Primary School Support Assistant

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within Perth & Kinross Council is more than a job, it's about being part of an organisation that puts people at the heart of all we do and provides opportunities to make a real difference by enhancing every life we touch.

Primary School Support Assistant (Fixed Term until 16 August 2026) - PKC
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£9,008 - £9,235 (15 Hours per week, Term-time only)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Primary School Support Assistant to join our Primary School team, working 15 hours per week, with responsibility for supervising pupils, including during school lunchtimes.

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 and providing general support to the primary team at other times, such as dealing with first aid and staffing the primary reception desk.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who can work Monday to Friday during term-time, to support our primary lunchtimes from 12:10pm - 1:22pm, as well as an additional 9 hours each week to support at other key times, however, there may be some flexibility with the above days and times.

Please note that this post is currently a fixed term post and is initially temporary until August 2026.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

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.

• 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.

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
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• A generous annual leave package
• 6 days public holiday and an additional discretionary day
• Eligibility to join our pension scheme
• Family friendly and positive work/life balance policies such as Flexible Working , Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave , time off for volunteering and our Wellbeing Framework
• Access to a range of benefits

We would love to hear from you and would encourage you to get in touch with us at to find out more.

Contact the hiring manager above or the Recruitment Team on (01738) 475555 to discuss any reasonable adjustments.

External candidates are required to provide contact details for 2 referees, including email addresses. One of these must be your current or most recent employer.

Internal applicants applying for secondment must obtain line manager approval through the secondment form available under My Forms – Secondment Request Form on MyView. Please note that secondment requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.

We welcome applications from everyone and as a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to interview applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential requirements of the post.

Diversity is important to us and although some of our jobs may be perceived to be traditionally gender specific, we welcome applications from everyone and would encourage you to apply if you meet the job…