Principal Teacher - Raising Attainment in Numeracy
Principal Teacher - Raising Attainment in Numeracy
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Job Description
ProposedStart Date: 18 August 2025
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 30 June 2025
Closing Date: Wednesday 25 June 2025
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: 59727.00 (subject to job sizing)
Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week
Location: Balwearie High School Kirkcaldy
Purpose and Values of Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children young people families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion Ambition Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children young people their families and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information check out theHow to Applysection of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked upload resum. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at considerand demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Ways you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values (social justice trust respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in your current and previous roles.
(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity of opportunity for all; how you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others to take responsibility; how your moral and ethical principles inform your practice andhow your own professional learning underpins your development as a leader and the development of others.)
How have you demonstrated your knowledge skills and understanding when contributing to the leadership of change
(Consider the following: how have you developed and promoted an informed and critical stance which focusses on improvements in curriculum and pedagogy; how have you promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels; how have you promoted and modelled the schools vision values and aims.)
How you have supported and sustained colleagues in creating a positive environment for all learners
(Consider the following: how have you inspired and motivated others to have high expectations within a safe caring and purposeful learning environment which is welcoming and inclusive well managed and well organised; how have you encouraged and facilitated learner participation in planning and deciding about their own learning and the wider decision making within the learning community.)
Ways in which you have you built and developed approaches to increase and promote positive partnerships.
(Consider the following: how you have contributed to change at classroom department and school level)
Ways in which you have used self-evaluation to make changes at classrooms department or school level.
(Consider the following: how have you used self-evaluation to improve approaches to learning teaching and assessment; how have you supported the professional learning of others how have you ensured a wide variety of stakeholders are involved in decision-making processes and how have you made best use of resources to support the development of the curriculum pedagogy people and teams.
Job Details
The Principal Teacher Raising Attainment in Numeracy will lead on strategies to improve numeracy attainment across the school ensuring that all learners develop strong numerical skills to support their academic progress across the curriculum. The role involves working collaboratively with staff pupils parents and external partners to implement best practices in numeracy and mathematics learning teaching and assessment and working to support targeted groups of learners to reach their potential in numeracy during key transition points and throughout their school career.
The Person
You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of the senior leadership team to lead and manage school improvement both at strategic and operational levels to ensure continuous improvement.
You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
Before confirming your appointment you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration.
For posts within Secondary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Secondary for the specific subject.
You are required to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
Full registration is required for all Permanent posts for temporary class teacher posts provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector will be considered.
Candidates holding GTCS registration in Further Education must also hold Primary or Secondary registration to meet the essential criteria as determined by Fife Council. For teaching specific subjects you must be fully registered with GTCS to teach those subjects.
For further information regarding Fife Councils essential criteria for GTCS registration please review:Essential Criteria for GTCS Registration
Further Information
- Role Profile- When preparing your supporting statement review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteriaRole Profile
- How We Work Matters- Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the ourHow We Work Mattersbehaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits -Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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For further information please contact Daniel Dewar -
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
