Pupil Support Assistant - Currie Community High School

Pupil Support Assistant – Integrated Support Team - Fixed term until 12/11/2027
Currie Community High School

Salary: £26,806 - £27,032 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 30 per week, 39 weeks sessional

Currie Community High School is situated to the south west of the City of Edinburgh and serves the communities of Currie, Riccarton, Juniper Green and Baberton Mains. The school has served the local community for some 350 years. The school enjoys excellent links with the local community and as a designated community high school, a quality community programme is offered. The school’s Qualification Scotland results are above both local and national averages and an extensive range of wider achievement opportunities are offered. The school is firmly committed to raising attainment and promoting positive achievement, leading to a high level of positive and sustained destinations of which Currie High has an outstanding record.

Our school values of Ambition, Respect, Equality underpin our positive culture and ethos; where celebrating success of our wonderful young people is at the heart of what we do. We also recognise the importance of our school as a community and we have been recently awarded the Gold LGBT Charter Mark which we are very proud of. We are a proactively anti racist school and are passionate about celebrating diversity, similarity and difference in our school. With over 49 languages spoken, we take the opportunity to embrace the rich cultural experiences of everyone in our school community. We are also working towards Rights Respecting School status, we hold a Silver Food For Life Catering award and have maintained Green Eco Schools status for 10 years. We were also awarded Scotland’s Most Enterprising School in 2021 and in August of this year were awarded SCQF (Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework) Gold status as a result of sector leading work in promoting curriculum pathways with purpose. Within our inclusion provision, we have an Enhanced Support Base where we support young people with severe and complex needs. This is a fantastic resource within our school where young people are not only thriving with the support they receive but also in mainstream classrooms. This is just a flavour of the innovative approaches which make Currie Community High School a unique, desirable and welcoming place to work.

We were excited to move into the first Passivhaus Secondary school in Scotland in August 2025. Our vision for the new school encompasses innovative and cutting-edge pedagogy with the development of 21st Century ready skills at the core of all we do. The school benefits from inspirational learning spaces and technology, including high quality outdoor spaces, to enable young people to continue to become leaders of their own learning and to experience a broad, varied and bespoke curriculum.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Pupil Support Assistant to join our Integrated Support Team which includes our Enhanced Support Base, Support for Learning and Connect. The successful applicant will support young people with a range of learning and emotional support needs. Our Integrated Support Team comprises Curriculum Leaders, Teachers, Pupil Support Officers and Pupil Support Assistants. The preferred candidate will join a highly dynamic and visionary team, supporting our young people to achieve their potential.

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The sessional working information attached to this advert explains how salaries are calculated for sessional and part-time posts.

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.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

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As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of 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 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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