Principal Teacher
Canal View Primary School
Salary: £57,
Hours: 35 per week
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Principal Teacher to join our Senior Leadership Team at Canal View Primary School. The Principal Teacher will lead quality assurance activities to plan, develop and monitor the continuous improvement of our Nursery and will develop, deliver and monitor high-quality learning and teaching, with a particular focus on Literacy.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, communication skills and share a passion for developing and ensuring the highest possible quality of learning across the school. They will be required to model high standards of pedagogy to inspire, motivate and support colleagues in the development of their own classroom practice.
Canal View Primary School serves the community of Wester Hailes. The school has a broad social mix and the catchment contains areas of multiple deprivation with 75% of our learners living in SIMD 1 and 2. The school receives both Positive Action funding and Pupil Equity funding. Canal View Primary School is organised into fourteen classes from P1-7 and has a Nursery offering 64 full-time places.
The school is currently led by a management team of a Head Teacher, a Depute Head Teacher, a Principal Teacher and a Business Manager. There are eighteen class teachers and three part-time Support for Learning Teachers ably supported by a School Administrator, Pupil Support Assistants, two Pupil Support Officers and a Facilities Technician. The Nursery has a Senior Early Years Officer, an Early Years Officer, a team of Early Years Practitioners, Early Years Assistants and Early Years Domestic Support Assistants.