Fife Council
Depute Headteacher
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Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 17 August 2026
Closing Date: Sunday 5 July 2026
Contract Type: Temporary for 23 months
**Salary:**DHHT08 £80,646 (moving to £83,268 from 1 August 2026) (Subject to job sizing)
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week
Location: Caledonia High School, Rosyth
About the Education Directorate
The Education Directorate is committed to Improving Life Chances for All through a wide range of direct services supporting our children, young people, families, and the wider Fife community. Our approach is rooted in our core values:
- Compassion
- Ambition
- Respect
- Equity
These values reflect the ethos, culture, and practice principles of all staff across the directorate. As such, our attitudes and behaviour must always reflect these values in our interactions with children, young people, their families, and the wider community—in partnership with those who support them.
Support Statement
When submitting your application, you must provide a Supporting Statement detailing how your skills and experience make you a strong candidate for this role.
⚠️ Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed.
Guidance on Supporting Statements: How to Apply and Supporting Statement
✨ Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. Here’s what to include:
How you’ve demonstrated your knowledge, skills, and understanding while leading strategic change:
- Examples of developing critical and informed approaches focused on curriculum and pedagogy improvements.
- How you’ve promoted and enhanced collaboration and leadership at all levels.
- Contributions to shared leadership of the school’s vision, values, and aims.
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How you’ve supported colleagues in creating a positive learning environment for all learners:
- Inspiring high expectations and fostering leadership within safe, caring, and purposeful environments.
- Encouraging learner participation in learning and decision-making at a community level.
How you’ve built and promoted positive partnerships:
- Across school, local, regional, and national levels as relevant.
How you’ve used self-evaluation to drive improvements across the school community:
- Promoting professional learning through leadership.
- Ensuring stakeholders’ involvement in shaping school improvement priorities.
- Maximising resource efficiency to develop curriculum, pedagogy, and teams.
How you’ve modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values in current and past roles:
- Ensuring equity of opportunity for all.
- Building trust and respect while empowering others to take responsibility.
- Guiding practice through moral and ethical principles.
Job Role
We are seeking a highly-skilled school leader passionate about improving life chances through committed leadership of change and improvement, ensuring positive outcomes for children and young people.
As the Depute Headteacher in Fife, you will:
- Support the Headteacher in contributing to the school’s strategic vision.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders to implement and pursue objectives set in school policies.
- Provide leadership in developing a self-improving school community beyond operational levels.
Qualification, Registration, and Skills Requirements
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You must demonstrate:
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and leadership ability (both strategic and operational) to drive school improvement.
- A commitment to professional learning, showing how continuous growth impacts your practice.
- Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration:
- For primary posts, registration in Primary.
- For secondary posts, registration in secondary for relevant subjects.
- Professional conduct in line with GTCS standards and standards for Teachers in Scotland.
- Provisional GTCS registration may be considered for temporary Class Teacher positions.
For further education positions, GTCS registration (primary or secondary) is required.
⚠️ Before starting, you must obtain:
- Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership via Disclosure Scotland.
Further Information
- How we work: Employees must abide by How We Work Matters.
- Check the Debricular Role Profile for criteria to address in your application: Depute Headteacher – Role Profile.
- Enquiries to Roslyn.Swarbrick@fife.gov.uk.
- Benefits and alternative formats available—email transactions.recruitment@fife.gov.uk.
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