Principal Teacher Doune Primary School - STR07188

Job Description

Closing Date:  29 May 2024
Contract Type:  Temporary until 27 June 2025
Salary:  £52896
Hours:  35 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Doune Primary School. We are seeking to employ an outstanding and inspirational Principal Teacher (temporary for one year) who embodies the vision, values and aims of our school. Our priority is to find an outstanding educational practitioner with the vision and skills to work alongside the Leadership team to continue improving standards of learning and teaching for all children.

 We can offer you:

 • A warm and welcoming school with a very supportive ethos
• Dedicated and talented staff who are keen to build on high standards 
• Supportive parents and an active local community 
• A commitment to continuing professional development 
• An inclusive school with happy children who enjoy learning 
We are looking for someone who is: 
• Passionate about children’s learning and has a proven track record of raising attainment and developing the whole child 
• A practitioner who leads by example and supports other colleagues to improve their practice 
• Able to lead, inspire and support our committed staff 
• Ambitious, flexible and motivated

A little about the school itself; Doune Primary is a co-educational, non-denominational school with nursery for children from 2 to 12 years of age. The school occupies a picturesque site enjoying views across fields and woodland towards Doune Castle.

Doune Primary is a single-storey building with eight classrooms, open learning areas, PE facilities indoors and out and even a “kids’ kitchen”. The grounds include play equipment, a fitness gym and trim trail, a wildlife garden with pond, three asphalt play areas and a 1.5 acre playing field.

For further information on this post, please contact Andrew Clark, Head Teacher, on .

Job Description and additional information attached.

Requirements

The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Children. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be invited to complete the form and have your details verified. It is Stirling Council’s policy to ask that you pay for this.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

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