We currently have the following opportunity:
Principal Teacher of English, Languages and Communication - PKC13847
£69,231
St. John's RC Academy, Perth
St John’s RC Academy is looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Faculty Head of English, Languages and Communication (Secondary) within our all-through school.
As part of the school’s leadership team, the successful candidate will lead and manage a team of teaching staff across designated curricular areas.
You will work collaboratively within an extended team to deliver both universal and targeted support for young people and their families, enabling them to succeed within school, achieve their best and move on to positive destinations.
About the School
Set at the top of Perth’s North Inch and overlooking the River Tay, St John's RC Academy is at the heart of the North Inch Community Campus. Our 2-18 all-through school provides education for over one thousand children and young people from nursery to S6. The campus is a hub of opportunities for the local community, utilising state of the art sports and cultural facilities, offering a wide range of services for all ages.
St John’s RC Academy’s success is built on respectful relationships, strong partnership working, a culture of self-evaluation for improvement and effective leadership at all levels. The school offers a wide range of excellent learning experiences for children and young people and achievement is significantly improving across the school year-on-year.
As a Catholic school, the school’s vision and values are rooted in the Gospel. St John’s RC Academy is also a Fairtrade School, an Eco-School and the first all-through school in the UK to achieve UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award.
Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.
The successful candidate will:
- Demonstrate a high standard of learning and teaching.
- Have experience of planning and delivering engaging learning experiences which meet the needs of all learners.
- Have a proven track record of building strong relationships and collaborative working practices.
- Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with learners, families, colleagues and partners.
- Be committed to promoting the school values of fairness, achievement, respect and love through positive role modelling.
Where your application is successful, you will be required to attain the necessary paperwork from https://sces.org.uk to obtain RC approval from the Catholic Church Authorities.
https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/45243/Teaching-is-believing/pdf/Teaching_Is_Believing.pdf?m=637105446474670000
https://www.teachingisbelieving.org/
As this is a promoted teaching post, the possession of a Catholic Teaching Certificate (CTC) is an expectation.
We have a vision of a confident and ambitious Perth and Kinross, to which everyone can contribute and all can share.
Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours.
