Early Years Lead Practitioner
ESMS - The Junior School
Edinburgh
- Expired
- Salary:
- £28,056 to £31,074 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 12 August 2019
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2019
Job overview
We have a vacancy for a full-time, permanent Early Years Lead Practitioner within our three year old room from 12 August 2019. The successful candidate will be required to oversee the delivery of the highest quality Early Learning and Childcare and will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the room. The Early Years Lead Practitioner will demonstrate energy and drive in all aspects of practice.
Although this is predominantly a term time role, the school offers an extended year provision. The hours of work will be 38.5 hours per week during term time and 27.5 hours per week during holiday periods. There is an entitlement to 40 days’ annual leave plus 10 statutory days when the school is closed. The salary will be in the range £28,056 to £31,074, depending on qualifications and experience.
Applications should be in the form of a letter, addressed to Mrs Alison Lydon, Deputy Head (Early Education), and should be supported by a full Curriculum Vitae along with the names, addresses and contact details of two referees. They should be sent by email to recruitment@esms.org.uk or by post to the HR Administrator, Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools, Ravelston, Edinburgh EH4 3NT, from whom further particulars may be obtained. This information can also be found on our website.
The closing date is Wednesday 19 June 2019.
Attached documents
About ESMS - The Junior School
- ESMS - The Junior School
- Queensferry Road, Edinburgh
- Midlothian
- EH4 3EZ
- United Kingdom
The ESMS Junior School is a large, independent, co-educational, non-denominational day school of approximately 1250 children aged 3-12, who become members of either The Mary Erskine School or Stewart's Melville College when they finish Primary 7. It is situated in central Edinburgh. Admission is through assessment.
The Junior School has excellent facilities of its own as well as sharing those of the two senior schools. The ethos of the school is that each child’s individuality is nurtured within a structured and disciplined framework. We firmly believe that happy children will achieve more academically and in extra-curricular activities. The atmosphere is therefore a caring one with great emphasis on encouraging children to take part in the many opportunities open to them. Children are encouraged to take responsibility whilst being challenged both academically and in general as young people. They learn to make choices and develop confidence in a supportive and positive environment in which our nine values, common across all three schools, are central to everything we do.
Specialist teaching is available in Music, Drama, Dance, PE, Games, French, Art and ICT.
A wrap-around care service is also provided before and after school.
The Nursery and Primary 1-3 classrooms in the Junior School are situated within the grounds of The Mary Erskine School and Primary 4-7 children are based within the grounds of Stewart’s Melville College.
ESMS offers excellent facilities, such as a state-of-the-art performing arts centre, large swimming pool, tennis courts, rugby and hockey pitches and floodlit astroturf pitches.
Headteacher
Mike Kane
Principal
Mr Anthony Simpson
Values and vision
The ESMS Junior School has nine core values that are recognised by all members of the school community: kindness, respect, commitment, enthusiasm, responsibility, grace, appreciation, confidence and integrity.
We do not follow the Curriculum for Excellence. We believe that what we offer reflects the values which are an essential element within the CfE but we also believe in the importance of a structured and more formal approach to the development of our children’s skills and confidence in all curricular areas, in particular Language and Mathematics. Regular and relevant assessments are integral to our approach, as is our commitment to ensuring that children and their parents are kept informed of their progress.
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