Job Description
Children, Education and Justice Services
Head Teacher
Lorne Primary School
Salary: £75,237
Hours: 35 per week
Please see attached Lorne Primary School Head Teacher recruitment pack.
Please note, for candidates that are invited for Short Leet there will be a virtual assessment centre consisting of three written tasks.
Lorne Primary School is a non-denominational primary school which opened in 1876. The school is situated in the North-East of the city, between Leith Walk and Easter Road. The catchment includes areas of Local Authority housing, private housing and private lets. Currently, there are 8 classes from Primary 1 to Primary 7 (single stream, 2 classes at P7). The school roll fluctuates throughout the year with a number of children arriving or leaving throughout the year. Most new learners arriving throughout the year are new to Scotland and have English as an Additional Language. 25 different home languages are represented across the school and 47% learners have English as an Additional Language or speak an alternative language in addition to English, with 56% of learners from a Black and Ethnic Minority.
The school building includes 10 classrooms, including a Nurture base and a Support for Learning space. In addition, there is a Nursery, a Library, two small bases used for intervention groups and a meeting room. The school runs a breakfast club staffed by PSAs in the dining hall. Gingerbread, an external provider, run an After School Club, based in the dining hall from Monday to Friday.
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.
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