Depute Head Teacher, Keith Grammar School

Location: Keith Grammar School, Keith

Hours: 35 hours per week, permanent

Salary: £74,143

Job Description

Job Description

Are you ready for the next step in your leadership journey, looking to join a supportive school community and be an integral part of their continued improvement and growth?

Keith Grammar School is looking for a Depute Head Teacher to join their team who is inclusive and aspirational, ambitious to support all young people to succeed and achieve their full potential… Keith Grammar School is one of our eight secondary schools in Moray and serves a largely rural catchment area located within the town of Keith, also known as ‘the friendly town’. The school borders the catchment areas of Buckie Community High School, Milne’s High School and Speyside High School in Moray and Banff Academy and The Gordon Schools in Aberdeenshire, with traditional industries and employers include farming, distilling, tourism and associated support industries prevalent in the local area. Traditionally, Keith was a market and textile industry town, where two large mills - Laidlaw’s and Kynoch’s - formed the major employers in the town at that time. Keith Grammar School forms part of the Keith Associated Schools Group (ASG), linking with Botriphnie Primary School, Keith Primary School, Newmill Primary School, Rothiemay Primary School and St Thomas RC Primary School. Keith Grammar School and Keith Primary School are sited near to one another on the same campus location, further supporting partnership working and transitions as the largest schools within the ASG. Keith Grammar School’s roll is currently 356 pupils, mainly spanning Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) 4 to 7.

Requirements

Specific Responsibilities “A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century” sets out the outline duties of a Depute Head Teacher as follows: The role of the Depute Head Teacher is to assist, and where necessary, to deputise for the Head Teacher in the conduct of the school’s affairs. General Areas of Responsibility: “A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century” sets out the outline duties of a Head Teacher: The role of the Head Teacher is, within the resources available, to conduct the affairs of the school to the benefit of the pupils and the community it serves, through pursuing objectives and implementing policies set by the Education Authority under the overall direction of the Corporate Director of Education and Social Care. The Head Teacher shall be accountable to the Education Authority for the following list of duties as can reasonably be attached to the post:

(a) responsibility for the leadership, good management and strategic direction of the school

(b) responsibility for school policy for the behaviour management of pupils

(c) the management of all staff, and the provision of professional advice and guidance to colleagues

(d) the management and development of the school curriculum

(e) to act as adviser to the Parent Council and to participate in the selection and appointment of the staff of the school

(f) to promote the Continuing Professional Development of all staff and to ensure that all staff have an annual review of their development needs

(g) working in partnership with parents, other professionals, agencies and schools (h) to manage the health and safety of all within the school premises

The Individual

A relocation package of £5400 (exclusive of VAT) may be available for this post

This post is considered to be a ‘Regulated Role’ under the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. Under the Act it is a legal requirement for an individual undertaking a regulated role with children or protected adults to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme. Therefore the successful candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to any formal offer of employment being made by Moray Council.