Pupil Support Assistant - Davidson's Mains Primary School

Pupil Support Assistant - fixed term until 26/06/2026
Davidson's Mains Primary School

Salary: £25,905-£26,111 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 27.5 per week, 39 weeks per sessional

Davidson's Mains Primary is a non-denominational school situated within the Royal High School catchment area in the north west of Edinburgh with strong links having been established between the schools. We are looking to recruit an additional 2 members to our Pupil Support Assistant team until June 2026.

A brand new nursery was opened in August 2018 and provides 1140 hours all year places. A further new building providing additional classrooms was opened in 2019. In the main building there is a large double-sized gym hall, used for lunches, assemblies and PE, a Library, music room and additional GP space. The current school roll for Primary 1-7 classes is 470 and they are formed into 17 classes.

The staff consists of a Head Teacher, two Depute Head Teachers, a Principal Teacher, 21 class teachers, 2 part time Additional Support for Learning Teachers and instructors of violin, cello and brass. In the nursery there are 2 Senior Early Years Officers, 3 Early Years Officers, 12 Early Years Practitioners, 5 Early Years Assistants, 2 Early Years Domestics and a part-time administrator. Our support staff includes a Business Manager, School Administrator, Clerical Assistant, Facilities Technician, P1 Early Years Practitioner and 16 Pupil Support Assistants.

The school has an active PSA and a supportive Parent Council.

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.

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

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

Happy to talk flexible working.

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