Early Years Assistant - Duddingston Primary School

Early Years Assistant - fixed term until 12/02/2026
Duddingston Primary School

Salary: £25,905 - £26,111 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 18 per week, 39 weeks sessionall

Working days: Monday - Thursday

Duddingston nursery class is part of Duddingston Primary School, a non-denominational school situated in the North East of Edinburgh and part of the Portobello Learning Community. Our nursery operates on a term-time basis and has 60 full time places for children aged 3-5 years. Built in 2016, our nursery has a secure outdoor and garden area which the children have access to at all times. We are looking for an enthusiastic early years practitioner to join our team, who has a nurturing approach and commitment to delivering high quality learning experiences to the children in our setting.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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