Description Early Years Practitioner Ratho Primary School Salary: £29,173 - £33,287 (pro-rate for sessional) Hours: 36 per week, 39 weeks sessional The school is non-denominational and caters for the village of Ratho, from Nursery to Primary 7. Currently we have around 224 children on our school roll and 64 in our nursery. Classes are arranged by age. At present there are 10 classes (including the nursery class). At Ratho Primary we pride ourselves on constantly striving to provide the best possible education for your child. We are looking for 2 passionate and dynamic Early Years Practitioners to join our skilled and motivated team. At Ratho we are committed to providing an excellent early years’ experience, based on mutual respect, partnership, participation and fun. Our staff work hard to present exciting and engaging learning experiences and we aim for the highest levels of achievement for every child. 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. To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working. You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. Happy to talk flexible working. Follow us on X at @edincounciljobs View Early Years Practitioner job pack View sessional working information