Job Vacancy
Education at Lasswade High School
Lasswade High School is the largest secondary school in Midlothian with a roll in excess of 1500 students. The school’s catchment area covers the towns of Bonnyrigg, Loanhead, Rosewell and surrounding villages. We also receive several placing requests as a result of our strong reputation from within and beyond Midlothian. Lasswade has a strong record as a school and provides a wide range of opportunities for our students.
Lasswade High School incorporates a community hub with library, leisure centre, nursery, swimming pool and state of the art sports facilities. The school has over 90 classrooms and high quality facilities to support learning and teaching. Lasswade High School has a School Leadership Team consisting of a Head Teacher, Business Manager and five Depute Head Teachers. Our House, Creative Learning and Complex Needs Provision underpin our Student Support system.
There are over 140 teaching and support staff in 12 Curricular Areas. Each team benefits from its own Principal Teacher leading on curriculum, learning & teaching, improving student outcomes and supporting positive relationships.
We have successful working relationships and transition arrangements with our associated primary schools and nurseries; the quality of this joint working has been recognised by Education Scotland who also highlighted strong community partnerships. The school has an extremely supportive and vibrant Parent Council.
Lasswade High School is an ambitious, caring and creative community working hard to achieve excellence for all students. We aim to offer a wide range of opportunities that allow students to achieve and encourage all members of our school community to pursue excellence in everything they do.
Our vision statement is, ‘Creating our Future Together’. This vision is underpinned by values which have been identified following a collegiate process bringing together the views of staff, students and parents. Our values are
KNOWLEDGE
Evidence of basic literacy and numeracy at Standard Grade General level or SVQ2 in Early Years Care and Education, or National Certificate unit in Childcare & Education, or equivalent competency, to enable the jobholder to communicate effectively with staff and pupils, and provide sensitive support.The jobholder must be familiar with child development and able to respond to the needs of individual pupils. Jobholders should have previous experience of working in this field of work.
To be fully competent in the role jobholders will be required to undertake addition training courses eg first aid, calm techniques etc.
If the post is within a Nursery Environment then the Jobholder must be registered with or obtain membership with the SSSC within 6 months of appointment. In order to register you must currently hold the relevant qualifications or be willing to work towards attaining these qualifications within the first year of registration. For further information about the qualifications recognised by SSSC for registration in a Support Worker role, please see
CLOSING DATE - Wednesday 12th March 2025
INTERVIEW DATE - week beginning 17th March 2025
Job Advert
Position Title: Learning Assistant ASN
Directorate: Children, Young People & Partnerships
Location: Lasswade High School
Contract Status: Permanent
Hours of Work: 27.5 hours per week
Work Pattern: Mon-Thur 8.30-3.30 (1 hour unpaid break) Fri 08:30-12:15 (15 min unpaid break)
Weeks per year: 39
Please note that it is Midlothian Councils policy that successful applicants will be appointed to the first point on the salary scale.
Based on 27.5 hours over 39 weeks per year, the minimum actual salary for this position is £17,856.10 per annum.
Requirements
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.
Successful candidates will require PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children, You will be required to join the Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check prior to commencing employment with Midlothian Council, the cost of which will be met by you. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit
Additional Information
If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please call to speak to a member of the Recruitment Team stating the post reference number.
Midlothian Council is currently undergoing a period of transformation, changing and improving the way it delivers services in Midlothian. As a consequence, there are a number of existing employees for whom we are committed to seeking suitable alternative employment within the Council in accordance with our legal obligations. Candidates are advised that, for some vacancies, internal candidates in this situation will be interviewed before the wider selection pool and a slightly longer delay may be experienced before application outcomes can be advised to you. Thank you for your patience in this matter.
If you are a trainee of a Midlothian Council Training Programme, have a disability or you are a care experienced young person you are eligible for a guaranteed interview if you meet the essential criteria for the post.