Depute Head Teacher - St Augustine's RC High School

Job Description

Education and Children's Service's

Depute Head Teacher - fixed term until 27/06/2025
St. Augustine’s RC High School

Salary: £73, 110
Hours: 35 per week

Applicants wishing to apply for this post as a secondment must have permission from their line manager before submitting an application form.

St Augustine’s is a Catholic secondary school of approximately 1000 students situated in the west of the City of Edinburgh. Its catchment area encompasses five Catholic primary schools extending from South Queensferry in the north to Balerno in the south. However, as a result of parental choice, our current S1 contains students drawn from 31 primaries.

St Augustine’s stresses the importance of high levels of achievement for every student and there is a strong sense of community within the school. All staff of St Augustine’s, teaching and non-teaching, are prepared to make a positive contribution to the school as a whole and to play their part as members of the St Augustine’s community.

The post is full time in a busy Senior Leadership Team. Emphasis is on getting the best possible outcome for each of our students, so resilience and creativity are welcome qualities for applicants.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds, however, since this is a Roman Catholic school, appointees will require to be approved with regard to religious belief and character by the Church.. The successful candidate must therefore contact the Edinburgh Diocesan Staffing Adviser to verify or establish their status with regard to Church Approval. The candidate should go to the website: www.sces.org.uk/church-approval and fill in the relevant forms online. For further information please visit our website at www.st-augustines.edin.sch.uk or to discuss the post please contact 0131 334 6801.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

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