Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant
Caterham Prep School
Surrey
- New
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2026
- Apply by:
- 5 May 2026
Job overview
We are delighted to offer a rare opportunity to join our Pre-prep team at Caterham Prep as we are seeking two enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistants. These will play a key role in supporting our pupils to thrive within a school that is ambitious, nurturing and forward-thinking.
Initially based in the Pre-Prep, you will work in close partnership with the class teacher to support high-quality teaching and learning, ensuring every pupil is supported and challenged to achieve their best. The Successful candidate will hold, or be willing to work towards a full and relevant NVQ Level 3 qualification and be a committed and highly effective educational practitioner, dedicated to achieving the best outcome for every individual both in and out of the classroom.
We are looking for adaptable team players who are willing to work across the Prep School in the future, reflecting the collaborative and flexible nature of our staff team.
The closing date for applications is 9.00am on Tuesday 5 May 2026 ; although early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 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). The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application.
Caterham School is committed to applying its equality, diversion and inclusion policy at all stages of recruitment and selection and to ensuring that our employees are always treated fairly and equally in every part of school life.
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About Caterham Prep School
Caterham Prep is a vibrant and thriving part of the Caterham family, providing an outstanding education that enables every pupil to achieve his or her maximum potential intellectually, physically and creatively in an ambitious but nurturing environment. The Caterham School community shares a 200 acre campus in the beautiful Harestone Valley and educates pupils from age 3 to 18. The Prep School is nestled at the far end of the campus, surrounded by its own woodland.
Learning how to learn is a key part of a Caterham education, from the Early Years at the Prep School to the Sixth Form at the Senior School and is, in our view, an essential skill for modern life. We believe that a truly excellent school is about more than academic achievement alone: it is also about developing a passion for learning, a capacity for problem-solving, independent and critical thinking, self-awareness and resilience, self-confidence without arrogance and genuine interests that extend beyond the confines of the classroom.
We believe in providing an ‘Education for Life’ for all Caterhamians and our innovative curriculum blends the best of tradition with exciting opportunities such as Performing Arts, Mandarin, Digital Innovation, 21st Century Skills and Global Citizenship. Our unique Outdoor Learning programme, developed in and taking advantage of our own responsibly managed forest, runs alongside all of this, together with an award-winning Wellbeing programme that runs through the heart of everything we do.
All classrooms are equipped with computers, interactive board and Apple TV, allowing teachers and pupils to collaborate and share screens using the school’s iPads, which are also used for learning across the site, into the school’s grounds and at home. For more advanced computer use in our Digital Innovation programme, the school also has a full ICT suite, equipped with desktop PCs and a 3D printer, as well as a separate Music Lab with its own dedicated computers and electric keyboards. Technology spills out of the classroom and into our outdoor learning and co-curricular offering, built on our belief that technology can be used to support and enhance learning wherever it takes place.
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