Early Years Teaching Assistant - St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Location: Chalfont St. Peter
Overview
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks Pay Scale point 16 -( FTE £28,129)
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 37.5
Closing date: 07/07/2025 12:00
Interviews to be held: week commencing 07/07/2025
About us
At St Joseph's Catholic Primary School we are proud to provide a well-rounded, high-quality education for all children; underpinned and guided by our faith in Christ and Catholic values of loving neighbour and self, community and truth.
Our aim is to provide all children with a rich, varied curriculum designed to meet their individual needs, enabling all to reach their full potential spiritually,morally, socially as well as academically, in a safe and secure environment.
About the role
We are looking for a keen, enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated individual
to work as part of our friendly, hardworking staff team.
Our teaching assistants, as professional partners, work responsibly alongside teaching staff. The role is to support learning in the classroom, in small groups and one-to-one, as directed. The applicant must be able to work with groups of pupils to improve key Literacy and Mathematical skills, seizing opportunities for learning and supporting the teacher in whole class settings. The successful applicant should ideally have some experience of working with children in this age range.
About you
Background experience:
• NVQ teaching assistant Level 3,
• A levels or childcare qualifications (an advantage but not essential)
• GCSE Maths & English, Grades A-C (Essential)
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01753 887743
Email: [email protected]
Applications to be completed via the https://mynewterm.com/ or emailing application form to [email protected]
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All St Joseph’s staff must have a DBS clearance before commencing work, two references including one from the most recent employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
