Head Teacher

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom City of Edinburgh Council Full time
Job Description

Children, Education & Justice Services

Head Teacher
Broughton High School

Salary: £102,411 Subject to Job Sizing
Hours: 35 per week

Broughton High School is a large well-equipped modern PPP school located in the Inverleith/Stockbridge area of North Edinburgh. The school provides co-educational, non-denominational comprehensive education for S1-S6 pupils. The new building opened in 2009 and incorporates three centres of excellence: the City of Edinburgh Music School, City of Edinburgh School of Dance and a SFA Football Performance School. We have excellent facilities including grass playing fields, 2G and 3G pitches, 2 dance studios and individual sound-proofed music practice rooms. We have 2 large games halls, a fitness suite, a Theatre, an Assembly hall and a large open plan Hub/Foyer area. The pupils who attend the school come predominantly from the four associated Primaries of Flora Stevensons, Granton, Ferryhill and Stockbridge.

We believe in enabling every young person to fulfil their potential as an individual and as a member of their wider community. Our staff are skilled, conscientious, and caring. Our three core values of Respect, Inclusion and Integrity contribute to our vision of enabling everyone to fulfil their potential as learners, individuals and members of the wider community. We emphasise the importance of excellent classroom practice and positive relationships, and we adapt our curriculum according to our students' interests in ways that enhance their life chances.

The current pupil roll of the school is 1136.

The Senior Leadership Team comprises the Headteacher, 3 Depute Heads, the Director of the City of Edinburgh Music School and a Business Manager.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

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