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Acting Depute Headteacher
Fife Council
Rosyth, Scotland, United Kingdom["Full time"]
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Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 5 October 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 27 September 2026
Contract Type: Temporary until 15 August 2027
Salary: DHHT04 £74,145 (Pro-Rata)
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week
Location: Camdean Primary School, Rosyth
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.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement
which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate
for this vacancy. For more information, check out the
How to Apply
[https://www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/how-to-apply] section of our Career Site. Without
a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload
your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting
Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site
at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
[http://www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement]
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting
Statement:
Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values
(social justice, trust, respect and integrity) and Professional Commitment in
your current and previous roles.
(Consider the following: how you have ensured equity of opportunity for all; how
you have developed relationships built on trust and respect that enable others
to take responsibility; how your moral and ethical principles inform your
practice and how your own professional learning underpins your development as a
leader and the development of others.)
How have you demonstrated your knowledge, skills and understanding when
contributing to the leadership of strategic change?
(Consider the following: how have you developed and promoted an informed and
critical stance which focuses on improvements in curriculum and pedagogy; how
have you promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels; how
have you contributed to the shared leadership of the school’s vision, values and
aims.)
Ways in which you have supported and sustained colleagues in creating a positive
environment for all learners?
(Consider the following: how have you inspired and motivated others to have high
expectations and become leaders of learning within a safe, caring and purposeful
learning environment which is welcoming and inclusive, well managed and well
organised; how have you encouraged and facilitated learner participation in
planning and deciding about their own learning and the wider decision making
within the learning community.)
Ways in which you have built and developed approaches to increase and promote
positive partnerships.
(School, local, regional and national levels, if appropriate.)
Ways in which you have used self-evaluation to inform decisions and improvements
across a school community?
(Consider the following: how have you promoted the professional learning of
others through your leadership, how have you ensured all stakeholders are
involved in decision-making around school improvement priorities and how have
you made best use of resources to support the development of the curriculum,
pedagogy, people and teams.)
Job Details
We are looking for a highly skilled school leader who is passionate about
improving life chances for all through a professional commitment to leading
change and improvement that ensures positives outcomes for our children and
young people. As a Depute Headteacher in Fife you will be responsible for
supporting the headteacher by contributing to the strategic vision for the
school, working with a wide range of stakeholders to implement and pursue the
objectives set in policies, and for contributing to the development of a
self-improving system across the Education community and beyond.
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 the senior leadership team to lead and
manage school improvement, 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.
Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration.
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 teaching specific subjects you must be fully registered with GTCS
to teach those subjects.
For further information regarding Fife Council’s
essential criteria for GTCS
registration please review:
Essential Criteria for GTCS Registration
[https://fifecloud.sharepoint.com/sites/SchoolsEd/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FSchoolsEd%2FShared%20Documents%2FRole%20Profile%20and%20Advert%20Wording%20for%20Fife%20Council%20GTCS%20registration%20requirements%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FSchoolsEd%2FShared%20Documents].
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
• Role Profile
• When preparing your supporting statement, review the role
profile and think about how you meet the
essential criteria Role Profile
[https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/file/0011/40412/Depute-Headteacher-G140.011.pdf]
• How We Work Matters
• Our employees are expected to display and promote
certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters
[https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/file/0014/40127/OD12-How-We-Work-Matters-Framework-2.pdf] behaviour
framework for more information.
•
Employee Benefits
• Employees have access to a benefits package that offers
discounts on a wide range of products and services.
• Directorate Information
• Council Department information
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• Alternative Formats
• Job information can be made available in alternative
formats, to make a request please e-mail transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk
[transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk].
• AI
• We recognise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used by many
people when they are applying for jobs and preparing for interview. Candidate
guidance on the use of AI in the recruitment process is available here
[https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/94771/AI-and-Recruitment-Candidate-Guidance.pdf].
For further information please contact: Carrie Parkyn -
carrie.parkyn@fife.gov.uk [carrie.parkyn@fife.gov.uk]