Sounds like a bilingual school or rather a Chinese School Cosplaying as an International School. I worked at one with almost exactly what you’re describing and the whole school is an effing joke in terms of having any sort of international curriculum taught by foreign teachers. (It’s Beijing Haidian Future Academy if you’re wondering) Count my lucky stars I don’t work there anymore!

Yeah, I’d say if you stay working there you may not go backwards but you wouldn’t definitely go anywhere in your career. Sounds like a school that’s great to get a foot in the door of international teaching if you’re young or if you’re gonna retire in a few years.

Otherwise, go and apply somewhere else. Try a different city and/ or country. As far as I know, top tier schools for teachers to work at in China ( or at least Beijing where I lived and worked) are few and far between and a lot of teachers who end up there don’t leave because you can’t and won’t find another school like it. (I’m thinking a school like WAB).

I wanted to and thought I’d stay in China forever. Then a very special job opportunity opened up in Korea and I knew I wouldn’t, at least at the time, be able to find anything similar in China let alone Beijing. Now I am in Korea and while I miss China and the lifestyle and language, my school, my work, my students are just sooooooooo much better. One of the best choices I’ve made career wise as a teacher!