Depute Head Teacher - St Francis Primary School

Job Description

CF: Children and Education Justice Services

Depute Headteacher
St Francis RC Primary School

Salary: £63,879 per year
Hours: 35 per week

St Francis RC Primary School is a growing denominational Catholic school located in the East of the City in the great Craigmillar area. Our school was created in 1935 and moved into the current joint campus in August 2008. The school caters for children from Primary 1 to Primary 7. Our current roll is 296 children in school divided into 12 classes. We have created a strong ethos based on our Catholic values. These values permeate all we do. We are a diverse and inclusive school, with a third of learners from varying nationalities and cultures. The Senior Leadership Team comprises of a Head Teacher, a Depute Head, Principal Teacher and a Business Manager. St Francis has strong partnerships with the Holy Rood Cluster.

We have excellent links with our associated primaries, developing collegiate working amongst the local schools. We have very close links with the parishes of St Teresa's and work closely with the Parish priest and also the Sacramental Preparation team. There is an ethos of continual improvement and staff are committed to working collegiately to provide the very best education for our pupils. The school is firmly committed to raising attainment and achievement including closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children, improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing and improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school leaver destinations for all young people.

For further information please visit our website at www.stfrancisrcprimary.wordpress.com

Teachers are responsible for seeking approval of the Bishop of a Diocese for appointment to any post in a Catholic School in that area. For details on how to seek approval please go to http://sces.org.uk/church-approval

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.

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