Lochgelly, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: PT2 £61,818 pro rata Working Pattern: 28 Hours per week Location: Lochgelly High School Purpose and…
Skills: Strategic Leadership, Change Management, Curriculum Development, Pedagogy, Self-Evaluation
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 22 June or 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: DHHT06 £78,696 (subject to job sizing) Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week Location: Glen…
Skills: Strategic Leadership, Curriculum Design, Pedagogy, School Improvement, Stakeholder Engagement
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 15 August 2027 Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 to £29,170.80 (Pro Rata) Working Pattern: 16 Hours per week …
Skills: Interpersonal Skills, Teamwork, Additional Support Needs Support, Personal Care, Medication Administration
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$35k–$54k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 2 July 2027 Salary: £35,022 - £52,740 (rising to £36,159 to £54,453 from 1 August 2026) Working Patte…
Skills: Teaching, Curriculum Planning, Student Assessment, Classroom Management, Digital Technologies
Leuchars, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$32k–$35k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Thursday 25 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until January 2027 Salary: FC6 £31,761.26 - £34,914.86 (Pro-Rata) Working Pattern: 33.5 hours per week, 3…
Skills: Pupil Support, Special Educational Needs, Teamwork, Communication, IT Skills
Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 15 August 2027 Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 to £29,170.80 (Pro Rata) Working Pattern: 30 Hours per week (CP…
Skills: Interpersonal Skills, Additional Support Needs Support, Teamwork, Personal Care, Medication Administration
Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026 Closing Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 - £29,170.80 (Pro-Rata) Working Pattern: Post 1 - 28.5 hours per week (CPD Additional Hou…
Skills: Interpersonal Skills, Additional Support Needs Support, Teamwork, IT Skills, Personal Care
Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 - £29,170.80 (Pro-Rata) Working Pattern: 32 hours per week (CPD Additional Hour Adde…
Skills: Interpersonal Skills, Additional Support Needs Support, Teamwork, IT Skills, Personal Care
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Friday 26 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 18 April 2027 Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 - £29,170.80 (Pro-Rata) Working Pattern: 15 hours per week (CPD Additiona…
Skills: Interpersonal Skills, Additional Support Needs Support, Teamwork, Personal Care, Medication Administration
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary Until 15 August 2027 Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 to £29,170.80 (pro rata) Working Pattern: 28.5 Hours per…
Skills: Interpersonal Skills, Additional Support Needs Support, Teamwork, Personal Care, Medication Administration
Markinch, Scotland, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$43k–$48k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 27 July 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 5 July 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC8 £43,437.09 - £47,604.34 Working Pattern: 36 hours per week (2 posts available) Location: Fife Wi…
Skills: Circular Economy Strategy, Waste Prevention, Policy Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management
Markinch, Scotland, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$26k–$32k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 13 July 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 05 July 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 06 September 2030 Salary: FC3 - FC6 £25,604.23 - £31,761.26 Working Pattern: 36 hours per wee Locatio…
Skills: Software Development, No-code Development, Low-code Development, System Support, Business Requirements Analysis
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$26k–$27k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC3 £25,604.23 to £26,786.83 (Pro rata) Working Pattern: 18 Hours per week Location: Dysart Primary…
Skills: Clerical Support, Office Administration, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Skills, Confidentiality
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$27k–$29k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 6 July 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 28 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC4 £26,786.83 - £29,170.80 Working Pattern: 36, 28, 21 or 18 hours per week Location: Fife House, G…
Skills: Personal Care, Moving and Handling, Communication Skills, Organisational Skills, Workload Prioritisation
Hill of Beath, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$26k–$27k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 22 June 2026 Closing Date: Wednesday 17 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC3 £25,604.23 to £26,786.83 (Pro Rata) Working Pattern: 28 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year Lo…
Skills: Teamwork, Child Protection, Child Development, Interpersonal Communication, Classroom Management
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$26k–$27k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 6 July 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 28 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Working Pattern: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year Salary: FC3 £25,604.23 - £26,786.83 (Pro-Rata) Locatio…
Skills: Administrative Support, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Confidentiality, Teamwork
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$35k–$54k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 15 August 2027 Salary: £35,022 - £52,740 (Pro-Rata) rising to £36,159 to £54,453 from 1 August 2026 W…
Skills: English Teaching, Curriculum Planning, Student Assessment, Classroom Management, Interpersonal Skills
Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$35k–$54k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 22 June or 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 15 August 2027 Salary: £35,022 - £52,740 (rising to £36,159 - £54,453 from 1 August 2026) …
Skills: Digital Literacy, Curriculum Planning, Student Assessment, Classroom Management, Interpersonal Skills
Inverkeithing, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$26k–$27k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026 Contract Type: Permanent Salary: FC3 £25,604.23 - £26,786.83 (Pro-Rata) Working Pattern: 4.5 hours per week Location: Inverkeithi…
Skills: Cleaning, Customer Service, Teamwork, Problem Solving, IT Literacy
Leslie, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
$35k–$43k/yr
Proposed Interview Date: Monday 29 June 2026 Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026 Contract Type: Temporary until 27 June 2027 Salary: FC7 £34,914.86 - £43,437.09 (Pro-Rata) Working Pattern: 36 hours per week Location: South…
Skills: Early Years Practice, Team Leadership, Problem Solving, Child Development, Curriculum For Excellence
Lochgelly, Scotland, United Kingdom • On-site
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The Principal Teacher will support the senior leadership team in implementing the school's strategic vision and pursuing policy objectives. They are responsible for leading change and improvement to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people.
Candidates must hold full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration and obtain PVG scheme membership. High-level interpersonal skills and a commitment to career-long professional learning are required.
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 29 June 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 21 June 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: PT2 £61,818 pro rata
Working Pattern: 28 Hours per week
Location: Lochgelly High School
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 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 change?
(Consider the following: how have you developed and promoted an informed and critical stance which focusses on improvements in curriculum and pedagogy; how have you promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels; how have you promoted and modelled the school’s vision, values and aims.)
How 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 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 you built and developed approaches to increase and promote positive partnerships.
(Consider the following: how you have contributed to change at classroom, department and school level)
Ways in which you have used self-evaluation to make changes at classrooms, department or school level.
(Consider the following: how have you used self-evaluation to improve approaches to learning, teaching and assessment; how have you supported the professional learning of others, how have you ensured a wide variety of stakeholders are involved in decision-making processes 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 Principal Teacher 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 principal teacher in Fife you will be responsible for supporting the senior leadership team 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.
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 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.
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.
Further Information
Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters 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 [email protected].
For further information please contact: Pauline Duguid, [email protected]
Welcome to Fife Council. Visit www.fife.gov.uk/jobs for our latest vacancies.
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy. Please ensure that you follow our social media house rules, which support all those contributing to our page: https://www.fife.gov.uk/home/social-media-accounts/social-media-house-rules
Offices: Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5LT, GB
Welcome to Fife Council. Visit www.fife.gov.uk/jobs for our latest vacancies.
Fife Council is committed to making the Kingdom the best place to do business. Fife Council is the third largest local authority in Scotland. We employ approximately 18,000 people who provide 900 different services to over 366,900 people. The services we provide range from education, social work, housing, and community services to transportation, looking after the environment and developing the economy. Please ensure that you follow our social media house rules, which support all those contributing to our page: https://www.fife.gov.uk/home/social-media-accounts/social-media-house-rules
Offices: Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5LT, GB
