Principal Teacher of Mathematics, St John's RC Academy, Perth - Perth & Kinross Council
Description
Job Description
Principal Teacher of Mathematics - PKC11280
£59,481
St John's RC Academy, Perth
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 eleven hundred 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 is looking to recruit a Principal Teacher of Mathematics and Numeracy within the secondary of our all-through school. The successful candidate will work as part of the Extended Leadership Team with the aim to deliver universal and targeted support for our young people and their families, enabling them to excel within school, achieve their best and transition to positive destinations.
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. As a Principal Teacher, the successful candidate will be committed to promoting this vision and these values through their work.
Requirements
Please note the successful applicant will be required to attain the necessary paperwork from to obtain RC approval from the Catholic Church Authorities.
As this is a promoted teaching post, the possession of a Catholic Teaching Certificate (CTC) is an expectation.
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The Individual
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Principal Teacher of Mathematics and Numeracy who can work collaboratively within a large team and be an inspiring leader for others. You should have experience of planning, delivering, engaging and stimulating learning experiences which meet the needs of all learners.
The successful candidate will be an excellent teacher, with a track record of forming and developing excellent relationships and collaborative working practices with pupils, parents, and staff. You will have excellent communication skills and have experience of positively engaging learners, families, colleagues, and partners.
The successful candidate will be data literate and be able to gather and analyse complex data and communicate how this can help improve Numeracy levels across the school.
You will be committed to living out and promoting our school values of fairness, achievement, respect and love through being an outstanding role model for others.
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