Teaching and Learning Support Assistant
Contracted Hours: minimum 15 hours per week for 38 weeks per year (with some scope to increase dependent on school need)
Salary: NJC Grade 4 Spinal Point 7 (pro rata)
Are you an inspirational and highly-motivated teaching and learning support assistant, who is passionate about improving outcomes for children of all abilities in an inclusive and nurturing environment?
We seek to appoint an excellent and highly-motivated member of staff to join our school community as a teaching and learning assistant from November 2025, to effectively contribute to our commitment to the provision of excellent education. Working under the direction of the Inclusion Leader, you will form an important part of our school team by delivering excellent support for teaching and learning that is inclusive to all.
Bishop Perrin Church of England Primary School is a warm and welcoming, highly successful one-form entry school in Whitton, Twickenham. We have a friendly, dedicated staff team, along with supportive governors and parents, and we pride ourselves on excellent pupil behaviour. Our recent Ofsted inspection (February 2024) judged us to be outstanding across all areas and our recent SIAMs inspection (February 2025) described our school as one that is ‘enabling pupils and staff to flourish’.
We seek to appoint someone who is an excellent and enthusiastic practitioner, with the skills to support and challenge our pupils whilst supporting our key initiatives to consistently improve upon standards in progress and achievement. We are looking for someone who is proactive, works well in a team and is keen to grow and develop within their role in our school community.
The successful candidate will:
* Be patient, kind and nurturing
* Have high expectations for all children of all abilities, but particularly those with SEND, applying a range of strategies to support, motivate and engage children in the learning process to secure excellent progress
* Have the confidence to support the class teacher in classroom management to ensure the highest expectations of behaviour
* Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Have initiative, imagination, creativity and a positive approach
* Be willing to contribute to the full life of the school
* Be committed to their own professional development
What Bishop Perrin School can offer to the successful candidate:
* An outstanding and popular one-form entry Church of England primary school with pupils who are considerate, creative and keen to learn in an environment that nurtures excellent standards of behaviour
* A dedicated and supportive team of professionals who work collaboratively to consistently improve outcomes for all children
* A very committed and inclusive school community whose school vision to ‘celebrate learning in faith, hope and love’ is at the heart of everything we do
* A school who actively looks to support their staff’s wellbeing and professional and personal development with high quality CPD
Closing date for applications: Monday 29th September 2025 at 09:00am
Interviews will take place on: Friday 3rd October 2025
Starting date: Monday 3rd November 2025
Bishop Perrin School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made using safer recruitment processes, which includes online checks, and the successful candidate will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. References will be requested prior to interview.
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