EDUC 4581 - Principal Teacher of English - Lanark Grammar School (602579)

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by 28th of May 2026, 11:55pm. Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

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Permanent Post. Location: Lanark Grammar School. Hours: 35 hours per week. Salary: Principal Teacher Scale 6, £69,438 per year.

We are seeking a Faculty Head to join our extended leadership team. With significant curricular change on the horizon, we need a dynamic leader to navigate and guide our skilled English faculty into the future. As our Principal Teacher of English, you will manage the day-to-day operations of the English faculty along with the ongoing development and delivery of existing and new courses across the BGE and Senior Phase.

In this middle leader capacity, you will also be the strategic heartbeat of literacy across the whole-school curriculum. You will work to ignite a love of reading across the school to support attainment and achievement, develop a vision to raise literacy levels which directly impact on attainment school-wide, and find creative ways to capture achievement and skill development for all our pupils. You will work closely with our wider extended leadership team to align your faculty with whole-school priorities. You’ll engage with Support for Learning and ASN colleagues to ensure an inclusive and accessible curriculum for all. Most importantly you’ll lead a team of English teachers to be inspired, challenged and supported by your expertise. You will have autonomy to innovate, receive support to grow as a professional and have the platform to make a lasting impact on the lives of pupils and staff at Lanark Grammar.

Subject to the policies and practice of the School and the Council, the duties of principal teachers are, in addition to any duties of a teacher that may apply, to:

• lead, manage and support the work of colleagues providing strategic direction and guidance as necessary;
• lead curriculum development and quality assurance;
• contribute to the development of school policy in relation to the behaviour management of pupils;
• review and support professional needs, and performance of colleagues through career-long professional learning;
• where required, lead, implement and manage whole school policies including, where appropriate, guidance, pastoral care and behaviour support.

Principal Teachers must be given a reduction in weekly class contact to enable them to carry out those duties which are in addition to their duties as classroom teacher. Its extent may vary according to the nature and scope of those duties. The additional duties of principal teachers must be capable of being undertaken within the 35-hour working week and, where a principal teacher retains a classroom teacher role, within the arrangements agreed at establishment level through the working time agreement.

If you require to submit any further additional information to support your application (not a CV), please upload this under supporting documents. Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address.

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020. This post is considered a Regulated Role with Children and/or Adults, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or Adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made. Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

In line with the Teachers’ Conditions of Service, your salary for the remainder of this school salary year, which runs in conjunction with the academic session, may be recalculated to reflect how teachers accrue pay. Further information on the Teachers’ National Pay and Leave Specification can be obtained from the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers’ website Appendix 2.19 - SNCT Handbook.

It is a legal requirement for any teacher teaching in a Scottish state school to be registered with GTC Scotland, General Teaching Council (Scotland) Registration.

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of three months in the past 10 years. Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position. As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile.