Lathallan School nurtures young minds between the ages of 6 months and 18 years within a vibrant and supportive environment. Lathallan is the only all-through school in Scotland to have been awarded the Gold Learning Outside the Classroom Quality (LOtC) quality mark, and was shortlisted for UK Small Independent School of the Year 2025.
We don’t just teach in classrooms - we teach in our 19th-century castle, across our 60-acre grounds and through adventures beyond the school gates. We are looking for a Junior School teacher who thrives in this vibrant environment. This role offers the opportunity to integrate your own passions – whether in sports, performing arts, or outdoor exploration – into the daily life of our community. This is a part-time position (0.6FTE), unless the successful candidate possesses the language proficiency to teach Modern Foreign Languages (MFL), in which case a full-time role will be considered.
Work at Lathallan will afford you the freedom to creatively deliver your teaching to a community of engaged learners, whilst also allowing you to pursue your wider interests and share them with our pupils and staff.
Applicants should be inspirational teachers, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be flexible in outlook, and have sufficient sensitivity to show tact and diplomacy. You will require good organisational skills and initiative, and the ability to work with a significant degree of autonomy, combined with strong ‘team player’ instincts and a good sense of school community.
School Hours: 8.20am–5pm. Hours and working pattern for the part-time role will be discussed at the interview.
Academic Expectations
Under the direction of the Head of Junior School, you are required to:
- Work collaboratively and independently to plan, deliver, and evaluate engaging, challenging, and creative learning experiences that meet the needs of all learners.
- Use digital technology confidently and competently in the delivery of lessons and for administrative purposes.
- Utilise the surrounding landscape and embed ‘Learning Outside the Classroom’ to support learning for sustainability and learning across curricular areas.
- Use a variety of assessment tools to inform the planning of next steps for all learners.
- Engage in moderation and cross-marking to support a shared understanding of educational standards.
- Gather and record tracking data for each learner to monitor progress through Curriculum for Excellence levels, reflecting the four capacities.
- Work alongside classroom assistants and learning support staff to provide appropriate targeted support for all learners.
- Complete end-of-term academic reports three times per academic session.
- Report to parents at Parents’ Meetings twice per academic session and at additional points throughout the year as required.
Pastoral Responsibilities
You are expected to:
- Liaise closely with parents on matters relating to pupil wellbeing and academic progress.
- Take registration twice daily and promptly follow up any absences with the School Office.
- Carry out playground and supervision duties, as per the staff rota, during the normal school day.
- Use positive behavior strategies to encourage and maintain appropriate standards of conduct in accordance with school policies and rules.
- Collate end-of-term reports and provide holistic, constructive feedback on each learner.
Professional Responsibilities
You are expected to:
- Be thoroughly familiar with and abide by the school’s policies and procedures.
- Ensure all mandatory training is completed, including Child Protection, Safeguarding, and GDPR updates.
- Engage with whole-school self-evaluation to support the ongoing improvement of the Junior School.
- Demonstrate a clear commitment to career-long professional learning (CLPL) and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of educational policy and theory to inform your practice.
- Engage proactively with the GTCS Professional Update, including the Professional Review and Development (PRD) process.
Wider Responsibilities
You are expected to:
- Participate actively in and support whole-school events, including the Lathallan Mini Highland Games, Lathallan Rugby 7s, school performances, the Carol Service, and Presentation Day.
- Plan and organise class and school trips related to curricular studies and extracurricular activities.
- Contribute to our co-curricular programme in a way that reflects your unique skills and interests (e.g., Music, Drama, Sport, Outdoor Education, ICT, Design, etc.).
- Actively support the marketing and promotion of the school, including attending Open Days where required.
Modern Foreign Languages - Lathallan employs subject specialist teachers to deliver Science, MFL, ICT, Art, Drama, Music and PE to our junior classes. We are looking for a part-time teacher to deliver the core curriculum to our J7 class, however we will also consider making a full time appointment for any candidates able to teach modern languages throughout our junior school and into the first two years of our senior school. At present our core modern languages are French and Spanish however we would consider applications from candidates highly proficient in one of those languages and a different second language. We would anticipate candidates looking to fill the MFL role to be fluent in the languages taught, potentially with a degree or other appropriate qualification.
Location - Brotherton Castle, Johnshaven DD10 0HN
Job Type - 1-year fixed contract part-time 0.6FTE (excluding modern languages), or 1-year fixed contract full time (including modern languages).
Pay - Lathallan operates its own salary structure and pension scheme.
Location - Brotherton Castle, Johnshaven DD10 0HN
Terms and Conditions
- Registration: Applicants must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) or provide written confirmation from the GTCS of their eligibility for registration.
- Safeguarding: The appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced background check and report from the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) Scheme.
Benefits
Wonderful rural coastal location
Provision of lunch and evening meals if on duty
Use of our gym
Employee discount on school fees
On-site free parking
Expected start date - 17/08/2026
To Apply - A covering letter and CV with two references should be submitted to Pamela Hossick, Head of Lathallan Junior School at phossick@lathallan.org.uk. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Thursday, 11th June 2026. Interviews will be held w/c 15th June 2026.
- Registration: Applicants must be registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) or provide written confirmation from the GTCS of their eligibility for registration.
- Safeguarding: The appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced background check and report from the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) Scheme.