Headteacher - Killearn Primary School 101955

About the Role

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] seeks to appoint a highly motivated and talented professional to lead Killearn Primary School and Nursery. Killearn Primary School and Nursery is situated in the village of Killearn. The nursery is a separate building, still on school grounds. The school currently has a roll of 195 pupils across 9 classes and a nursery with 37 children. Killearn Primary School and Nursery is a thriving learning community where children have every opportunity to develop the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence through a broad and varied curriculum and a range of extra-curricular opportunities. Learning experiences are motivating and engaging, and outdoor learning is embraced. The school is in the Balfron Learning Community with children transferring to Balfron High School for S1.

This is an exciting opportunity requiring strong leadership, excellent communication skills and a thorough knowledge of current educational developments. The applicant will be committed to delivering excellence and equity by sustaining school improvement, promoting high quality learning and teaching, supporting health and wellbeing and raising achievement and attainment for all learners. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s culture of self-evaluation in schools and nurseries means that the successful applicant will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with innovative, reflective and skilled professionals.

Requirements

• Applicants must have achieved the Standard for Headship or equivalent, awarded by the General Teaching Council for Scotland or have held a permanent appointment as a headteacher of a public school, a grant-aided school or an independent school on or before 1 August 2020 in order to be appointed permanently to this post.
• Applicants who can demonstrate commitment to and likelihood of achieving this standard within 30 months may be considered for a temporary appointment (of no more than 30 months) while working toward the standard.
• The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Children.

How to Apply

Please click the 'Apply' button to open the application page. You should fully answer the question section with all relevant experience and skills. CVs will not be taken into account for teaching posts.