Head Teacher - Sacred Heart RC Primary School - MID06460

Applicants must seek Catholic Church approval when submitting their application for this post.

Forms can be obtained at www.sces.uk.com/approval.html

Sacred Heart RC Primary School is a denominational, co-educational school situated within the Penicuik area. It has capacity of a one stream school in an extended and fully refurbished building. It has an Early Learning and Childcare setting with spaces for 64 pupils aged 3-5 receiving 1140 hours of ELC over a session.

The school works closely with St. David's RC High School and the other feeder primaries, to promote social and educational inclusion and to provide a supportive and healthy environment for pupils and staff. We work together with a range of community partners to improve the outcomes of all of our learners and their families.

We aim to provide a warm and caring learning environment where pupils, parents and members of the community feel welcome and where a positive partnership between home and school is encouraged.

At Sacred Heart our current strengths Include:

Strength

How do we know?

All staff put children's needs and providing a secure and nurturing learning environment at the centre of their work

Very positive HMIe Follow-up Report

Parent surveys highlight nurturing relationships as a key strength

Staff are becoming more data-literate and use data to inform planning and identified support for learning. Staff are developing a clearer understanding of children's progress.

Very positive HMIe Follow-up Report

Attainment is improving

Pupil voice is valued and respected

All pupils are involved in planning learning within their classes.

All pupils participate in a pupil voice group to support school improvement and have a say in things that affect them.

School values are embedded and celebrated across the school; values contribute significantly to the ethos, life and work of the school.

Almost all can recount the school values and explain how these values apply to their lives and how they have demonstrated these values on a day-to-day basis.

Increased parental involvement and engagement, Successful candidates will require a PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children. You will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with Midlothian Council, the cost of which will be met by you. The fee for a Full PVG Scheme Membership is £59. You will be required to re-pay this amount to the Council by salary deduction over 6 consecutive pay periods. The fee for a PVG Scheme Record Update is £18. You will be required to re-pay this amount to the Council by salary deduction over 2 consecutive pay periods. If your employment concludes before the amount is re-paid in full, the outstanding balance will be deducted from your final salary.

In your application we ask for information under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We ask you to disclose any unspent convictions. Disclosures should be made by writing to or emailing the Employment and Reward Manager, in confidence, giving details of the offence(s), penalty and date(s) of conviction. Applicants should note that failure to disclose a conviction which is subsequently advised through a Disclosure Scotland check may result in the withdrawal of any offer of appointment.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar an applicant from working with Midlothian. Decisions regarding suitability for positions of trust which are subject to vetting will be dependent on the nature of the position, together with the circumstances and background of the offence(s).

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