Christopher Scrase
Forres,England
Summary
An educational leader with a strategic vision for implementing inclusive education approaches and enhancing community engagement. Expertise in pedagogical techniques and knowledge of Ofsted standards drive curriculum development and teacher training initiatives. Demonstrates exemplary leadership in staff management, fostering strong parent-teacher relationships, and understanding special education needs. Committed to visionary thinking in education, aiming to build a collaborative environment that supports diverse learning experiences.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Head of Primary School
Abernethy & Deshar Primary School
01.2024 - 06.2025
- Overall responsibility for the day to day running of the school and make leadership decisions that have the best interest of the children at the forefront of my thinking
- Management of education from Early Years Foundation Stage to Primary Education for 3- to 11-year-olds
- Quality assuring child protection, safeguarding and wellbeing across the school by ensuring that they meet local and national standards or policy
- Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) of the school and quality assure the procedures, practices across the setting
- Creating a safe, nurturing and inclusive school setting where every child is included into the learning environment
- Leading the curriculum development of the school to provide a rich and diverse learning opportunities across the school, for all children to succeed
- Making appropriate operational, management decisions that have the best interest of the children at forefront of my thinking
- Manage several staff such as Principal Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Pupil Support Assistants and Early Years Practitioners
- Lead the strategic change across the settings and ensure the high standards are maintained
- Delegating work, duties and responsibilities ensuring the strategic direction of the school is being met
- Building trusting working relationships with all stakeholders across the settings
- Leading the school through strategic changes such as the new Vision, Values & Aims (VVA)
- Building strong, impenetrable working relationship between children, staff and family members
- Formulating and reviewing the school’s current strategic direction, self-evaluation, school improvement plans and Pupil Equity Funding (PEF)
- Managing budgets and financial planning on appropriate resources across the school
- Raising the standards of high-quality teaching and learning across the school and ensuring the pedagogical approaches that go alongside this to support staff development
- Taking a lead role in professional conversations with staff for their Professional Review of Development (PRD)
- Implemented Google Classroom and ClassDojo into the school
- Implementing and delivering CPD as Talk 4 Writing, White Rose Maths, Steven Graham Explicitly Teaching Writing, Jolly Phonics and Synthetic Phonics
Acting Deputy Head of Primary School
Pilmuir Primary School
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Working alongside the Head Teacher in their strategic direction as part of the Senior Leadership Team
- Deputising for the Head Teacher, I was responsible for the day to day running of the school and made leadership decisions that have the best interest of the school at heart
- Ensuring that national and council policies were being met
- Played a lead role in delivering the school’s SIP priorities
- One of my main responsibilities was continuing the school’s development of curriculum bundling, curriculum mapping and ensuring that supportive progression was in place
- Implementation changes across the school by taking a lead role in the management of Numicon resources and training
- Manage budgets effectively, allocate resources and ensured training is delivered across the school
- Positively assisted the HT with managing resources effectively across the school such as staff timetabling to ensure teachers and children are well supported to enable them to achieve excellence
- Pastoral care and in particular the SHANARRI indicators played a significant part of my SLT role where I liaised with health care, social work and fellow educational professionals to ensure national polices such as GIRFEC were being followed
- I taught all classes across the school and through teaching I encourage my own personal values of positivity and kindness, which has allowed me to build concrete relationships with children built on mutual respect
- Mentored a NQT and had weekly meetings to ensure they were achieving their professional standards
- Always upheld the school values by ensuring behaviour management and high standards of education were being met
- Offering advice, reviewing of classroom practice and offering suggestions for teachers to improve their pedagogy to achieve successful outcomes
Principal Teacher of Primary & Acting/Head of Primary
Glenlivet Primary School
12.2019 - 01.2023
- Deputising for the Head Teacher of Primary and taking a leading role at the school
- I took full responsibility of the day to day running of the school and made leadership decisions that have the best interest of the school at heart
- I took the lead role for the teaching, leadership and curriculum of the children I taught, across all subjects
- A wealth of experience of the whole Curriculum for Excellence and the progressive pathways children take through each stage of their primary life
- Delivering first-class, high-quality lessons daily to all the children that I taught ensuring that all lessons were well planned, delivered, resourced appropriately to stimulate learning from P1 – P7
- Introduced different assessment strategies to allow the children to develop their understanding of success criteria and learning intentions
- Communicated effectively to other members of staff to ensure fellow teachers, PSA’s and Classroom Assistants were well prepared and ready for each lesson
- Finding solutions to problems in a positive way to ensure a smooth operational process was implemented
- Collaborating with staff and delivering CPD to ensure they felt confident in implementing changes through schemes such as Rainbow Maths, Grammar Hammer, White Rose Maths, Numeracy Weekly Skills, Spelling Wraparound and Primary Maths for Scotland
- Collaborated affectively with my SFL teacher to ensure all children were achieving and making academic success and following national policies such as GIRFEC
- Strong understanding of the ‘staged intervention process’ and ensuring correct strategies were in place to support children with a variety of support needs such as dysgraphia and dyslexia
- Taking this key role allowed me to lead and develop a government initiative and create a school ethos that reflects the school’s improvement plan
- Implementing this programme improved the children’s understanding of their ‘rights’ and increased the school’s global citizenship understanding
Primary School Teacher
Seafield Primary School
08.2016 - 12.2019
- I gained considerable experience working across First and Second Level
- Secure understanding of the whole Curriculum for Excellence (CFE) where I planned, delivered and assessed purposeful learning across all mandatory subjects of the CFE
- Responsible for several middle management roles that include leading, delivering and reporting back collegiate departmental staff meetings with regards to tracking, moderation, planning, marking and curriculum leadership
- Leading four other teachers across the school where I bundled E’s and O’s, Benchmarks and SHM into a workable everyday document to assist planning and assessment
- I was working closely with senior management and teachers to deliver an effective whole school progression and curriculum.
- Deliver CPD across the whole school
- Facilitated areas of improvement by creating and implementing multiplication, grammar and Numeracy Weekly Skill tests to ensure children’s education is of the highest standard possible
- Mentoring students from Aberdeen University and an NQT from Moray UHI
- Offered support and guidance to them throughout their placement with very successful outcomes
Primary School Teacher
Outwoods Primary School
Atherstone, England
08.2013 - 07.2016
- I was responsible for planning, teaching and assessing lessons on all primary national curriculum subjects
- Taking responsibility to help pupils’ learning, development and progression regardless of their background or academic ability
- Promote a positive classroom ethos that allows children to be responsible for their own learning, resilience towards complex tasks and applying skills to new concepts
- I have successfully motivated children to work through challenging tasks to suit their individual learning style whilst consistently promoting skills for life that children will use in further education and adult hood
- Use technology to enhance and support children’s learning experience
- Provided regular feedback to parents and carers regarding the work and behaviour of pupils in my class
- Keeping in regular contact with parents has allowed me to be an approachable teacher who is willing to listen and act upon any concerns to ensure the best possible progress and wellbeing of children is being made.
- Consistently followed the school’s policies
- Running extracurricular activities such as football and taking on further PE responsibilities across the school
Education
MA in Education - Into Headship (NPQH)
University of Highlands and Islands
Scotland 06.2024 - 06.2025
BA Hons Primary Education - 5 – 11 with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Birmingham City University
England 08.2011 - 06.2014
Skills
- Strategic leadership
- Exemplary leadership
- Pedagogical techniques expertise
- Knowledge of ofsted standards
- Strategic vision implementation
- Inclusive education approach
- Special education needs understanding
- Educational visionary thinking
- Parent-Teacher relationship building
- Teacher training and recruitment
- Community engagement
- Staff management
- Curriculum Development
- Team Leadership
- Interpersonal communication
Personal Information
Place of birth: Sussex, England
Custom
- I am a family man who enjoys spending my time with my family and three young children.
- I love nothing better than going on a beach and maximising quality family time.
- I am a keen sportsman who enjoys all sport, especially Football.
- I used to be part of Brighton & Hove Albions development squad when I was much younger but now like to be involved in football coaching.
- I am always active and enjoy spending my time at the gym and swimming.
Timeline
MA in Education - Into Headship (NPQH)
University of Highlands and Islands
06.2024 - 06.2025
Head of Primary School
Abernethy & Deshar Primary School
01.2024 - 06.2025
Acting Deputy Head of Primary School
Pilmuir Primary School
01.2023 - 01.2024
Principal Teacher of Primary & Acting/Head of Primary
Glenlivet Primary School
12.2019 - 01.2023
Primary School Teacher
Seafield Primary School
08.2016 - 12.2019
Primary School Teacher
Outwoods Primary School
08.2013 - 07.2016
BA Hons Primary Education - 5 – 11 with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Birmingham City University
08.2011 - 06.2014
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