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Teacher - Social Subjects
Fife Council
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom£36,159 – £54,453["Full time"]
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Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 21 September 2026
Closing Date: Monday 14 September 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: TEACH £36,159 to £54,453
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week
Location: Pupil Support Service, Central Area Of Fife
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 promoted health and wellbeing for all;
how you have built positive relationships build on trust and respect; how you
have motivated and included all learners; how you have demonstrated your values
and moral purpose?)
Ways in which you demonstrated your professional knowledge and understanding of
learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum through an enquiring stance.
(Consider the following: how have you increased your knowledge of research and
used this to enhance, and apply, individually and collaboratively to inform your
professional practice; how is your professional commitment evident in your
engagement with professional learning that has enhanced your practice; how have
you used innovation and creativity including the use of digital technologies to
motivate and engage learners?)
Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet all learners needs?
(Consider the following: how you have used assessment evidence as an integral
part of the teaching process to support and enhance learning, which has led to a
positive impact on outcomes for learners?)
Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led
to positive outcomes for learners
(Consider the following: how have you have demonstrated care and commitment
when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing; how have you
established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community;
how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for
learners?)
Job Details
We are looking for a highly skilled primary GTCS registered teacher of Learning
Support who is passionate about improving life chances for all through a
professional commitment to making a difference for all 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 and as already mentioned this vacancy is
only open to teachers who are fully GTCS registered within Primary.
As this is a permanent post full GTCS registration is required.
You are required to model all behaviour expected of a teacher in Scotland in
line with the relevant Professional Standards.
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]
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/0017/41039/Teacher.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
[https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/council-and-democracy/council-departments#xd_co_f=MzBlNmFkMDAtYzRiZi00OTgyLWI3MjUtM2MxZWU1OWIwODQx~]
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• Alternative Formats
• Job information can be made available in alternative
formats, to make a request please email: 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: Sharon Cooper at
Sharon.Cooper@fife.gov.uk [Sharon.Cooper@fife.gov.uk]