Teaching Assistant - Music
Saint John Bosco College, London, SW11 3DQ19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
2 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
11 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Music
Working pattern
- Full time: 34 hours per week Monday to Friday - Term time only including Inset Days (39 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Actual salary: £26,023 (FTE £31,086) Scale 3 - Point 5 [Inner London]
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Responsibilities & Accountabilities
• Assisting teachers with the delivery of music lessons, including supporting in break out lessons.• Supervising, assisting, and setting up for clubs, ensembles and rehearsals. • Setting up performance spaces for concerts. • Sing or play in music ensembles if appropriate. • Designing and printing promotional material for performances. • Assisting pupils with the preparation of specific pieces of work such as Music GCSE coursework and performances. • Assisting with filming of examination submissions and co-curricular events.
Administrative Support
• Assisting the Head of Music with administrative and logistical tasks. • Setting up music tuition payment items on the school’s parent payment system, ParentMail. • Regularly monitoring ParentMail to track incoming payments and maintaining accurate and up-todate records of payments received and outstanding balances. • Act as the primary point of contact regarding queries and payment schedules. • Proactively identify overdue payments and settle balances following the school’s procedures.
Support for the School
• Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school • Show a willingness to support whole school activities when required • Appreciate and support the role of other professionals • Attend relevant meetings as required • Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required • Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school • Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required • To be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to vulnerable adults in relation to the worker’s role • To ensure that the worker’s line manager is made aware and kept fully informed of any concerns which the worker may have in relation to safeguarding and/or child protection. • Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
Safeguarding and Inclusion
• To comply with policies and procedures relating to Child Protection, Health & Safety, security, confidentiality and data protection and to ensure that the individual’s line manager is made aware and kept fully informed of any concerns which the individual may have in relation to safeguarding and/or child protection. • To be fully aware of and understand the duties and responsibilities arising from the Children’s Act 2004 and Working Together in relation to child protection and safeguarding children and young people as this applies to the individual’s role within the organisation.
Continuing Professional Development
• To be reflective of own practice and identify appropriate training for self-development • To willingly participate and commit to the school’s on-going wider learning programme including specialist training in safeguarding of children and young people.
What the school offers its staff
OUR CULTURE AND ETHOS ✅ A proud, diverse and inclusive Catholic school making a real difference to the lives of our students ✅ A strong RUAH ethos (Respect, Understanding, Affection and Humour) – our culture is rooted in family, belonging and mutual respect ✅ Part of a worldwide Salesian network of schools – sharing values, mission and support ✅ A clear behaviour policy built on our values and consistently upheld ✅ Staff voice matters – we actively consult on wellbeing, workload, curriculum, systems and student experience ✅ Staff are celebrated on merit – regular recognition of the difference they make ✅ All SLT teach – modelling shared responsibility and understanding
WORKLOAD AND SYSTEMS THAT RESPECT STAFF TIME ✅ We promote working smarter, not harder – focusing on purposeful systems ✅ A streamlined marking policy – teachers do not mark every book; we prioritise impact over quantity ✅ Weekly department meetings built into the timetable – no late evenings ✅ PPA allowance of 17% including CPD and Departmental time in school hours, enabling teachers to plan high-quality lessons ✅ Only 2 break duties and 1 lunch duty per week – fair, balanced and manageable ✅ Centralised detention system for homework and lateness – led by the pastoral team, not individual teachers
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ✅ A bespoke coaching programme for every staff member ✅ CPD rooted in the SSAT Embedding Formative Assessment model – focused, practical and high-impact ✅ Weekly CPD time built into the school day – no need for regular after-school sessions ✅ Just 8 twilight CPD sessions scheduled across the whole year ✅ Accredited at Bronze by the TDT’s Building Expert Schools programme - independently verified for excellence in professional learning. ✅ Governors can financially support post-graduate studies ( up to 25%) for courses directly related to improving student outcomes or experience Our Commitment to Staff Wellbeing At SJBC, we’ re building a school that values its staff just as much as its students.
FLEXIBILITY AND WELLBEING ✅ Flexible PPA arrangements – staff can request a late start or early finish once a week to work from home ✅ Access to a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 professional counselling and advice ✅ On-site gym – free for staff use ✅ A programme of staff social activities promoting wellbeing and a real sense of community led by an experienced staff wellbeing coordinator ✅ Trained Mental Health practitioners and MH first aiders available to support staff wellbeing ✅ Chaplaincy team that supports staff and students and dedicated spaces for quiet prayer and/or reflection for those that want it
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
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About Saint John Bosco College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 828 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Saint John Bosco College website
- Email address
- apply@sjbc.wandsworth.sch.uk
St John Bosco College is an 'Outstanding' (RC Archdiocese of Southwark May 2019) Roman Catholic, 11 – 18 mixed school. The school is in the top 5% of schools nationally for GCSE progress and in the top 1% for progress made by disadvantaged students. Our success can be credited to our committed and dedicated staff who strive for excellence and promote high aspirations throughout the school.
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