Teacher of Modern Studies - Firrhill High School

Job Description

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Teacher of Modern Studies
Firrhill High School

Salary: £28,113 - £42,336
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.

Modern Studies is a hugely popular subject at Firrhill with very high levels of attainment. Having grown in popularity very quickly Modern Studies is now a well-established and very successful part of the curriculum. Characterised by high-quality teaching and a focus on pedagogy that engages pupils through a wide range of high-impact approaches, we are looking for an innovative and hard-working colleague to join this highly successful faculty.

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.

We would welcome applications from candidates able to teach a second Social Subject in addition to Modern Studies.

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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