Teacher of History and/or Modern Studies
Castle Douglas High School
Dumfries and Galloway
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,416-£35,763
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Apply by:
- 21 May 2017
Job overview
Castle Douglas High School is a six year, non denominational school in a market town in rural Galloway. We are seeking an enthusiastic, committed and highly motivated teacher to join our History/Modern Studies department. You will be committed to the principles behind Curriculum for Excellence, an excellent practitioner and someone with a vision to develop the curriculum to meet the needs of all pupils.
Applicants for teaching posts must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland, Clerwood House, 96 Clermiston Road, Edinburgh, EH12 6UT in the appropriate sector.
This post is considered as Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. From 28 February 2011, preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG scheme update check prior to formal offer of employment being made by Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Applicants who have been resident outside the UK within the last 5 years, if offered a position, in addition to a Disclosure Scotland Check, will be required to provide a completed police record check from the police authority in the country or countries in which they were resident.
This is a temporary post for a period of up to 1 year cover a maternity leave.
For further information please contact Philip Oswald (Acting Head Teacher) on 01556 502821 or by e mail on gw08oswaldphilip@ea.dumgal.sch.uk.
Closing date: 22/05/2017
Reference: DGA01903
Castle Douglas High School,
Dunmuir Road,
Castle Douglas
About Castle Douglas High School
- Castle Douglas High School
- Dunmuir Road, Castle Douglas
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- DG7 1LQ
- United Kingdom
Castle Douglas High School is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in the town of Castle Douglas within Dumfries and Galloway, in western Scotland. It is a state school. Smaller than average in size for a school of its type, the school’s latest handbook identifies a school roll of 415 secondary and sixth form students between the ages of 12-18.
The school was built in 1958 and has since gone under a number of renovations. It became part of the Scottish Government’s School of Ambition programme in 2006.
Headteacher
Gerald Donnelly
Values and Vision
Castle Douglas High School is an area with a continually positive ethos and a happy, purposeful atmosphere. Using the motto “achievement, respect, unity”, it is a school of high aspiration.
A varied and productive curriculum combined with a great range of extracurricular activities ensures that students are given a strong educational grounding to apply to their future lives. It also ensures that parents, as well as students and teachers, are key to the success of the school.
Education Scotland
“Particular strengths of the school [include] well-behaved young people who are keen to learn [and] the standards achieved in national examinations. [Students] cooperate well with teachers in lessons and enjoy opportunities to work actively and independently, to express their opinions, and to work together in groups. Almost all young people feel safe and cared for in school, that they are treated fairly and with respect, and that the school is helping them to become more confident.”
View Castle Douglas High School’s latest Education Scotland report
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