Pre-School Assistant (Part-Time)

Package Description

For details of our extensive benefits package, please refer to our Total Rewards Statement (attached).

Main Responsibilities

Planning and Quality Assurance

• To assist ELPs in implementing planning.
• To support in resourcing a stimulating learning environment which fosters creativity, curiosity and challenge.
• To liaise with the Senior Teacher and ELPs to monitor and record pupil progress.
• To contribute to ongoing self-evaluation and development of the setting.

Communication

• To promote positive relationships with parents, children, and colleagues.

Pastoral Care

• To safeguard and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the children.
• Together with key staff, respond to the needs, interests, and developmental stage of the individual child.

Development

• To use self-evaluation to identify areas for improvement.
• Demonstrate a commitment to on-going CPD eg training, weekly planning and staff meetings.
• To keep up to date with key policies and national guidance.

Day to Day

• Provide support during daily lunch service.

Professional Recognition

• The candidate must be prepared to register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) if they are not already a member.  A PVG update will also be required.  Food hygiene and First Aid are also desirable.

The Ideal Candidate

The role would suit somebody with experience of working in a Primary School, After School Club, Pre-School or Nursery.

About the school/organisation

Hutchesons' Grammar School aims to provide boys and girls with a broad Scottish education, with the emphasis on academic excellence.

Founded in 1641, Hutchesons’ is a famous school which has always been at the forefront of teaching and learning in Scotland.  Nowadays, it is a large and dynamic school of great vitality and diversity, where around 1,250 pupils from Pre-School right through to S6 follow a broad curriculum, blending the traditional and the modern.  Experienced teachers are one of Hutchesons’ greatest strengths, along with the resources they need to do their job to the highest possible standards.

Hutchesons’ pupils excel in a wide variety of sports both nationally and internationally, and the quality of performance in music, drama and the arts is equally high. All pupils can follow a structured programme in and out of the classroom which broadens their outlook and helps them develop their interests and enthusiasms. There are many opportunities for involvement in clubs and societies, community work and charity fund-raising, visits and tours both within the UK and abroad, and for the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

As individuals, Hutchesons’ pupils are encouraged to develop confidence, self-discipline, integrity, courtesy and consideration for others. They are part of a large community of learners, where every individual is important. They learn to be thoughtful, articulate and well-read and to have a clear idea about how they want to live their lives beyond school and university.

Scots have always valued education very highly, and for nearly four centuries Hutchesons’ has sent young men and women out into the world secure in the knowledge that they are part of that tradition.

Hutchesons’ prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. If you have what it takes, we really want to hear from you.