Headteacher - Kippen Primary School - 434123
| Posting date: | 11 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £71,181.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | Kippen, FK8 3DN |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Stirling Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 434123 |
Summary
Stirling Council seeks to appoint a highly motivated and talented professional to lead Kippen Primary School.
Kippen Primary School is a non-denominational primary school serving the rural village of Kippen and the surrounding area. The school is situated at the heart of the community and plays a central role in local life. The current school roll stands at 134 learners, organised across six classes, five of which are composite.
Kippen Primary School is a thriving learning community where children have every opportunity to develop the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence through a broad and varied curriculum and a range of extra-curricular opportunities. The school is part of the Balfron Learning Community and Balfron High School is the associated secondary school.
This is an exciting opportunity requiring strong leadership, excellent communication skills and a thorough knowledge of current educational developments. The applicant will be committed to delivering excellence and equity by sustaining school improvement, promoting high quality learning and teaching, supporting health and wellbeing and raising achievement and attainment for all learners. Stirling’s culture of self-evaluation in schools and nurseries means that the successful applicant will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with innovative, reflective and skilled professionals.
Applicants must have achieved the Standard for Headship or equivalent, awarded by the General Teaching Council for Scotland or have held a permanent appointment as a headteacher of a public school, a grant-aided school or an independent school on or before 1 August 2020 in order to be appointed permanently to this post. Applicants who can demonstrate commitment to and likelihood of achieving this standard within 30 months may be considered for a temporary appointment (of no more than 30 months) while working toward the standard. https://www.gtcs.org.uk/professional-standards/the-standards/headship.a…
The successful candidate will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for children. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be invited to complete the form and have your details verified. It is Stirling Council’s policy to ask that you pay for this.
If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.
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