Teaching Assistant - Primary (Specific Child) at St Peter's Catholic School

Teaching Assistant (Primary) – 25 hours per week, Term Time only – Fixed Term contact to 31.8.2027 – hours assigned to a specific Year 5 student.

We welcome applications from candidates who have experience of working with children with SEND. We are seeking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic teaching assistant who is able to support one of our children to access the curriculum and support their social communication and emotional development.

St Peter's is a very successful and oversubscribed School. We are a caring community with resolute focus on delivering outstanding teaching and learning.

The School seeks to appoint an outstanding Teaching Assistant - Primary (Fixed Term Contract to 31.8.2027) wanting to join a supportive and committed team who are passionate about teaching and learning.

St Peter's is an 'all through school' that was designated GOOD by Ofsted in September 2023. It is delightfully situated on the Dorset Coast with ready access to the New Forest, both areas rich with opportunities for outdoor pursuits.

Closing date – 8.00am Monday 6^th October 2025.

Interview date to be confirmed.

Further details and application forms are available on the school website:

https://www.st-peters.bournemouth.sch.uk/blog/?pid=6&nid=4

Please be advised CVs are not accepted as a form of application.

St Peter's Catholic School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

St Peter's Catholic School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.