Head Teacher - Gracemount Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education & Justice Services

Head Teacher
Gracemount Primary School

Salary: £81,618
Hours: 35 per week

Gracemount is a large primary school in central Edinburgh and is part of The Gracemount Learning Community. It is a mixed catchment with additional funding reflecting the level of deprivation. At Gracemount Primary we are committed to closing the Poverty Related Attainment gap and providing Equity for our pupils. The current roll is 520 including 56 full time children in our nursery class.

The Senior Leadership Team is comprised of the Head Teacher, 2 Depute Head Teachers and a Principal Teacher.

At Gracemount Primary School everyone is committed to developing a happy, caring and safe school with a welcoming environment where we are all valued, respected and able to thrive. Pupils, parents, staff and community stakeholders work in partnership to create an aspirational learning environment with high expectations for all. We have a strong, lived and well-developed vision based on our GRACIE Values -Good Natured, Respected, Achieving, Cared For, Inspired and Equal.

At Gracemount, we are very lucky with the fantastic facilities we have. Alongside our 20 classrooms we also have a number of other spaces available which help to enhance the learning we offer, this includes; two hall spaces, a dance/drama base, a library, community room and large outdoor space.

As well as this we also have spaces which support pupils with a variety of additional support needs. These spaces include; a sensory room, a nurture room, small garden courtyard and spaces for 1:1 sessions with our pupil well-being team or visiting specialists. We also utilise our local Gracemount Walled Garden and community partnerships.

Please see school website for more information: https://gracemountprimaryschool.co.uk/

Please note, for candidates that are invited for Short Leet there will be a virtual assessment centre consisting of three written tasks.

The Standard for Headship is now an essential requirement for this post. If the successful candidate does not meet this requirement the post may be offered on a temporary basis for a maximum period of 30 months if the panel is satisfied that, on an individual basis, there is a likelihood that the Into Headship qualification will be achieved within this timescale. A permanent contract will be offered only when the course is successfully completed. If it becomes clear that this essential qualification will not be achieved within 30 months then the contract will be ended with appropriate notice and the temporary Head Teacher will then revert to a DHT1 post available across the city.

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.

Requirements

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.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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