Headteacher

Centreforequalities; Ballingry; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Fife Council invites applications for the permanent post of Headteacher at St Kenneth's RC Primary School, Ballingry. The role focuses on leading school improvement, implementing policy objectives and developing a self-improving education system within the local community.

You will be required to be fully GTCS registered, hold the Headship standards or equivalent, and complete PVG scheme checks before confirmation of appointment.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills to lead and manage the school community at strategic and operational levels.
• Commitment to ongoing professional learning and to reflect its impact on practice.
• Full GTCS registration and modelling Professional Standards for Scottish teaching.
• Desireable: Achievement of SQH/FRH/Into Headship pathway.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction of the school and ensure high standards of teaching and learning.
• Implement and pursue objectives outlined in school policies and drive school improvement.
• Contribute to developing a self-improving education system across the local community.
• Represent the school and collaborate with partners to improve life chances for pupils.

Job description

Proposed Interview Date: Monday 7 September 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 30 August 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: DHHT10 £87,810 (subject to job-sizing)

Working Pattern: 35 hours per week

Location: St Kenneth's RC Primary School, Ballingry

Purpose and Values of Education Directorate

The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services which support our children, young people, families and the wider Fife community. Our approach to improvement is rooted in our core values: Compassion, Ambition, Respect and Equity which reflect the ethos, culture and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. We strive to ensure that our attitudes and behaviour reflect these core values in all our dealings with children, young people, their families, and the wider community in partnership with those who support them.

We are looking for a highly-skilled school leader who is passionate about improving life chances for all through commitment to leading change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and young people. As a Headteacher in Fife you will be responsible for the strategic direction of the school, implementing and pursuing the objectives set in policies, and for contributing to the development of a self-improving system across the education community and beyond.

A link to the role profile is included below, where you will find more information about the role, with specific reference to essential and desirable criteria for applicants.

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

• You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to lead and manage the school community, both at strategic and operational levels, to ensure continuous improvement.
• You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a school leader through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
• You are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and to model all behaviour expected of a Teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
• As of 1 st August 2020 all successful candidates appointed to a permanent Headteacher role in Scotland are required to hold the Standard for Headship, through completion of the Scottish Qualification for Headship (SQH), Flexible Route to Headship (FRH) or Into Headship. Please note: that those candidates who already or have previously held a permanent Headteacher position are not required to complete the Into Headship programme and will not need to complete it within 30 months of appointment.
• The relevant legislation on the management of denominational schools in Scotland states: “A Teacher appointed to any post on the staff of any such school by the education authority shall be required to be approved as regards religious belief and character by representatives of the church or denominational body in whose interest the school has been conducted.”

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

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• Job Category Principal/Deputy/Head Teacher
• Posting Date 08/15/2026, 10:55 PM
• Apply Before 08/30/2026, 10:55 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 40 Hill Road, BALLINGRY, Fife, KY5 8NQ, GB