Teacher

Centreforequalities; St Andrews; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Fife Council is seeking a highly skilled teacher at Greyfriars RC Primary School, St Andrews, to lead learning and promote inclusion and equality. You will work with colleagues and stakeholders to improve outcomes for all children and young people.

You must be fully registered with GTCS (Primary or Secondary as applicable), obtain PVG membership, and model professional standards throughout your role in Scotland.

Qualifications

• High levels of interpersonal skills to work as a team to ensure positive outcomes for children.
• Demonstrate commitment to career-long professional learning and its impact on practice.
• Before appointment, obtain PVG membership through Disclosure Scotland and join the PVG scheme.

Responsibilities

• Lead learning within the classroom context and promote inclusion, diversity and equality.
• Communicate with stakeholders and contribute to wider improvements across the school community.
• Model professional standards and ensure full GTCS registration where applicable.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Commitment to professional learning

Education

GTCS Primary Registration

PVG scheme membership

GTCS Secondary registration (for secondary posts)

Job description

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 31 August 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 23 August 2026

Contract Type: Temporary for 10 months

Salary: £36,159 - £54,453

Working Pattern: 14 Hours per week

Location: Greyfriars RC Primary School, St Andrews

Purpose and Values of Education & Children’s Services Directorate

The Education & Children’s Services 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.

Supporting Statement

Job Details

We are looking for a highly-skilled teacher who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to making a difference for all of our children and young people so that they achieve their full potential. As a teacher in Fife you will be responsible for leading learning within your classroom context, promoting inclusion, diversity and equality, communicating with other stakeholders and for contributing to wider improvements across the school community.

Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements

You are required to have high levels of interpersonal skills and abilities which will enable you to work as a member of a team to ensure positive outcomes for all children and young people in your setting.

You are required to demonstrate a commitment to your own professional learning as a practitioner through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.

Before confirming 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.

For posts within Primary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Primary.

For posts within Secondary you are required to be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in Secondary for the specific subject.

You are required to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.

Full registration is required for all Permanent posts, for temporary class teacher posts, provisional GTCS registration in the relevant sector will be considered.

Candidates holding GTCS registration in Further Education must also hold Primary or Secondary registration to meet the essential criteria as determined by Fife Council

For appointment to a denominational school, Teachersare required tobe approved as regards religious belief and character by representatives of the church. When seeking approval, aTeachermustdemonstratehowtheir personal“religious belief and character”enablesthem to undertake the duties of theparticular teachingpost within the context of a Catholic school. The reference for a Catholic Teacher should be provided by the teacher’s parish priest who should be able to testify to the teacher’s personal “religious belief and character”. For further information relating to the approval process please visit www.sces.uk.com/approval.html.

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