Teaching & Learning Assistant
Saint Christina's School
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- Saint Christina’s Salary Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 24 April 2025
Job overview
We would like to appoint an outstanding Teaching & Learning Assistant to work at Saint Christina’s from September 2025.
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and ambitious person to join our School at a time of really positive change and evolution. Having made the decision to transition to full co-education, in 2018, our objective is now to ensure that our school is a unique and deeply ambitious primary educational experience that sets us apart from every other school. We are looking for an energetic and innovative individual who feels that they would like to join our team and help forge the future!
Applicants will have skills and qualifications to work within our warm and friendly setting and will work closely in partnership with class teachers to support and develop children's learning. The position is full time. The successful candidate will be someone who has relevant professional qualifications (NVQ L3 or equivalent). They will be in sympathy with and uphold the values of our Catholic foundation and will have a ‘can-do’ attitude, excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour. In addition to these skills, the successful candidate will be:
· able to build good relationships with children and colleagues
· able to work as part of a team
· flexible, adaptable & willing to take initiative
We are a community of around 180 pupils with ambitions to grow. The school is located in St John’s Wood in a leafy terrace, right next to Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park. We are blessed with excellent facilities which include a brand new EYFS setting, a host of new classrooms and outdoor learning spaces alongside older features, such as a beautiful Chapel.
This is an exciting time for the School and a great opportunity for a talented individual with ambition, patience, empathy, the ability to plan carefully, and vision.
Saint Christina’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Salary: Saint Christina’s Salary Scale
Full Time, Permanent
Start Date: September 2025
Apply by: Thursday 24th April 2025
Attached documents
About Saint Christina's School
- Saint Christina's School
- 25 St Edmund's Terrace, St John’s Wood
- London
- NW8 7PY
- United Kingdom
Saint Christina’s School is an independent Catholic school based in St John’s Wood, north-west London. It is a co-educational primary for girls and boys aged 3-11, with around 180 pupils currently in attendance. Saint Christina’s has access to facilities in Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park, including leisure centres for sports and activities programmes. The school is oversubscribed, so applications should be made as early as possible.
Saint Christina’s School was founded in the Archdiocese of Westminster in 1949 by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The school continues to flourish.
Headteacher
Mr Damien Walshe
Values and vision
Saint Christina’s School aims for its students to feel safe, become independent learners and be happy. All pupils are treated as individuals and are supported throughout their education to ensure that they grow spiritually, intellectually and morally. The school prides itself on its welcoming environment, where children enjoy being a part of a supportive community.
Ofsted report
“Pupils achieve well, in line with the school’s aims to encourage and support intellectual development, enabling pupils to develop and use their talents and abilities to the full and enjoy the excitement of becoming independent learners, and always try their best. Pupil’s successes in academic work, art, sport and music, both individually and in groups, are underpinned by their excellent attitudes to learning.”
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