Principal Teacher

1 month ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom City of Edinburgh Council Full time
Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Principal Teacher
Abbeyhill Primary School

Salary: £55,507
Hours: 35 per week

Abbeyhill Primary School seeks to appoint a highly motivated, experienced and dynamic individual with an excellent track record in primary teaching.

The successful applicant will take a lead developing our nursery and play pedagogy across early years as well as other leadership responsibilities dependant upon skills and experience. Experience and knowledge of developing digital literacy across the curriculum is desirable.

Abbeyhill Primary is a co-educational and non-denominational school located in the heart of old Edinburgh, overlooking the Palace of Holyrood house and Arthur's Seat. The school caters for children from Primary 1 to Primary 7, and has a Nursery class which provides pre-school education for children aged 3-5 years.

We pride ourselves on being at the heart of our community with strong links to the Palace, local businesses and the annual Colony of Artists festival. We have built strong relationships with the Collective Gallery on Calton Hill and fully utilise Queen's Park for Forest Adventures and outdoor learning from Nursery - P7.

Further information about the school can be found on our website:

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

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'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.

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