Employer Description
South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire Council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16, employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.
Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper.
We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes:
1. Business - business development and growth
2. People - skills, learning and employability
3. Place - physical infrastructure and place
Job Description
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Salary: Principal Teacher 2 - £55, annually.
To view the job profile, please click here.
Although specific duties have been drawn up and are defined in this profile, they are not exhaustive and can change to suit the needs and priorities of the school. The necessity for change will be determined by the Head Teacher.
The Principal Teacher will be a member of the Management Team supporting a policy of consultative and participative management and will contribute to the school’s Improvement Plan.
About the School:
St. Patrick’s Primary is one of primary schools throughout South Lanarkshire Council.
South Lanarkshire Council is the fifth largest authority in Scotland. It covers the following main areas; Clydesdale in the south which features extensive rural areas, Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Blantyre and Uddingston to the north as well as the towns of East Kilbride and Hamilton.
St Patrick’s RC Primary is a small co-educational school which serves the town of Strathaven, the villages of Chapelton, Dungavel, Glassford, Gilmourton Sandford and Stonehouse and the rural areas to the south and west of Strathaven.
As a Catholic School, we offer our pupils a learning environment which is conducive to spiritual growth and which is characterised by mutual respect and gospel values.
At St. Patrick’s we are aware that the education of your child is a most serious responsibility which you have asked us to share. We aim therefore, to make school a happy, supportive place in which your child will acquire the fundamentals of religious knowledge, develop social skills, moral and cultural values and the academic skills in language, mathematics and all other curricular areas which will enable him/her to learn with understanding and pleasure. An awareness of the duties and responsibilities as members of their community is fostered through developing a sense of equal opportunities and social justice, the encouragement and the practice of good manners, a positive attitude to work, initiative and self-reliance.
We are eager to work with you and the local community in helping each child in our school to reach the highest measure of success which he/she is capable of, and recognising and developing any special skills he/she has, academic, physical or aesthetic.
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GTC Registration
It is a legal requirement for any teacher teaching in a Scottish state school to be registered with GTC Scotland, General Teaching Council (Scotland) Registration.
Diocese Approval
In line with section 21 (2A) of the Education (Scotland) Act the successful candidate for this post will require to have the approval of the Roman Catholic Church.
Legislative Information
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order .
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act,. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.