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Ref no:
EDN23681
Published:
24/03/2023
Closes:
07/04/2023
Location:
Firrhill High School, 9 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH14 1DP
Salary:
£28,113 - £42,336 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Job Description

Education and Children's Service's

Teacher of Home Economics
Firrhill High School

Salary: £28,113 - £42,336 per year
Hours: 35 per week

Firrhill High School serves the area of South West Edinburgh. In partnership with our five associated primary schools Bonaly, Colinton, Pentland, Longstone and Oxgangs, we strive to “Provide learning opportunities of the highest quality.” Our school values are founded on respect for self and others, tolerance and support.

We are one of the largest schools in Edinburgh with a roll of 1300 pupils and 130 staff. This provides us with the opportunity to provide a wide range of curricular, interdisciplinary and extracurricular activities that meet the needs of all of our pupils. We also provide opportunities for personal achievement and support pupils to develop skills for learning, work and life.

We are looking to recruit teachers to join our dedicated staff who will be ambitious for all our pupils and are committed to supporting our young people to develop to their fullest potential.

Home Economics is already a popular subject at Firrhill and we are seeking to broaden the offer further in the subject. We are looking to recruit a teacher who is keen to expand the subject and brings an enthusiasm and passion that will encourage even more pupils to follow food-related courses.

This post is for an August start and, as such current probationers who will have achieved full GTC registration by August 2023 are invited to apply.

All staff benefit from a well-structured and responsive Professional Learning programme where staff are encouraged to both develop their own practice and to actively share their expertise with colleagues. We place a particular emphasis on developing leadership capacity at all levels. Firrhill is a Gold Rights Respecting School and we place children’s rights at the centre of our practice. This contributes significantly to our school ethos of inclusion, diversity, tolerance and friendship where excellence for all and excellence by all is our constant ambition.

The work of the school is supported by an active Parent Council and Parent Teachers Association.

Further information on the school can be found at www.firrhillhighschool.org.uk.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates 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 the City of Edinburgh Council.

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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