Depute Head Teacher (0.4 FTE job-share Thursday and Friday)
Speyside High School
Moray
- £51,207 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2022
Job overview
Job Description
Specific Responsibilities
“A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century” sets out the outline duties of a Depute Head Teacher as follows:
The role of the Depute Head Teacher is to assist, and where necessary, to deputise for the Head Teacher in the conduct of the school’s affairs.
General Areas of Responsibility:
“A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century” sets out the outline duties of a Head Teacher:
The role of the Head Teacher is, within the resources available, to conduct the affairs of the school to the benefit of the pupils and the community it serves, through pursuing objectives and implementing policies set by the Education Authority under the overall direction of the Corporate Director of Education and Social Care. The Head Teacher shall be accountable to the Education Authority for the following list of duties as can reasonably be attached to the post:
(a) responsibility for the leadership, good management and strategic direction of the school
(b) responsibility for school policy for the behaviour management of pupils
(c) the management of all staff, and the provision of professional advice and guidance to colleagues
(d) the management and development of the school curriculum
(e) to act as adviser to the Parent Council and to participate in the selection and appointment of the staff of the school
(f) to promote the Continuing Professional Development of all staff and to ensure that all staff have an annual review of their development needs
(g) working in partnership with parents, other professionals, agencies and schools
(h) to manage the health and safety of all within the school premises
The Individual
0.4 FTE job-share Thursday and Friday
A relocation package of £5400 (exclusive of VAT) may be available for this post
About Speyside High School
- Speyside High School
- Mary Avenue, Aberlour
- Banffshire
- AB38 9QU
- United Kingdom
Speyside High School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary in Moray, northern Scotland. As of the most recent inspection there were 524 students on the school roll. Extra-curricular activities include chess club, table tennis, rugby or gardening. The school serves an extensive rural area, including the villages of Aberlour, Archiestown, Craigellachie, Dufftown, Rothes and Tomintoul. The school also contains Conval House, a specialist facility for young people with language and communication difficulties. Speyside is located in the town of Arberlour, which has a population of 972 and is known as the founding location of Walkers shortbread.
Headteacher
Patricia Goodbrand
Values and vision
Speyside High School is a special community where learners are happy, healthy and high achieving. It is a place where pupils, staff parents and the wider community work together to make learning and teaching excellent. Staff encourage everyone to be respected, resilient and responsible, ambitious and motivated.The school values are ‘Respect, Resilience and Responsibility’.
Speyside also prides itself as a Unicef Rights Respecting School, which values the independence of each student in a democratised environment where the student’s voice is heard.
Inspection Report
“The school has maintained high standards of attainment over the last three years. By the end of S2, most young people attain appropriate national standards in reading and writing. By the end of S4, young people perform well above the national average and better than young people in schools which serve those with similar needs and backgrounds.”
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