LOCATION:
The Community School of Auchterarder New School Lane Auchterarder, PH3 1BL
SALARY:
£59,727 per year
CONTRACT TYPE:
Permanent
POSITION TYPE:
Full Time
HOURS:
35 hours per week
We currently have the following opportunity:
Principal Teacher of Health and Wellbeing - PKC13131
£59,727
The Community School of Auchterarder
An opportunity has arisen for an excellent, experienced and ambitious leader to join our Extended Leadership Team as a Principal Teacher of Health and Wellbeing.
This is a full-time, permanent post.
The Principal Teacher of Health and Wellbeing will lead and manage our Health and Wellbeing faculty, which currently comprises Home Economics and Physical Education.
This is a key leadership role focused on driving the strategic development of opportunities that support the positive health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified professionals in either subject area.
A central aspect of the role is to cultivate a positive and inspiring learning environment that promotes effective teaching and motivates young people to engage fully in their learning.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing an exciting and engaging curriculum, while also supporting the ongoing professional development of staff within the faculty.
This promoted post carries significant leadership responsibilities. The successful candidate will provide strategic direction, lead the faculty team, and monitor the quality of learning and teaching to ensure continuous improvement across all aspects of the faculty's work.
As Principal Teacher of Health and Wellbeing, you will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of high-quality learning experiences across your faculty.
You will ensure that all learning is thoughtfully planned to meet the diverse needs of young people, while overseeing a broad and engaging range of courses. In addition to your faculty responsibilities, you will play a key role in planning and driving aspects of whole-school improvement.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held at the school on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
About the School
The Community School of Auchterarder is an all-through school, comprising Nursery, Primary and Secondary departments serving the community of Auchterarder and surrounding district.
We have a roll of approximately 1,100 children and young people across all three sectors.
The school is situated in a rural location, approximately 14 miles south of Perth with good road networks to the rest of Perthshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the central belt. Our Associated Primary Schools are Aberuthven, Blackford and Dunning.
Our school motto is 'Strive to Excel' and, working together, we encourage all children and young people to aspire to be the best they can be.
Our aim is to build a community of learners who are:
Happy
Engaged
Ambitious
Respectful
Trustworthy.
The Community School of Auchterarder, at the HEART of our community.
Skills & Experience Required
You will bring experience in leading self-evaluation and possess a clear, strategic vision for your faculty. Building and maintaining positive relationships across the school community will be essential, and you will be genuinely committed to working in partnership with parents and carers.
Alongside being an excellent classroom practitioner, the successful candidate will be highly motivated, with a strong desire to enhance learning and teaching across the school. You will hold strategic responsibility for whole-school Health and Wellbeing and will inspire and lead innovative and impactful learning within your faculty. A commitment to achieving the highest standards will be evident in your practice.
You will demonstrate sound judgement, effective decision-making, and the ability to prioritise and delegate tasks appropriately. Passionate about your work and committed to lifelong learning, you will actively pursue your own professional development.
GTCS registration in a relevant subject is essential for this role.
Working at Perth & Kinross Council
We have a vision of a confident and ambitious Perth and Kinross, to which everyone can contribute and all can share.
Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours.