Head Teacher - Keith Grammar School

Job Description

Are you an aspirational and learner-centred practitioner, keen to lead a supportive school community and be an integral part of a school’s improvement and growth? Keith Grammar School is looking for a Head Teacher who is inclusive and ambitious, keen to support all young people to progress on to their positive post-school destinations and achieve their full potential… Keith Grammar School is one of our eight secondary schools in Moray and serves a largely rural catchment area located within the town of Keith, also known at ‘the friendly town’. The school borders the catchment areas of Buckie Community High School, Milne’s High School and Speyside High School in Moray and Banff Academy and The Gordon Schools in Aberdeenshire, with traditional industries and employers include farming, distilling, tourism and associated support industries prevalent in the local area. Traditionally, Keith was a market and textile industry town, where two large mills – Laidlaw’s and Kynoch’s – formed the major employers in the town at that time. Keith Grammar School forms part of the Keith Associated Schools Group (ASG), linking with Botriphnie Primary School, Keith Primary School, Newmill Primary School, Rothiemay Primary School and St Thomas RC Primary School. Keith Grammar School and Keith Primary School are sited near to one another on the same campus location, further supporting partnership working and transitions as the largest schools within the ASG. Keith Grammar School’s roll is currently 348 pupils spanning Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 4 to 8.

Requirements

To provide professional leadership and management of the school ensuring the safety of all pupils and conducting the affairs of the school to the benefit of the pupils and the community it serves through pursuing objectives and implementing policies set by the education authority under the overall direction of the Head of Education (Chief Education Officer). The duties of the Head Teacher are: 1. To lead and manage learning and teaching 2. To lead and develop staff, children and young people 3. To lead change and improvement 4. Use resources effectively 5. Building community

The Individual

£88,722 subject to job-sizing This post is considered to be a ‘Regulated Role’ under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Under the Act it is a legal requirement for an individual undertaking a regulated role with children or protected adults to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to any formal offer of employment being made by Moray Council. A relocation package of £5400 (exclusive of VAT) may be available for this post