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Teacher of Mathematics
Job Reference schooltalent/TP/11693/1861
The Role
Stewart's Melville College are currently recruiting for a Teacher of Mathematics to join the Schools on a permanent basis from 14 August 2025 (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). This is a full time role and remuneration will be on the ESMS Teaching Staff Salary Scale A (£34,508 - £49,977 per annum) and is dependent on qualifications and experience. The role is based at Stewart’s Melville College on the Queensferry Road site.
The Teacher of Mathematics teaches all levels, up to and including Advanced Higher.
The successful candidate will have the relevant qualifications and experience.
To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.
Eligibility | ESMS is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.
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Benefits | Staff are offered a range of benefits including: a generous holiday allowance, enhanced sick pay, family friendly policies, use of the Schools’ swimming pool and fitness room outside school hours, membership of the ESMS Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations.
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Values | We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESMS values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.
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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.
Any enquiries about this position should be directed to the ESMS Recruitment Team at recruitment@esms.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Thursday 29 May. Interviews will be held the following week.
About ESMS
Welcome to the ESMS, a vibrant, family of independent schools, for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh. We offer a co-educational nursery and junior school, single-sex but closely twinned secondary education and a co-educational sixth form. At the ESMS family of schools we pride ourselves on our holistic approach to education which means that we place as much emphasis on opportunities and activities outside of the classroom as we do on what happens in class. We offer over 300 clubs and societies as well as wide-ranging opportunities in sport, music and drama, outdoor education, trips and community involvement, all with the intention of helping your child discover their talents, learn or explore something new, have fun and make new friends.
Our Vision is to empower learners within our community through innovative approaches and transformative experiences, cultivating creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Through a dynamic education and a culture of determination, we inspire students to dream big, set ambitious goals, and surpass their own expectations, ensuring every child has the opportunity to excel and achieve a fulfilling, successful life, whatever path they choose.
Our Mission is to develop resilient, accomplished, and values-driven students equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindset to lead full, happy lives and shape a better world.
Aims
- We offer an outstanding, well-rounded education, to a diverse group of children
- We take time to build strong relationships and to help our children feel happy, safe and secure so that they thrive emotionally and socially and academically
- We provide an unrivalled range of activities outside the classroom, enabling our children to discover and develop their natural talents
- We inspire children to aim high and achieve strong academic results
- We give children every opportunity to seize and embrace every challenge that life throws at them
- Our teachers inspire innovative thinkers with a love of learning that will last a lifetime
- Our children develop the confidence to use their voices
- Our five values embed character, inspiring children to develop good hearts, make good decisions and improve the world around them.
