Principal Teacher - St Mark's RC Primary School

Principal Teacher
St Mark's RC Primary School

Salary: £61,818
Hours: 35 per week, 52 weeks

St Mark’s RC Primary School in the south east of Edinburgh is an associated Primary School of the St. Thomas’ cluster. We have close working links with St. Peter’s RC Primary, St. Mary’s RC Primary and Holy Cross RC Primary as well as St. Thomas’ RC High School. We are seeking a dynamic and caring Principal Teacher to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone keen to take the next steps in their career.

At St Mark’s, our vision is to inspire success, as a community of faith and love, where high-quality relationships lead to high quality learning. We strive to ensure that our children experience success in a nurturing and inclusive environment and encourage them to have high hopes and ambitions for themselves and others. We believe that it is important to celebrate and demonstrate our school values within our school community in line with our Rights Respecting School ethos. We aim to guide and nurture our children so that they can grow into safe, caring, reflective, resilient, responsible and respectful young people.

As well as playing a key role in delivering learning and teaching across the school, candidates must have a clear understanding of closing the attainment gap. They shall be expected to contribute to the wider life of the school and where possible they should have experience in leading whole school initiatives.

Our current staff consists of a Head Teacher, a Principal Teacher, 9 class teachers and 1 part time Additional Support for Learning Teacher. In the nursery there are 2 Senior Early Years Officers, 5 Early Years Officers, 14 Early Years Practitioners, 3 Early Years Assistants, 2 Early Years Domestics and a part-time administrator. Our support staff includes a Business Manager, School Administrator, Clerical Assistant, Facilities Officer, P1 Early Years Practitioner and 9 Pupil Support Assistants.

Our nursery opened in January 2023 and provides 1140 hours all year places. The current school roll for Primary 1-7 classes is 144 and they are formed into 7 classes along with a nurture base.

Teachers are responsible for seeking approval of the Bishop of a Diocese for appointment to any post in a Catholic School in that area. For details on how to seek approval please go to http://sces.org.uk/church-approval

This post is regulated work with children and/or 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. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

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 able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. 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 together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

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