Teacher of Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom City of Edinburgh Council Full time

Job Description

Education and Children's Services

Teacher of Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies
Gracemount High School

Salary: £32, - £48,
Hours: 35 per week

Gracemount High School is a non-denominational secondary school with a roll of just over pupils which serves the community of Southeast Edinburgh. The school was founded in as a junior secondary school and since the late s has been a fully comprehensive six-year high school.

Gracemount High School was built under PPP and opened in . The school’s leadership team comprise the Head Teacher, three Depute Head Teachers, a Senior Development Officer and a Business Manager. We have a complement of 50 teaching staff and 20 support staff.

We are a successful and thriving school community that serves a socially diverse community. Over 70% of our students live in quintile 1 and 2 of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. We are proud of every one of our students and our staff are skilled, conscientious, and caring.

We are looking to appoint a highly skilled and motivated Teacher of RMPS for our Social Subjects faculty with a passion for making a difference and impacting positively on our community and on young people’s lives. The candidate must have a strong commitment to inclusion, school improvement and understand the challenges of working in an area of significant deprivation.

For further information on our school please visit our website at

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 . 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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.



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