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Ref no:
12658_1764674913
Published:
02/12/2025
Closes:
16/12/2025
Location:
Whitehouse Loan, Edinburgh, EH9 1BD
Salary:
£34,938 - £52,614 per year
Contract Type:
Temporary
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Primary Teacher - fixed term until 02/04/2026
James Gillespie's Primary School

Salary: £34,938 - £52,614
Hours: 35 per week

We are looking to recruit an experienced, enthusiastic teacher to join the team at James Gillespie's Primary School on fixed term basis until 02/04/2026 with the potential for this to be extended until June 2026.

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.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

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.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Happy to talk flexible working.

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