Principal Teacher
St John Vianney's Primary School
Salary: £57,498 - £57,498
Hours: 35 per week
Our school is very multi‑cultural, with over 30 languages and countries celebrated across our community. We have nine classes from P1‑P7 and a new Early Year's Centre on our grounds taking over 100 young pupils.
We have an excellent, supportive and highly self‑evaluative staff who play an active role in the direction the school takes. Although a Catholic school, we welcome people of all faiths, celebrating the diversity and culture they bring.
The school is led by a management team that you would join, alongside the Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher and Business Manager. The leadership team is supported by a School Administrator, a team of Pupil Support Assistants and a Service Support Officer.
Our Parent Council is incredibly supportive of staff and the learning and teaching throughout the school, providing various resources and finance that have a direct positive impact.
We are looking for a quality professional who is creative within the classroom, enthusiastic and committed to providing high‑quality provision to all children. We value a team player.
Teachers are responsible for seeking approval from the Bishop of a Diocese for appointment to any post in a Catholic School. For details on how to seek approval please go to http://sces.org.uk/church-approval
This post is regulated work with children and 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. If an individual has spent three months or more outside the UK in the last five years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement will be subject to satisfactory outcomes of these pre‑employment checks.
Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.
We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and can be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neuro‑divergent people, care‑experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care‑experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Find out more about our commitment to equalities: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4
As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work for the people of Edinburgh, we want to ensure we recruit the best people. Part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements.
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