Headteacher – St Bernadette’s RC Primary School

Job Description

The role of the Headteacher is to provide vision direction and high standards of education and care to enable all children and young people to become:

• Successful learners
• Confident individuals
• Responsible citizens
• Effective contributors

The Headteacher will, within the resources available, conduct the affairs of the school to the benefit of the community it serves, through pursuing objectives and implementing policies set by the education authority under the overall direction of the Chief Education Officer.

The Headteacher shall be accountable to the education authority for the duties outlined in A Teaching Agreement for the 21st Century, Annex B. and for other such duties as can reasonably be attached to the post.

The Headteacher shall act on behalf of the authority, as principal professional adviser to the parent council and to provide to the parent council such advice and information as is required by the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006.

Additional Information

You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.  You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”.  Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce.  We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect.  For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working.  Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships.  The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified GTCS registered teachers.  Further information can be found here https://www.gtcs.org.uk/

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and / or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council.  Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply.  Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application if your salary is over £38,000 per annum, which will be deducted from your first pay.  Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/apply-for-pvg

Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

Please click this link to view a short video on what is expected when completing application forms for Clackmannanshire Council - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaasgoGqmw

A successful candidate who has not yet completed the SQH or Into Headship course and who is not currently a substantive Headteacher will be offered a temporary contract for 23 months which may be extended to a maximum of 30 months.