I very much appreciate both of you taking time to respond. Thank you.

PsyGuy your answer is pretty much what I expected. i.e. My skillset is not in great demand, and having 2 kids enrolled in a school is an expensive package. I will nevertheless try my luck see what happens. Incidentally, I know ISs in Korea do have issues with having enough foreign passport students enrolled (the government demands a certain quota)- and maybe if they employ locally then the usual full package in terms of flights, insurance etc is more negotiable (i have no idea). So maybe looking in Korea is potentially a more likely route.

I got most of your abreviations - but what is SA?

Hi. Thanks for your relpy. It was scenario 1, I checked out my status on the Gov.UK site and it does list me as having QTS. For some reason i thought there was a time limit before it expired - but reading on it i think that is just for supply teaching. So I am an ECT, all be it one that did a PGCE 20 years ago. My first degree was in Social science.

Yes i do have a spouse.

There's nothing that wrong with me as far as i know. After completing my PGCE I couldn't initially find a permanent position (citizenship jobs were not that easy to find), so I covered a maternity leave for a term which then ended up as covering another maternity leave and then some other shortfall at the same school. As I was always there on an ad hoc basis I never started the process of ratifying my QTS. Something in hindsight i should have pushed to get done. I wasn't expecting to suddenly leave the profession but for personal reasons I then left the UK.

Hi, and thanks for taking the time to read this.

I am wondering how realistic my chances are of getting an international school job.

I currently live in South Korea with two kids. The Korean education system is pretty brutal so the major motivation for seeking an IS job would be securing international school places for my kids. So having that as part of any package is essential.

I am a 50 year old British man.
I gained a PGCE back in 2004 in the subject of ‘Citizenship’ at secondary level. Citizenship relates to social science and humanities subjects.
Although I taught in a UK school for 18 months I never gained my QTS.
I also have an MA in TESOL, and a CELTA.
(So potentially I could teach ESL or humanities.)

For the last 17 years I have lived in South Korea – initially teaching ESL in a high school and for the last 11 teaching ESL in a Korean university.

I realise my age, non QTS and lack of recent specific experience goes against me. I’m aware China is the biggest market – so that is somewhere I’d consider. But I genuinely have no idea how possible this would be. Any solid advice would be appreciated. Thank you.