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Teaching Assistant

Blackheath Prep

England

  • Expired
Salary:
Competitive Salary Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
1 December 2025

Job overview

Job Title: Teaching Assistant

Hours of Work: 8am – 4:30pm

Reports to: Head of Pre-Prep


The Headmaster and CEO of Eltham College Family of Schools and the Head of Blackheath Prep seeks to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to work at Blackheath Prep (part of the Eltham College Family of Schools). The Teaching Assistant will play a supporting role to the Teacher  in encouraging pupils in their learning and the acquisition of skills.

Blackheath Prep is an independent prep school for just over 370 students aged 3 to 11. Founded in 1996, it occupies a beautiful five-acre site close to Blackheath village. Its original Georgian and Victorian buildings have been extended and adapted to include large playgrounds and extensive playing fields, tennis courts, cricket nets and a Forest School area. In April 2023 we were delighted to announce our merger with Eltham College to form a family of schools. In January 2024, the Prep was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) and received outstanding feedback.


A full job description and person specification can be found within the Candidate Information Pack.

A highly competitive salary is available, together with additional training and development opportunities through our generous staff development programme.

Application closing date: 9am on Monday 1 December 2025
Interviews will take place on Friday 5 December 2025
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Eltham College Family of Schools reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. Candidates will be assessed against relevant criteria only (i.e. skills, qualifications, abilities, experience).

Eltham College Family of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants undergo enhanced child protection screening relevant to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.



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About Blackheath Prep

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+44 208 858 0692

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Blackheath Prep is an outstanding, co-educational prep school for children aged 3 – 11. Our five-acre site offers superb specialist facilities, and plenty of space to provide our pupils with the freedom to learn and play in our large playgrounds, forest school areas and 2.5 acre playing field.

Our seven core values of kindness, curiosity, freedom, ambition, courage, community and joy, inform all that we do and how we behave as a school community. They guide our approach to teaching and learning, to pastoral care and to wellbeing, and our engagement with those around us.

We nurture our pupils both academically and pastorally, enabling them to be happy, confident and inquisitive children. Through a broad range of subjects, inspiring teaching and plenty of exciting activities, we ensure that our school is a really fun place to be where curiosity is stimulated, and a love of learning is encouraged.

Above all, we are kind, friendly and joyful school.

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