Teacher of English
Queen Victoria School
Stirling
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2022
- Apply by:
- 1 July 2021
Job overview
Queen Victoria School (QVS) is a co-educational Boarding School funded by the Ministry of Defence to provide stable and uninterrupted education and boarding to some 270 children of Service personnel, from ages 10/11 to 18. The School is set in 45 acres of beautiful Perthshire countryside.
We require an enthusiastic Teacher of English to join the school’s English Department which consists of one Principal Teacher and two Teachers. Applicants must be well qualified graduates with sound communication and time management skills. They must have a comprehensive knowledge of Curriculum for Excellence and be suitably qualified to teach all levels, upto and including Higher English. Applicants must be registered with GTC(Scotland) and Disclosure Scotland Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG), prior to taking up post.
The salary is based on SNCT Pay Scales. In addition, a QVS Boarding School Allowance is payable to reflect the requirement to undertake additional boarding duties. Currently, this allowance is £7,752. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. A commitment to boarding school life, including taking part in extra- curricular activities, is essential. Previous experience in sports coaching, the Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) Award Scheme or Combined Cadet Force (CCF) would be desirable.
A detailed job description and online application form can be found by visiting:
Job Description and Online Application Form
If you would like further information on this job opportunity, please email Janette Scott-Laing, Deputy Headteacher (Academic), at janette.scott-laing@modschools.org.
Closing date for completed applications is 1st July 2021
Queen Victoria School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
Attached documents
About Queen Victoria School
Ethos
Queen Victoria School embodies, demonstrates and promotes the following values:
• Integrity and honesty
• Respect and responsibility
• Justice and equality
• Compassion and empathy
Academic
The school strives to help each pupil realise his or her individual academic potential to the full at each stage of his or her school life.
Non-Academic
The school strives to provide a wide and diverse range of extra-curricular activities to develop the whole person.
Civic and Service Responsibility
Queen Victoria School is an asset to the Ministry of Defence and through it to the personnel of the Armed Forces. It provides a Service benefit by offering stability and continuity of valued Scottish education to the children of serving military personnel who are Scottish or who have served in Scotland.
Pastoral
Queen Victoria School aims to ensure that at least one adult member of staff takes a continuous, proactive interest in the development of each pupil, meeting him or her regularly and providing both structured and responsive discussion.
Through its boarding house structures the School provides a valid and valuable alternative to the pupil's home environment during term times.
Partnership with parents and carers is welcomed. The School encourages parents and carers to involve themselves actively in their children's learning and in the life of the School.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.