Teaching Assistant
St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School, London, SE15 5LP9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
3 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE salary: £31,530 pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Support for Pupils:
- Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
- Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care Programmes.
- Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
- Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
Support for Teachers:
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.
- Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
- Assist with the planning of learning activities.
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
- Administer routine tests and invigilate examinations and undertake routine marking of pupils’ work.
- Provide clerical/admin support e.g. photocopying, money, filing administer coursework etc.
Support for the Curriculum:
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
- Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies e.g. literacy, numeracy, early years recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.
- Support the use of IT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans./relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
Support for the School:
- To have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the guidance of Keeping Children Safe in Education procedures adopted by the Southwark Safeguarding Children’s Board and the school’s Safeguarding Policy.
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to Safeguarding, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
- Attend and participate in 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 and at lunchtime.
- Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you a School, which has:
- Children that are happy and well behaved.
- A caring and supportive learning community.
- A genuine opportunity to make a difference.
- Friendly and supportive colleagues.
- Great transport links by bus, train and Overground Line to Peckham Rye.
What our students say about their school:
- We are kind to each other.
- There are lots of different trips and activities.
- Our work is displayed all over the school.
- We enjoy celebrating.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 223 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- office@stjamesthegreat.southwark.sch.uk
St James the Great is an inclusive, thriving and popular school which is part of a hard federation with another school in Southwark Local Authority.
We believe in professional development for all our staff. We offer a richness of experience for our pupils.
The school is situated in Peckham; a vibrant and flourishing part of London, only minutes walk from Peckham Rye station with its excellent transport links by rail and London Overground.
Arranging a visit to St James the Great Roman Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@stjamesthegreat.southwark.sch.uk.
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