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Teacher Assistant (Primary 4 - 7)

Teacher Assistant (Primary 4 - 7)

ESMS - The Junior School

Edinburgh, City of

  • £11,446 - £11,917 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
18 July 2022

Job overview

We are recruiting for a part time, temporary Teacher Assistant (Primary 4 - 7) and Bus Club Assistant in the ESMS Junior School at Queensferry Road from 22 August 2022 until 29 June 2023 (2022 – 2023 Academic Session). Teacher Assistants support the teaching staff within the classroom and with administration, supervise children in the playground, on coaches travelling between Stewart's Melville College and The Mary Erskine School, and on school trips. Teacher Assistants at Queensferry Road may be requested to move across year groups (P4-7).

The hours of work will be Monday to Friday during school term time only: 10.30am – 3.30pm as a Teacher Assistant and 3.30pm – 4.30pm as a Bus Club Assistant (a paid working week of 27.5 hours). The postholder will be entitled to a 30 minutes unpaid lunch break each day.

This is a part time, temporary position available from 22 August 2022 until 29 June 2023. The salary range is £11,446 - £11,917 (pro rata) per annum, which is B6 to B8 of the ESMS Support Staff Salary Scales, dependent upon qualifications and experience. 

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday 18 July 2022. We anticipate interviews will be held week commencing 25 July 2022.

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About ESMS - The Junior School

+44 131 311 1111

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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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