keep your back up against the wall… [644 words]
• Kings Tirana Albania 7/11 First time reviewed on ISR [281 words]
• Nile Valley School Sudan 7/11 review 12
We lacked the practical tools to set disciplinary guidelines… [321 words]
• Berkeley International School Bangkok Thailand 7/11 review 9
Response to previous reviews by School Director… [970 words]
• Wycombe Abbey International School China 7/11 review 11
I thought the school was a fantastic place to work… [613 words]
• British School Caracas Venezuela 7/11 review 22
Living in Venezuela has changed my outlook… [322 words]
• Pearling Season International School Qatar 7/10 review 6
Management are in their own fairy land but they are fair… [79 words]
• Hong Kong International School Hong Kong 7/10 review 16
Continually growing & trying to become the best school possible… [179 words]
• Malvern College Qingdao China 7/10 review 7
Has improved rapidly in the 2 years I have worked here… [671 words]
• Cairo English School Egypt 7/10 review 22
One of the worst cities for air & water pollution… [1,189 words]
• English Nursery and Primary School Russia 7/10 review 4
One of the most unhappy & stressful places I have ever worked… [74 words]
• Harrow International School Beijing China 7/9 review 17
An air of superiority to the outside world that is based on lies… [197 words]
• Harrow International School Beijing China 7/9 review 16
SLT are out of step with what constitutes good teaching… [142 words]
• American Schools Angola 7/9 review 4
ASA is poorly managed & their main focus is money… [568 words]
• International School Kazan Russia 7/9 review 8
At first blush this seems like an ideal place to work, but… [1,724 words]
• Edron Academy Mexico 7/9 review 10
There is little consistency in their approach towards staff… [297 words]
• Udon Thani International School Thailand 7/9 review 5
UDIS has a lot of potential but some VERY toxic people… [291 words]
• American International School Jeddah Saudi Arabia 7/8 review 51
There is no discipline, there is no education… [802 words]
• Colegio Inter-Americano Guatemala 7/8 review 23
Local teachers are hesitant to speak up… [71 words]
• St. Dominic’s International School Portugal 7/8 review 38
A deeply flawed institution with depressingly low standards… [506 words]
• American International School Jeddah Saudi Arabia 7/5 review 50
Don’t be fooled by a fancy website & false promises… [342 words]
• Khartoum International Community School Sudan 7/5 review 24
Package is excellent, although most would argue that it has to be… [616 words]
• Universal American School UAE 7/5 review 21
Lacks any money to invest in teachers or students… [953 words]
• Shattuck St Mary’s International School Malaysia 7/4 First time reviewed on ISR [811 words]
• Multinational School Bahrain 7/4 First time reviewed on ISR [338 words]
• Wycombe Abbey International School China 7/4 review 10
The amount of work far exceeds the measly pay you’ll receive… [1,122 words]
• Hong Qiao International School China 7/4 review 16
I highly recommend HQIS & Shanghai… [175 words]
• American Cooperative School Tunis Tunisia 7/4 review 30
The staff at ACST are amazing and we felt very cared for… [253 words]
• International Community School Abidjan Cote d’ Ivoire 7/4 review 2
Fabulous to hone your craft & experience a new rhythm of life… [624 words]
• Tarsus American College Turkey 7/4 review 13
You will be treated like you do not matter… [208 words]
• Bala-City International School Russia 7/3 First time reviewed on ISR [1,214 words]
• American International School Lagos Nigeria 7/3 review 22
A new chapter at AISL will begin this fall. I hope it’s a good one… [1,284 words]
• Amnuay Silpa Bilingual School Thailand 7/3 review 5
It’s a very happy school to work in… [395 words]
• Muscat International School Oman 7/3 review 24
Important to share our experience so other teachers are aware… [138 words]
• Tashkent International School Uzbekistan 7/3 review 7
Do not pass up an opportunity to work at this school… [1,205 words]
• American International School Jeddah Saudi Arabia 7/3 review 49
Teachers lived out of boxes all year in mold infested apartments… [149 words]
• Wellington College International China 7/2 review 9
I have seen good people leave & toxic people remain… [405 words]
• Colegio Ingles Torreon Mexico 7/2 review 3
There is no paid time off… [907 words]
• Wycombe Abbey International School China 7/2 review 9
Your heart will break due to conditions of boarding students… [2,288 words]
• Edron Academy Mexico 7/2 review 9
Under the current regime, it is simply unbearable… [144 words]
• International School Basel Switzerland 7/1 First time reviewed on ISR [760 words]
• Wycombe Abbey International School China 7/1 review 8
Staff are sleep-deprived, chronically immune-suppressed & ill… [784 words]
• Bahrain Bayan School Bahrain 7/1 review 11
Most of our students are open minded and eager to learn… [159 words]
• Pearling Season International School Qatar 7/1 review 5
Contract cut short so they wouldn’t have to pay… [115 words]
• Al Mizhar American Academy UAE 7/1 review 22
Overall package may seem generous, but money will not go far… [556 words]
