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Teaching Assistant - KS2

Teaching Assistant - KS2

St John's College, Cardiff

Cardiff, South Wales

  • Expired
Salary:
£14,500 p.a
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01/09/2019
Apply by:
26 April 2019

Job overview

VACANCY: Teaching Assistant - KS2

Date posted: 08th April 2019.

Closing Date: 12 noon, 26th April 2019

Start date: September 2019

Contract type: Full Time, Term Time Only, 37.5 hours per week.

Contract term: Permanent

Salary: £14,500 p.a * 

The Role

Leading independent school for girls and boys aged 3 to 18, St John’s College is the Choir School to Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral and seeks to appoint a skilled teaching assistant to join the thriving and dynamic Junior School.

The school’s warm family atmosphere is embodied in the particularly close-knit community of its Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11. Each pupil is regarded as a unique individual with his or her own individual requirements. All teachers know every pupil in the school and there is an open door policy for parents.

The teaching assistant team work closely together to provide a supportive and caring environment for pupils and they work closely with the Head of Juniors to ensure the smooth running of the Junior School.

The post involves:

• Supporting pupils and staff across years 3 to 6

• Supporting pupils within their English, Maths and Science lessons as directed by the class teacher.

• Reading support

• Playground support/duties

• Supporting ALN pupils within the classroom

• Attending  trips and some sporting fixtures

• Supporting co-curricular clubs, during and after school

• Running digital assessments coordinated by teaching staff

• Supporting events e.g. Junior Eisteddfod, the Junior play

• Administrative tasks e.g. photocopying, letters, resource orders, displays, end of the day tidy and preparation for the next day, inputting tracking data etc

• Supporting the Junior School team by attending after school meetings, INSETs and attend a few pre-preparation days during the holiday period. 


The candidate needs to have strong literacy and numeracy skills with relevant experience in the education sector. An educational qualification would be advantageous. Confidence with email, Word, Excel, G Suite and generally computer literate would be necessary. In addition, the role requires the candidate to be enthusiastic, flexible, proactive, approachable and caring.

St John’s College, Cardiff is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


* Additional Role Details: 

Term Time Only. (36 weeks per year)

For operational reasons, employees working on a term time only basis are not entitled to request annual leave during term time. The payment for this leave entitlement is incorporated into the contracted weeks’ pay calculation and, together with salary, is paid in equal monthly instalments throughout the year.  A breakdown of calculations will be provided with any offer of employment made. 


How to apply

To apply for this position, please return a fully completed application form and covering letter of application to Mark Edwards – Cover & Business Support Manager – medwards@stjohnscollegecardiff.com

If you require this document in an alternative format, please also contact Mr Edwards directly on the email address above, or contact the College reception team on 02920 778 936.

The closing date is 12 noon on Friday 26th April; the College reserves the right to consider the merit of early applications. 



APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO CHILD PROTECTION SCREENING APPROPRIATE TO THE POST INCLUDING CHECKS WITH PAST EMPLOYERS AND THE DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE.

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About St John's College, Cardiff

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+44 29 2077 8936

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St John’s College, Cardiff, is an independent, co-educational day school for children aged 3-18. It is the choir school to Cardiff’s Metropolitan Cathedral and is a Catholic school with 466 pupils on its roll. It is situated in Old St Mellons, three miles outside of central Cardiff. Admission is normally granted subject to mutual compatibility. 

St John’s College provides the girls and boys choristers for weekly services, two annual concerts at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall and concert tours across continental Europe. The Archbishop of Cardiff is its patron, while the Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Parish Priest are regular visitors. There is a formal link with the Cathedral Choral Foundation in the provision of choristers and music staff for the Cathedral Choir.  

The school is split into four sections: nursery and infant, junior school, senior school and sixth form. 

Headmaster 

Shaun Moody (Acting Headmaster) 

Values and vision

The aim of St John’s College is to assist pupils to develop their full potential in every area of their school life, and to help them become kind and respectful. St John’s College is a Christian community within the Roman Catholic tradition. Values of kindness, care, gentleness and working hard to do one’s best are shared by the entire community of pupils, staff and parents. 

Estyn inspection report 

“Pupils achieve very high standards across the school. At key stage 4 and post-16, the school’s performance in public examinations is outstanding when compared with that of other schools both in the maintained and independent sectors.” 

View St John’s College's latest Estyn report

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