6 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    4 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

H 2, scale point 3

Teaching Assistant job summary

About this Role

Working Hours: 8:30 am-3.30pm (including a 1 hour lunch break)

Term time only plus two inset days per school year used for staff training.

Contract Type: Permanent

Pay Grade H2, Scale Point: 3

Start Date: September 2025

Responsible to: Headteacher

Closing Date: 30th April 2025 at 9.00 am

Interview Date: 6th May

Our school vision and ethos means that you could be part of something very special in the

heart of Watford and make a real difference to the local community. At St John’s Church of

England Primary School, we believe that happy staff equal happy, engaged children.

We believe that:

The child should be at the centre of all that we do.

We should be developing a love of learning across the whole school - pupils, families

and staff.

Our staff should have the opportunities to develop and grow.

Staff wellbeing is central to delivering quality education

We can offer:

One day’s paid leave per academic year

Training opportunities

Supportive working environment

A rich and diverse community showing respect to all

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Watford St John's Church of England Primary School

School type
Free School, Church of England/Christian, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
380 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Inclusive Church of England Primary School - 'Growing Together in Love and Respect'.

School location

Similar jobs nearby

Learning Support Assistant

Coppetts Wood Primary School

Coppetts Road, London, N10 1JS

1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant

Crabtree Infants' School

Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 5PU

Learning Support Assistant

Thomas Harding Junior School

Thomas Harding Junior School, Fullers Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1LR

Level 3 Qualified Teaching Assistant for Early Years

Oxhey Wood Primary School

Oxhey Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 7SL

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Watford and Hertfordshire