Teaching Assistant and OPAL roles

St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 3PY

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,427.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant and OPAL roles job summary

We are recruiting someone who understands children and their needs and believes in developing the whole child, enabling them to thrive both academically and personally.

The successful candidate will have a caring, flexible and inclusive approach to supporting children. Experience in education, care or other people-focused roles would be advantageous but is not essential. We are looking for people who are kind, willing to learn and are able to build supportive relationships with adults and children in our community.

We are an inclusive, Catholic school, built on the belief that every child is made unique and in God’s image. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and none who will uphold our religious ethos and respect every child’s unique talents, treating every member of our community with dignity.

Our school can offer you:

An opportunity for you to play a significant role in the children’s educational journey

A welcoming and supportive environment

An understanding leadership team to help you thrive and develop your own strengths

The successful candidate will need to:

have compassion and be an empathetic practitioner

skilled at building effective and supportive relationships with children and adults

be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support other staff through this.

Have high expectations and dedication to achieve the best for the children they teach and support.

Have the positive attitude needed to support class teachers in delivering planned activities as well as in managing groups of children.

Be confident to support children in their literacy and numeracy skills

Work collaboratively with all members of the community.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Please phone the school office to arrange a tour of our wonderful school. Visit dates:

Wednesday 11th November 2pm

Tuesday 17th November 9:30am

If you believe you could add to our school community then please submit an application form, found on our website, or on MyNewTerm.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About St Peter's Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 411 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Peter's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-catholic-primary-school-gl1-3py

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