Teacher - Nursery in Glenrothes

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 9 March 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 1 March 2026

Contract Type: Temporary Until February 2028

Salary: £34,938.00 to £52,614.00

Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week

Location: Auchtermuchty, Strathmiglo and Newburgh Nursery

Purpose and Values of Education & Children's Services Directorate

The Education & Children's Services 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 how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. 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.

Ways in which you have modelled and promoted the GTCS Professional Values

• Promoted health and wellbeing for all
• Built positive relationships based on trust and respect
• Motivated and included all learners
• Demonstrated your values and moral purpose

Ways in which you demonstrated your professional knowledge and understanding

• Increased your knowledge of research and used this to enhance your professional practice
• Engaged with professional learning that has enhanced your practice
• Used innovation and creativity including digital technologies to motivate and engage learners

Ways in which you have effectively planned to meet all learners' needs

• Used assessment evidence as an integral part of the teaching process to support and enhance learning

Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships

• Demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with learners about their wellbeing
• Established positive and purposeful relationships within your school community
• Worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for learners

Job Details

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 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.

Full General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) registration is required. 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. 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.

Further Information

When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria.

Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services.

Job information can be made available in alternative formats; to make a request please email.

For further information please contact: Lisa