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Principal Teacher of Craft Design & Technology - Portobello High School - 16131_1787652257

CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL • UK

Salary

£60k – £70k

Posted

25 August 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL is hiring a Principal Teacher of Craft Design & Technology - Portobello High School - 16131_1787652257 in UK, a teaching role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £60k – £70k. CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Principal Teacher of Craft, Design & Technology (CDT) Portobello High School Salary: £66,759, permanent Hours: 35 per week Portobello High School is a six-year comprehensive based in the East of Edinburgh with a school roll of over 1600 young people, drawn mainly from five associate primary schools - Brunstane, Duddingston, Parsons Green, Royal High and Towerbank. The school enjoys a very high standard of accommodation with facilities used extensively by the community. There is an excellent ext…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £60k – £70k
How this salary compares: about 111% above the £33,160 median across 969 teaching roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: UK
Similar roles nearby: 114 other live teaching roles in UK — browse them
Posted: 25 August 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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Teaching roles in secondary and further education are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, with particularly strong demand for STEM subject specialists, modern foreign language teachers, and SEN support staff. Both state academy trusts and independent schools appear on the Home Office sponsor register and recruit internationally.