Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £53715
Further information
Education Resources
Re – advertisement (Previous applicants need not re-apply)
Location: Blackwood Primary School, Carlisle Road, Kirkmuirhill, Lanark ML11 9SB
The headteacher is required to:
Manage the affairs of the school to the benefit of the pupils and the wider community in compliance with the requirements of the statutes relating to the provision of education and the general duty of care owed to staff and pupils.
Formulate clear aims for the school and policies to ensure their achievement within the framework of the Council’s policies.
Ensure the communication of these aims and policies to all staff, pupils, parents and other users of the school. Act on behalf of the Council, as principal professional adviser to the school board and to provide to the board such advice and information as is required by the School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 and the Education (Scotland) Act 1996.
This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 2003.
You will be subject to a criminal records check provided through Disclosure Scotland aligned to The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk/publications/ and click on Code of Practice for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.
This post is also subject to the provisions of the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003.
In accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, this post has been designated politically restricted.