Principal Teacher - Roseburn Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Acting Principal Teacher - Fixed Term until 05/01/2026
Roseburn Primary School

Salary: £55,155
Hours: 35 per week

Our vision at Roseburn is to develop well-rounded, confident, and responsible individuals who achieve success. We do this by providing a welcoming, happy, safe, and supportive learning environment in which everyone has equal opportunities and develops an enthusiasm for learning.

Our aspirations for our children are summed up in our school motto: “Dream, Believe, Achieve".

Our school ethos is underpinned by our shared values, Rights, Respect, Relationships, Resilience & Responsibility.

We have a dedicated and supportive staff team who aim to provide the best opportunities for all our children in a safe, nurturing, and happy learning environment. We are supported very well by our parents, the Roseburn School Parent Partnership, and we have strong links with our local community.

This session there are around 250 children in the school, comprising of 10 classes, and the nursery class provision is 30 full time spaces.

We are looking for an energetic and charismatic teacher who must have secure knowledge of the curriculum. The principal teacher will have a class commitment, responsibility for the nursery, and should have experience throughout the school and a willingness to teach wherever the need is. Knowledge of play-based learning would be beneficial alongside how children develop early level literacy and numeracy skills as the post holder will be required to develop early level in the nursery. Knowledge of digitals skills in early years, UNCRC Children’s Rights, and Learning for Sustainability are desirable.

For more information, please visit our website https://roseburnprimary.co.uk/ or contact Nicki Swanston on 337 6096.

Role Purpose This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking for a challenge and wishing to gain experience in a management role and be part of the Leadership Team. You will, under the direction of the Head Teacher, and with input from the Early Years Improvement Team, lead early learning and childcare staff in the Nursery and work as part of a wider team, to lead the planning and delivery of Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) in the school Nursery setting.

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

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.

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