LOCATION:
The Community School of Auchterarder New School Lane Auchterarder, PH3 1BL
SALARY:
£3,536 - £3,694 per year
CONTRACT TYPE:
Temporary
POSITION TYPE:
Part Time
HOURS:
6 hours per week
We currently have the following opportunity:
Primary School Support Assistant (Fixed Term until 16 August 2026) - PKC12889
£3,536 - £3,694 (6 Hours per week, Term-time only)
The Community School of Auchterarder
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Primary School Support Assistant to join our Primary School team, with responsibility for supervising pupils during school lunchtimes.
Please note that this post is a fixed term post, currently temporary until August 2026.
As a Primary School Support Assistant, you will be responsible for supervising pupils during the school lunchtimes, supporting children in the lunch hall and in the playground.
The working pattern for this post will be Monday to Friday during term-time, 12:10 – 1:22pm.
About the School
The Community School of Auchterarder is an all-through school, comprising Nursery, Primary and Secondary departments serving the community of Auchterarder and surrounding district.
We have a roll of approximately 1,100 children and young people across all three sectors.
The school is situated in a rural location, approximately 14 miles south of Perth with good road networks to the rest of Perthshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the central belt.
Our Associated Primary Schools are Aberuthven, Blackford and Dunning.
Our school motto is ‘Strive to Excel’ and, working together, we encourage all children and young people to aspire to be the best they can be.
Our aim is to build a community of learners who are:
Happy
Engaged
Ambitious
Respectful
Trustworthy
The Community School of Auchterarder, at the HEART of our community.
Skills & Experience Required
We are looking for an individual who can demonstrate:
- A genuine interest in children and their wellbeing
- Kindness, Empathy, patience and an ability to engage with children and young people.
- Confidentiality in relation to children, young people and their families.
Working at Perth & Kinross Council
Our values and behaviours influence our work and support us in the delivery of our key priorities. In your application, and should you be invited to interview, you will be asked to describe situations that support the criteria required in the role and which also demonstrate our values and behaviours.
