Depute Head Teacher
Canal View Primary School
Salary: £68, (subject to job sizing)
Hours: 35 per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Depute Head Teacher at Canal View Primary School. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Depute Head Teacher to join our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) with leadership and management experience and a proven track record of providing high quality learning and teaching to raise attainment and close the attainment gap.
The successful candidate will:
* Work as part of the SLT to take forward school initiatives and the school improvement plan.
* Work within the SLT to facilitate improvements in attainment, attendance, and equity.
* Be a key part of the school's Self-Evaluation and Quality Assurance work.
* Oversee Second Level, Numeracy and Maths, Outdoor Learning and Sports.
Applicants should also be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. 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 77% 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.