Support for Learning Teacher - Pirniehall Primary School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Support for Learning Teacher - Fixed Term Contract until 26/06/2025
Pirniehall Primary School

Salary: £33,594 - £50,589 (pro rata for part time)
Hours: 23.1 per week (over 3 days) (0.66 FTE)

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Support for Learning practitioner who will bring a positive, enthusiastic and innovative approach to the school. Excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills are required along with an unconditional positive regard towards improving outcomes for all children and families.

Our School

Pirniehall Primary is a non-denominational school situated in the North West of Edinburgh and is part of the Craigroyston Learning Community. The school currently has a roll of 327 pupils, with 13 classes covering the stages P1-P7 and there are a further 32 nursery children attending full-time.

The building has spacious classrooms with flexible space for active learning, a dining hall, gymnasium, library, staff base, and SfL base. The school also makes use of available spaces to support health and wellbeing groups and nurture spaces.

The leadership team consists of a Head Teacher, a Depute Head, a Principal Teacher, a Senior Development Officer, Development Officer, and a part time Business Manager. There is a large team of Pupil Support Assistants who provide support for learning, play and inclusion. Our pupils also have Health and Wellbeing Support in school with access to an Art Therapist, Play Therapist, and School Counsellor.

The school shares the campus with St. David’s Primary School. The school utilise shared spaces such as the dining hall and playground areas and provide a number of opportunities for children to learn together.

The school is situated in an area of multiple socio-economic deprivation with most of the pupils residing in SIMD 1 and 2. The school has a strong collegiate ethos which promotes partnership working with parents, carers, partners and the wider community. Pirniehall Primary promotes a positive and nurturing learning culture, where the needs of the child are placed at the heart of our schools work.

Our refreshed school values have been agreed as Achievement, Teamwork, Kindness and Respect and we will work cooperatively as a school community to achieve our shared vision and live our agreed school community values.

The Role

This is short term post until end of session 24-25. You will be responsible for teaching support for learning groups from P3-7. You will work with pupil support assistants to ensure they can consolidate the learning on a daily basis. You will use evidence based approaches to raising attainment in literacy. You will provide advice and consultation to teachers to further support for learners within the classroom.

Additional information

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.

Requirements

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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