Teaching Assistant Required for March 2025

Teaching Assistant required for March  

1 Year Fixed Term Contract – Maternity Cover, Term Time Only (34 weeks per year) 

Full time, 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hours p/w) 

£21 - £24k per annum dependent upon teaching experience and qualifications 

Apply by 9am on 13th January2025 

Holy Cross Preparatory School is an outstanding independent school for girls aged from 3 to 11 years. Located conveniently just off Kingston Hill, we are a Catholic school with a caring and inclusive ethos. We have a beautiful eight-acre site and offer first rate facilities including a performing arts and sports hall, tennis and netball courts, a sports pavilion, and all-weather pitches.  

Our dedicated and committed team work together to pursue excellence on every level. Our well behaved and curious girls not only achieve academic excellence; many excel in sport, music and art while growing as happy, well-rounded, confident, and curious young people. Our employees are extremely hardworking, highly motivated, and fully committed to life in a busy and thriving prep school. 

We have an opportunity in our junior department for an experienced and well qualified teaching assistant to join our team from March 2025. Our teaching assistants play an invaluable role supporting our teaching staff in both the preparation and delivery of the curriculum. We would like to hear from anyone who has experience of supporting teaching and learning, preferably in years 5 or 6 and has solid administration experience. Successful candidates will be able to confidently deliver small group interventions and whole class teaching as required.  Applicants will need to be flexible and enthusiastic, possess initiative, and have excellent communication, organisational and ICT skills.   

We value our employees and offer competitive salaries, membership of a pension scheme, life insurance and other wellbeing benefits such as 24/7 GP access. We have car-parking on site and provide a free lunch and refreshments during term time. 

If you share our ethos, are passionate about education and would like to join our friendly and supportive team, please submit an application form to recruitment@holycrossprep.com Further details and the application form can be found on the school website vacancies page. Contact Lindsey Banks, Deputy Bursar on 0208 942 0996 if you wish to discuss this exciting opportunity. We encourage early interest and applications and reserve the right to close the advert early. 

Holy Cross Prep are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.