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Headteacher

St Thomas of Aquin's RC High School

Edinburgh, City of

  • Expired
Salary:
£68,997 per year
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
17 March 2019

Job overview

The school community is excited to recruit a permanent Headteacher for St Thomas of Aquin’s RC School.

St Thomas of Aquin’s aims to meet the needs of all of our young people, no matter who they are, where they are from, whether they have a lively faith, seeking answers or profess no faith at all.

This is an motivating opportunity for an experienced leader who will continue to build on the school’s excellent results and outcomes.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be a caring and inspirational leader, passionate about enabling pupils and staff to shine, develop their potential and celebrate their talents.
  • Have a proven track record of driving and sustaining school improvement.
  • Be a natural communicator, able to build on our well-developed partnership with our children, staff, parents and community
  • Subject to Roman Catholic approval
  • Registered with General Teaching Council for Scotland

We can offer:

  • A happy, vibrant, ambitious and caring school
  • Well-motivated, confident and friendly pupils who enjoy learning.
  • Parents who are proud of and celebrate the achievements of their children and support the school
  • Supportive, enthusiastic and dedicated staff
  • Great central location in Edinburgh which has a fantastic quality of life

Please apply here.

About St Thomas of Aquin's RC High School

St Thomas of Aquin’s RC High School is a mixed, non-selective, Roman Catholic secondary school with a sixth form situated in the Tollcross region of Edinburgh. It is a mainstream state school. The school provides almost 800 places for secondary school students between the ages of 11-18.

The school has its roots in St Thomas of Aquin’s College, which opened in 1886 as a girls-only school, with male students being admitted from 1961. A new school building opened in 2002, and the current head has been serving since 2014. The school was named after St Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), who was the patron saint of schools and universities, and left a number of philosophical and theological writings.

Headteacher

Christopher Santini

Values and Vision

Strongly influenced by its Catholic faith, St Thomas of Aquin’s is formed on a foundation of values that forms each student’s body, mind and spirit. It is a school that respects individual pupils, meeting their educational needs regardless of background, needs and educational starting point.

Education Scotland

“Young people benefit from a wide range of high-quality learning experiences. The school has a strong culture of achievement with young people achieving across a wide range of skills and interests. The level of responsibility that young people exercise for organising and carrying out activities, such as charity work, is notable. The school is strongly committed to improving the quality of young people’s learning experiences. It has clear evidence of improvements as a result of self-evaluation approaches.”

View St Thomas of Aquin’s RC High School’s latest Education Scotland report

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