£26,958 - £30,176 per year
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Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for an Early Years Practitioner to join the ESMS Junior School Nursery on a Temporary basis as soon as possible until 25 June 2025 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full-time, temporary working 35.25, with the option for an additional 2.5 hours, with a salary of £26,958 to £30,716 per annum. The role is based at the ESMS Junior School Ravelston Site.
The purpose of the role is to deliver high quality, child centred service which meets the needs of children and their families and will include such duties as:

• Be actively involved in the planning and implementation of a curricular programme which meets the needs of the individual child in line with National and Local standards
• Set up challenging and stimulating indoor and outdoor learning experiences
• Observe children and use these observations, in consultation with the Nursery Class Teacher or Senior Lead Practitioner, to contribute to planning, delivering and recording appropriate learning experiences for the children
• Encourage children's development through listening, talking and responding to children in a range of learning contexts
• The Early Years Practitioner will undertake any other tasks as directed by the Nursery Class Teacher, Senior Lead Practitioner or other members of management within the Junior School, which may be reasonably put to them in support of the Junior School’s function.

The successful candidate must have experience delivering Curriculum for Excellence – Early Level and boundless energy and resilience to allow challenges to be viewed as opportunities.


To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.


ESMS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.
All staff working at ESMS have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.


The closing date for applications is 12pm on 3 October 2024. We anticipate interviews will be held week commencing 7 October 2024.

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 Cf E 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.