St. Peter’s CE Primary School, Hixon
Teaching Assistant
(for Interventions)
FTE Salary: Pro rata £24,404
Actual Salary: Actual Salary £8,547 (Pay award pending)
Scale: Grade 3, Point 3
Hours: 15 Hours per week (Days TBA)
Working Pattern: 3 Days 9am – 3pm OR 5 Afternoons 1pm – 3.30pm
Contract Type: Fixed Term, Term-Time only (39 Weeks)
Start Date: 1st September 2025
End Date: 20th July 2025
Location: St. Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Church Lane, Hixon, ST18 0PS.
For September 2025, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated teaching assistant to join our ambitious and highly dedicated school team in leading and managing small group interventions in phonics and early maths. Experience in one or both of these areas would be beneficial.
At St. Peter’s we are driven to create an exceptional learning experience for every child. We are committed to securing the very best educational standards and removing barriers to learning for our children, in order to open doors through learning, faith and care. Our most recent SIAMs inspection highlights that St. Peter’s has ‘a deeply loving culture of welcome, inclusion and acceptance for all’ (May 2023).
The successful candidate will:
* be kind and patient have a positive attitude and a desire to help children succeed;
* be an enthusiastic, proactive and highly skilled classroom support practitioner;
* have great attention to detail; be self-motivated and be able to work to deadlines;
* be a great communicator; be flexible in their approach, and able to think creatively about how to get the best out of learners they work with;
* have experience of working with and supporting children who have special educational needs;
* be able to work on their own initiative and make decisions with the best interests of our children at heart;
* support our belief that every child has the right to the best possible learning experience;
* have high aspirations for every child in our school, and strive to ensure that every second of their learning adventure is magical, memorable and of the highest possible standard;
* have experience of utilising a range of behaviour management strategies which positively impact on pupils and allow them to engage fully with learning experiences offered;
* uphold the school’s Christian values and support the school’s distinct Christian ethos;
* be committed to their own professional learning and development;
* be able to contribute and support the school's continual drive to achieve more than we dreamed possible.
In return we offer:
* A wonderful opportunity to work within a dynamic and highly supportive school environment with a team of professionals who are all committed to ensuring success for every child;
* A leadership team who are committed to you and your professional development;
* The opportunity to become part of a church school family who work together to open doors with learning, faith and care.
* A positive school family, who are enthusiastic about learning and working together to keep getting better.
This post is open to those new to the role as well as those with more experience and prospective candidates are encouraged to visit the school prior to application. Please contact Mrs Gee in the school office for more information on (01889) 270233 or via email on office@st-peters-hixon.staffs.sch.uk
St. Peter’s Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require candidates to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions on their application forms.
Closing date: Monday 7th July 2025 at 9.00am (Candidates will be shortlisted on this date and successful applicants invited to interview on 09.07.2025).
Interview date: Wednesday 9th July 2025
To apply for this position please access the recruitment documents below and return completed applications to office@st-peters-hixon.staffs.sch.uk
St. Peter’s Church of England Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require candidates to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions on their application forms.
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