Teacher - English na HSCP OP Older People East

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 September 2025 

Closing Date: Sunday 28 September 2025 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Salary: £33,594 - £50,589 

Working Pattern: 35 hours per week 

Location: Viewforth High School, Kirkcaldy 

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 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. 

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 

Viewforth High School is a six-year comprehensive school in Kirkcaldy, Fife. We aim to provide the highest quality educational experience which is focused on positive outcomes for all our learners.  Our curriculum is designed to meet the needs of all learners, and we offer a vast range of qualifications and awards, allowing pupils to experience the pathway to success that is right for them. We strive to support and challenge every young person to be the very best they can be in order that they thrive in years to come and ultimately transition into a positive destination when they leave school. 

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. 

You will work to ensure that all pupils achieve their potential, that all needs are met and that the pupils leave at the end of their school career with a sense of self-worth and positive school destination. 

The Person 

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. 

Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration. 

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