Pupil Support Assistant - St Mary's RC (Leith) Primary School - 12363_1762961404
| Posting date: | 12 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,905.00 to £26,111.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 November 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH6 7JG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 12363_1762961404 |
Summary
Pupil Support Assistant - fixed term until 23/06/2026
Star of the Sea R.C. Primary (previously St Mary's (Leith) RC Primary School)
Salary: £25,905 - £26,111 (pro-rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 12 per week, 39 weeks sessional
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic person to join our team, to contribute to the continuing development and delivery of high-quality education at the school. The candidate must be able to evidence their experience of working with Primary-aged pupils with identified Additional Support for Learning needs.
The working hours are Mondays and Tuesdays 8.30am to 3.15pm (less unpaid breaks).
Star of the Sea is a denominational primary school built in 1920, which serves the Leith area of North-East Edinburgh. The catchment area comprises of a combination of private, housing association and council housing to ensure a good social mix amongst the pupils. For session 2025-26 we have 12 classes with a school roll of approximately 320 and a nursery class of 28 children.
Star of the Sea is a multicultural, friendly and inclusive environment (Article 2) where staff, pupils and parents strive to work together to create a positive and nurturing learning environment.
Being a Gold Rights Respecting School, we believe that every child has a right to an exceptional education (Article 28) in a safe, secure environment (Article 19) where adults respect children as Rights Holders and are committed to their role as Duty Bearers. All adults at Star of the Sea strive to ensure every decision they make has the best interests of the children at the heart of them (Article 3)
At Star of the Sea, achievement is as important to us as attainment, and we provide our pupils with a very rich and balanced curriculum across all areas to nurture their God-given talents (Article 29). Pupil voice (Article 12) is a very important part of life in Star of the Sea, and all pupils are encouraged share their views to shape and lead their own school.
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This">https://stmarysprimaryleith.wordpress.com/">https://stmarysprimaryleith… 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">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours">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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