Secondary School Teacher (Permanent)

Teacher ASN (POD) Fixed Term until August 2027 Full Time - 35 hours per week. Currently, Midlothian has 6 secondary schools, 31 primary schools (19 of which have nurseries) and 4 stand alone nursery schools. Our special school, Saltersgate, provides support for children with a range of physical, social, emotional, behavioural and learning difficulties. The schools range in size from our smallest primary school with around 50 children to our largest secondary with over 1600 pupils. We have a diverse range of school catchments, from rural to urban settings. We are fortunate to have a growing number of new build schools, with 15 of our primary schools and 2 secondary having been built within the last 10 years and several new builds planned.

Education at Lasswade High School (LHS) focuses on creativity, effort, kindness and respect, working together as a community to provide all our students with opportunities to succeed and reach their goals. Our school leavers are equipped and ready to contribute positively and embrace the challenges of being a local, national and international citizen.

We seek to recruit creative and innovative staff with a formidable work ethic, who work collegiately to improve experiences and outcomes for our students. This post is for a teacher in our Complex Needs Provision, which is for students with a range of complex additional support needs including ASD, intellectual disability and Down's Syndrome. The successful candidate will have responsibility for a core class whose curriculum is supplemented by subject specialist teachers to ensure students receive their entitlements.

Pre Employment Checks/Requirements for Teaching Positions:

• If you are successful, our offer of employment will be conditional on satisfactory completion of pre-employment requirements, such as medical screening, two written references, one which must be from your most recent/current employer, verification of your original qualifications and your eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.
• Registration with the General Teaching Council and a satisfactory PVG check for Regulated Work with Children will also be essential.

General Teaching Council Scotland:

Teachers applying for permanent posts should be fully registered with the General Teaching Council Scotland (GTCS).

Regulated Work with Children:

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 a PVG Scheme membership for Regulated Work with Children. Disclosures should be made by writing to or emailing the Employment and Reward Manager, in confidence, giving details of the offence(s), penalty and date(s) of conviction. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar an applicant from working with Midlothian.

If you have difficulty applying for this post or accessing attached documents, or if you have a disability and reasonable adjustment is required, please email.

The 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. If you are a trainee of a Midlothian Council Training Programme, have a disability or you are a care experienced young person who has previously been a looked after child, you are eligible for a guaranteed interview if you meet the essential criteria for the post.