Teacher of Physical Education
ESMS - The Mary Erskine School
Edinburgh, City of
- £34,508 - £49,977 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Remuneration is dependant upon skills and experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 6 January 2025 or 28 October 2024 if possible
- Apply by:
- 13 September 2024
Job overview
Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools are currently recruiting for a Teacher of Physical Education to join The Mary Erskine School on a permanent basis from 6 January 2025 or 28 October 2024 if possible (subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks). The role is full time, with a salary of £34,508 -£49,977 per annum dependent on qualifications and experience.
The successful candidate must be GTCS registered or eligible for registration, they must have a recognised teaching qualification along with a subject-specific degree, strong communication skills, integrity, resilience, and a commitment to student development and fairness. Familiarity with SQA qualifications is desirable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
In order to apply for the position, applicants must visit https://jobsearch.esms.org.uk/ to submit their application form.
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 Friday, 13 September 2024. We anticipate shortlisting to be held the week commencing 16 September 2024, with interviews later that week or the week after.
Attached documents
About ESMS - The Mary Erskine School
- ESMS - The Mary Erskine School
- Ravelston, Edinburgh
- Midlothian
- EH4 3NT
- United Kingdom
The Mary Erskine School is an independent, non-denominational day school for girls aged 11-18 in Edinburgh. There are approximately 740 girls, of whom about 25 are boarders. Admission is through assessment. ESMS has a charitable foundation and provides financial assistance to over 150 bursary holders, who attend The Mary Erskine School or Stewart's Melville College. The school is one of the oldest girls' schools in the UK, having been founded in 1694, and was voted The Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of the Year in 2012.
The school enjoys an excellent academic reputation and prides itself on the range of musical, dramatic and other extra-curricular opportunities offered to its girls. Girls have sung in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo choir, represented the UK in the European Youth Parliament on four occasions, performed in professional West End touring shows, gone on incredible trips to diverse locations including Malawi, Vietnam, New Zealand and China, and represented their school and country in sports including hockey, fencing, cricket and equestrianism.
The Mary Erskine School is part of the ESMS family of schools and is closely twinned with Stewart's Melville College through a shared House system and co-education in many activities, including trips, shows, concerts, orchestras, bands, numerous Outdoor Education projects and in the Combined Cadet Force. The co-educational Sixth Form aims to offer a genuine pre-university experience.
Principal
Mr Anthony Simpson
Values and vision
The Mary Erskine 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.
The school follows its own curriculum prior to examination years. The Curriculum for Excellence is not followed. Girls generally sit the public examinations prescribed by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. It is normal for girls to sit a combination of eight subjects at National 5 and to proceed to Higher courses in S5. The majority will return for a final year in Sixth Form, with a high proportion taking Advanced Highers. ‘A’ Levels are offered in Art and in Music.
The Mary Erskine School aims to provide the opportunity for its students to find their voice, ignore stereotypes and to become confident young women. Students are encouraged to be ambitious, set very high standards for themselves and learn leadership skills, making them ready to take their place in society as strong leaders and role models for future generations of girls.
Education Scotland report
“There were very good links between the school and the Houses. The Principal, senior managers with responsibility for boarding and the Housemaster and Housemistress monitored pupils’ academic and personal progress closely.”
View the Mary Erskine School's latest Education Scotland report
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