St. Peter’s Church of England Primary School
Church Lane, Hixon
Staffordshire, ST18 0PS
T: 01889 270233 | E: office@st-peters-hixon.staffs.sch.uk
St. Peter’s CE Primary School, Hixon
SEN Teaching Assistant
Multiple Positions Available
POST 1 – SEN Teaching Assistant (SEN Resource Base)
FTE Salary: Pro rata £24,404
Actual Salary: Actual Salary £9,972 (Pay award pending)
Scale: Grade 3, Point 4
Hours: 17.5 Hours per week (Monday – Friday 9.00am – 12.30pm)
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.
NB: Post 1 and Post 2 could be combined.
POST 2 - SEN Teaching Assistant (Classroom Support)
FTE Salary: Pro rata £24,404
Actual Salary: Actual Salary £5,698 (Pay award pending) Term Time Only (39wks)
Scale: Grade 3, Point 4
Hours: 10 Hours per week (Monday – Friday, 1.15pm – 3.15pm)
Contract Type: Fixed Term, Term-Time only.
Start Date: 1st September 2025
End Date: 20th July 2025
Location: St. Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Church Lane, Hixon, ST18 0PS.
NB: Post 1 and Post 2 could be combined.
POST 3 - SEN Teaching Assistant (SEN Resource Base)
FTE Salary: Pro rata £24,404
Actual Salary: Actual Salary £8,547 (Pay award pending)
Scale: Grade 3, Point 4
Hours: 15 Hours per week (Monday – Friday 12.30pm – 3.30pm)
Contract Type: Fixed Term, Term-Time only.
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 enthusiastic and highly motivated teaching assistants to join our ambitious and highly dedicated school team as we seek to support learners with more complex SEMH and cognition and learning needs both in the classroom and within our newly created SEND resource base ‘The Retreat’.
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;
* be able to work on their own initiative and make decisions with the best interests of our children at heart;
* have experience of working with and supporting children who have special educational needs; have good communication skills and experience of working in partnership with parents to secure the very best educational outcomes;
* support our belief that every child has the right to the best possible learning experience;
* be committed to nurturing and growing learners as individuals;
* be flexible in their approach, and able to think creatively about how to get the best out of learners they work with;
* 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: Wednesday 4th June 2025 at 1pm.
Shortlisting date: Friday 6th June 2025 after this date successful applicants will be contacted and invited to attend the school for formal interview and selection activities during week commencing Monday 9th June 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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