Pupil Support Leader - Broughton High School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Pupil Support Leader - fixed term until 30/05/2025
Broughton High School

Salary: £62,022 (pro-rata for part time)
Hours: 19.73 per week

Wednesday to Friday.

Pupil Support Leaders are part of the Management and Leadership team of Broughton High School. They work to ensure a high-quality pupil support provision for our pupils with the aim of maximising attainment and support for all students. The successful candidate will work as the Pupil Support Leader with a specific remit to take a joint lead role in managing the Pupil Support department with other Pupil Support Leaders.

As well as managing Pupil Support, he/she will be expected to be forward thinking and innovative in terms of leading, managing and delivering the most appropriate PSE/HWB courses to all levels of ability at all stages in the school. Pupil Support Leaders will be active members of the school management team who will be responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of effective pupil support policies and procedures within the school.

There will be a need to keep up to date with current theories and practice relating to effective support and effective and inclusive classroom teaching to ensure that appropriate implementation occurs within these departments as they focus on school, Children and Families and National priorities.

If candidates wish to apply on a secondment basis, they should ensure that their Headteacher has authorised release for the duration of this Fixed-Term Contract.

For more information about the school, please visit the website https://www.broughton.edin.sch.uk

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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