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Ref no:
11344_1756974585
Published:
04/09/2025
Closes:
11/09/2025
Location:
Salary:
£62,022 per year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Position Type:
Full Time
Hours:
35 hours per week

Pupil Support Leader
Leith Academy

Salary: £62,022 - £62,022
Hours: 35 per week

An inspirational Pupil Support Leader is required to join Leith Academy's dynamic, progressive and forward thinking integrated support team with effect from August 14th 2023. Specific remits will be agreed across the team once the successful candidate is appointed. The PSL will manage and lead support for pupils. S/he will be an active member of the school leadership team and be responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of effective support for young people and their families.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic professionals who have the vision and energy to sustain and promote the current quality of support and ensure this continues and progresses in the future.

Find out more about our school and the work we do - https://leithacademy.uk

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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