EDUC 202 - Depute Head Teacher - Machanhill Primary School - 399369

Employer Description

South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.

Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper.

We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes:

• Business - business development and growth
• People - skills, learning and employability
• Place - physical infrastructure and place

Job Description

Permanent Position.

Hours: 7 hours per week, 0.7 FTE.

Work Pattern: Wednesday 

Salary: Depute Head Teacher Scale 4 - £12,895 Annual salary

Machanhill Primary is a non- denominational school located in Larkhall. We currently have 12 classrooms and have been in our newly built school since 2015. Our playground consists of a generous tarmacadam area, a MUGA, a trim trail, an outdoor classroom, and a large wild garden with poly tunnel.   

Our school is a happy, supportive place where your child will have a broad general education which will support them in developing their values and beliefs and enable them to achieve the highest possible levels of literacy and numeracy and at the same time develop skills for learning, life and work.

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Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

GTC Registration

It is a legal requirement for any teacher teaching in a Scottish state school to be registered with GTC Scotland, General Teaching Council (Scotland) Registration.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and/or adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Council is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum competency/behaviour requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Council is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant. Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the minimum requirements for the position.

Please note we do not accept CVs, any submitted will be disregarded. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.