26 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Term 2/3

  • Closing date

    30 November 2025 at 10:59pm

  • Date listed

    4 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,513.00 Annually (FTE) £15,613 (Actual)

Teaching Assistant/Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our team and work in this busy and vibrant school. We are seeking an enthusiastic person to work with our Year 2 team plus some lunch-time cover. This is a permanent role for 27.5 hours per week, Mondays to Fridays 9.00-15.00 hours with 30-minute unpaid lunch break, term time only.

The candidate will need:

  • To be a positive and energetic person who loves working with children
  • Have a friendly and approachable manner
  • Be able to inspire and promote the learning of children
  • Have good literacy and mathematical skills
  • Be able to form position relationship with children and adults
  • Enjoy working as part of a team

We have a wonderful team and delightful children, who epitomise our strong values of respect, resilience, responsibility, community, compassion and excellence. At St Katherine’s, we passionately believe that everyone plays their part in ‘creating our future by learning together’ - and this includes you!

We have extensive, rural grounds and outstanding facilities, which include our own swimming pool, art studio, a purpose-built forest school area, sensory rooms and a fantastic library, with its own reading vending machine. These resources, alongside carefully planned enrichment activities, support us to deliver an exciting curriculum, which is motivating to teach and inspires our children to ‘See Beyond Snodland’.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about shaping children’s lives. Someone who inspires children through their high expectations and ability to bring learning to life. Someone who is dedicated to their own professional development and is keen be part of the next stage of the school’s journey - and what an exciting journey it is!

We can offer you a warm and supportive learning environment, a dynamic and aspirational team and inspirational children, who love their learning experiences and contribute significantly to the wider life of the school.

If the prospect of joining us on the next phase of our journey excites you, we would very much welcome your application

The benefits of joining Coppice Primary Partnership:

Children who are articulate, compassionate, willing and eager to learn

Access to private healthcare, including 24/7 GP access

Annual flu jab

A family first approach - cover to ensure you don’t miss important events

Free access to wraparound care for primary aged children attending trust schools

The holiday play scheme is also open and free to staff who have children who attend other schools when staff are required to work.

Kent Rewards, a site offering cash back, discounts and vouchers

A large, modern and well-resourced primary school, set in excellent school grounds, where opportunities for high quality outdoor learning are facilitated

An opportunity to share a real, relevant and engaging curriculum.

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our team and hope you will want to further explore this with us. We review applications on a rolling-basis. Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged and we would ask you to arrange these by contacting the School Office.

Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted. References will be applied for prior to interview.

St. Katherine's School & Nursery is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, health questionnaire etc.

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.

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About St Katherine's School & Nursery

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
494 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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