Depute Head Teacher - Haddington, United Kingdom - East Lothian Council
Description
Vacancy Information
DHT/HT Salary Scale Point 5 (£68,265 per annum)
Temporary until 1st June 2025.
Days of Work:
Monday - Friday
To start 3rd June 2024.
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an Acting Depute Head Teacher to join our Senior Leadership Team of Head Teacher, 4 Depute Head Teachers (One based at Meadowpark Communication Provision) and a Business Manager. The school currently has a three house system, with each Depute assigned overall responsibility for one house group.
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, energetic and able to provide leadership in all aspects of school life. You will, in the first instance, be a leading professional with a proven track record of innovative teaching practice, high quality curriculum development and be committed to providing education of the highest quality. You will assist in the overall management of the school within the context of the leadership team.
Knox Academy is a truly comprehensive school situated in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. The roll is 880 pupils. Our school values are Ambition, Respect and Community and we work through these values to ensure all pupils feel included and valued. We aim to support all our young people to strive to reach their potential and leave to a positive and sustained destination. We aim to be the best we can, in all that we do for our young people, and to give them a high quality educational experience.
Our curriculum provides a full range of subjects from S1-S6. We aim to meet the needs of all our pupils, providing a curriculum that is appropriate in terms of breadth, depth and challenge. Our broad general education (BGE) incorporates pace, challenge, personalisation and choice, and this allows pupils to be ready to meet the demands of our senior phase curriculum, which has subjects ranging from National 2 level through to Advanced Higher. We also link with other East Lothian schools to provide opportunities for study across a wide range of other subjects and specialist academies.
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY / SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY
Applications for this post will only be accepted from current employees of East Lothian Council (this includes casual and agency staff who are currently undertaking work for us). Any current employee wishing to apply for this temporary post as a secondment should discuss it with their current line manager in the first instance.
Interviews will take place the morning of 10 May 2024 in Knox Academy.
Job Details
The role of a Depute Head Teacher is to assist and, where necessary, to deputise for the Head Teacher as required. 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 East Lothian Council under the overall direction of the Head of Education.