Head Teacher - St Peter's R.C Primary School

Job Description

Are you looking for a new opportunity to advance your career in a coastal denominational Primary School, working closely with your learning community, as well as with other schools within the Buckie Associated Schools Group? St Peter’s RC Primary School is situated in Buckie, the third largest town in Moray after Elgin and Forres. The school is one of three Primary Schools in Buckie and is situated in an area known locally as Buckpool. The town itself is situated on the Moray coast within an area of outstanding natural beauty and has grown primarily around fishing and shipbuilding; however, in recent years those two industries have been in decline with a significant number of the population being employed in the tourism, food processing, hospitality, oil and gas industries. Most recently, families have been impacted by the changes in the oil and gas industry with increase witnessed in renewable energy employment, where recent considerable investment in Buckie Harbour as a base for a large operator in the renewable-energy operations and maintenance sector has been made. There are eight associated Primary Schools forming the Buckie Associated Schools Group, comprising the coastal towns of Portgordon, Buckie, Findochty, Portknockie and Cullen and ranging in school roll from around 40 to 320 pupils. All Primary Schools feed into the local secondary school, Buckie Community High School and work closely together on shared priorities including literacy, numeracy, curriculum developments and moderation.

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

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