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Headteacher Primary

Auchencairn and Palnackie Primary Partnership

HT02 £53,964

Roll: Combined Roll 35 (Auchencairn – 28, Palnackie – 7)

 

We are seeking to appoint a leader with vision and a passion for learning who will, along with a management team, lead learning at Auchencairn and Palnackie Primary Schools Partnership.  This post offers an exciting opportunity to shape educational provision within a dynamic new school partnership community, which has high aspirations for all. 

 

 

Requirements

Auchencairn and Palnackie Primary Schools are located within the beautiful Stewartry area of Dumfries and Galloway. Both schools lie along the stunning Solway Coast and close to the artist’s town of Kirkcudbright, which has all major services and amenities. The wider area boasts many local industries including agriculture, fishing, forestry and tourism. Good housing is very affordable and the area is easy to reach by car and bus.

 

The Partnership senior management team consists of a non-class committed Headteacher and two Principal Teachers (one in each school). The Partnership has strong links with its cluster schools and local businesses. The schools are supported by active Parent Councils.

Dumfries and Galloway’s approach to Education looks to combine the traditional values, ethos and atmosphere of this unique corner of Scotland with fresh 21st Century thinking.  We are seeking to appoint a leader with vision and a passion for learning who will lead learning within Auchencairn and Palnackie Primary Partnership.  The post represents an excellent opportunity to be innovative in developing our culture of sharing and learning. Our authority has been recognised as having a clear focus on building staff skills to improve learning and teaching, raise attainment and develop strong leadership at all levels.

Applicants will have proven leadership qualities and experience in primary education and be committed to very high standards of achievement.

 

A significant relocation package of up to £5000 is available to the successful candidate. Please see the attached removal expenses document for further information. Please follow the link to the Council’s Relocation Policy.

 

Applicants for teaching posts must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), Clerwood House, 96 Clermiston Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UT in the appropriate sector.

 

This post is considered as Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.  From 28 February 2011, preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to formal offer of employment being made by Dumfries and Galloway Council. 

Responsibilities

Applicants who have been resident outside the UK within the last 5 years, if offered a position, in addition to a Disclosure Scotland Check, will be required to provide a completed police record check from the police authority in the country or countries in which they were resident.

 

Please note – Pay arrangements for those starting after 1^stday of school session

 

In accordance with Teachers Conditions of Service (SNCT – appendix 2.19), Teachers who commence employment with Dumfries and Galloway Council after the first day of the school session will have their salary for the remainder of the school salary year recalculated to reflect how teachers accrue pay and leave.  In these circumstances, a calculation will be carried out upon commencement of employment and pay and leave will be adjusted. 

 

Information regarding the national pay and leave calculation can be accessed at:

 

https://www.snct.org.uk/library/2527/Part 2 Appendix 2.19 Final Version June 2018.pdf

 

 

For further information and an informal discussion, please contact Rodger Hill, Schools’ Manager - People at Rodger.Hill@dumgal.gov.uk.

The Closing Date for Applications is: Sunday 12^thFebruar