Pupil Support Assistant

St John's CofE Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 6JF

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 June 2025

• Closing date

  19 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £5,505.66 Annually (Actual) 10 hours per week term time only

Pupil Support Assistant job summary

PUPIL SUPPORT ASSISTANT

St John’s is a very special place and we need a very special person to join our family.

As a valued member of our team, you will play a vital role in keeping our children safe. You will work closely with the whole staff team to ensure children have a safe and enjoyable lunchtime experience.

Our ideal candidate will be a team player. You should have the ability to build positive relationships with pupils in order to support them to be safe and happy. You should also be committed to developing your own g practice and share the school’s high expectations for all pupils.

“St John’s is a special place and we need a special sort of person;

someone with sparkle in their eyes.”

School Councillor, Year 4

You will:

Have energy and enthusiasm to help create an enjoyable lunchtime

Have strong observational skills to help keep our children safe

Have patience, empathy and kindness

Be quick thinking and able to handle emergencies

Enjoy being part of a close team

“Here at St John’s, within the context of Christian beliefs and practice, our children and their families always come first. We value our children’s feelings, creativeness and success in their learning equally, helping each child’s love of learning grow, whilst also developing their interior posture.”

Andrew Knight, Headteacher

You must:

Have a warm smile that makes every child feel special

Be able to make every child feel safe when their world outside school might not always feel that way

Have the fire in your belly that fuels your desire to help children

Be able to laugh at some of the jokes our children share even though you don’t understand them or find them funny

Be prepared to feel loved, special and important to our children and their families

St John’s

Life in all its fullness at its heart

John 10:10

Commitment to safeguarding

We have a duty of care to ensure all of our children are safe. In school we do this by making sure that everyone who comes into the building is suitable for working with children.

Due to safer recruitment guidelines, applications will only be considered on our official application forms which are available from the Career Opportunities tab of our website www.stjohnsceprimary.co.uk.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St John's CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 447 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-cofe-primary-school-bradford

Our school serves its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. At St John’s we pride ourselves on our knowledge of our children: the children come first in all that we do. We work hard to know every child, to know their strengths and interests, so that their learning is always challenging and interesting. We work closely with families to ensure that our families are empowered to support their children within and beyond school.

We are a popular two-form entry primary school with a nursery. The school is situated in exceptional grounds and draws children primarily from Bierley and the Holmewood estate. The team at St John’s work hard to ensure our curriculum is inspiring for our children, responding to their needs both academically and personally, building individual, independent children as they leave our school.

We are proud to be part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) family of schools. If you would like more information about our school or BDAT, you can browse our website or visit the BDAT website.

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