Teaching Assistant
Sacred Heart Catholic School
Southwark
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale point 2, £24,839.78 pro rata (depending on experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2025
- Apply by:
- 27 June 2025
Job overview
Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School, Camberwell
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed individual to support our SEND students. The successful candidate will be able to communicate well with the teachers to plan where necessary for the students in their care and work well in a team with the SENDCo and other teaching assistants.
Sacred Heart School consistently achieves outstanding academic results far above local and national averages in every subject area. We also have an exceptional record of helping our pupils to achieve more than they think is possible: we ranked eleventh in the whole country for Progress 8 at GCSE last year. Our excellent record of achievement is a testament to the strength, determination and sheer hard work of this community and this has been reflected in our most recent OFSTED inspection in which we achieved “outstanding” in all categories: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50237842.
Sacred Heart school prides itself on its community and family ethos, and making every member of staff feel a part of that ethos. We are a standalone academy that treats our employees as people rather than functionaries.
We have outstanding rates of staff retention, and our staff are happy and love working for the school. We offer a bonus scheme for staff payable after every five years of unbroken service. Other perks of working at the school include free drinks in the staffroom and free breakfast once a week. Furthermore, the firm and clear behaviour management systems we have in place enable our staff to focus on teaching in the classroom, rather than managing behaviour, and our investment in staffing over many years ensures that teacher pupil ratios – particularly in Key Stage 4 – are very low and on a par with many independent schools.
We expect you to be passionate about ensuring the best possible education for every one of our students and adaptable to working across different year groups.
For information about the school, please go to www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk
If you are interested in joining us, please visit our website at http://www.sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk/ and download an application pack.
Visits to the school before application submission are welcomed. Please contact Katie Whyte on 0207 274 6844 or email kwhyte@sacredheart.southwark.sch.uk to arrange this.
Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal. Applications to be submitted by 27/6/25.
Attached documents
- TA (2025) Job description.pdf424.34KB
- Selection Criteria -Teaching Assistant.pdf526.97KB
- 1. Model Application Form - Support staff.docx63.41KB
- 3.. Consent_to_Obtain_References.docx37.43KB
- 5. Equality_Act_2010_-_Reasonable_Adjustments_Statement.pdf444.72KB
- Information Pack - TES 2024 (1).pdf1.01MB
- Notes_to_Applicants_April_2024.pdf614.23KB
- Safeguarding_Policy 2024.pdf485.88KB
- Recruitment_Monitoring_Form.docx42.17KB
About Sacred Heart Catholic School
An Outstanding School
Sacred Heart Catholic School is a high performing, heavily oversubscribed 11-18 school. The school is consistently in the top 10% of the country’s schools based on Value Added and has been judged as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted both in December 2012 and November 2023.
Our school strives to be a Catholic community in which the Christian principles of care and respect are valued, with an emphasis on the development of the individual through academic achievement and personal development.
The successful applicant will:
- Work in a supportive, positive and dynamic environment which is committed to developing each child’s full potential
- Be supported in their career development through a personalised induction programme.
- Be supported at a departmental and Senior Management level in ensuring a successful experience in the classroom.
- Be encouraged to contribute in extracurricular activities, to take on an active role as a form tutor or within a pastoral team and be an active participant in staff activities within a collegial school environment which prides itself on its cohesive, hardworking ethos.
Sacred Heart School consistently tops the GCSE exam league table in Southwark which places us as one of the best performing non-selective schools in the country. Our results have ranked us as second in the country out of nearly 3,000 schools by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau.
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