Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term contract to cover maternity leave) 

35.50 hours per week. Monday to Friday, Term Time 

Only Hay grade 5, spinal point range 16 to 23 pro rata, (£20,607 to £24,495 full time equivalent)

 Evelina Hospital School is a community special school meeting the needs of young people who are patients or siblings of patients in Evelina London Children’s Hospital. We are situated opposite Westminster, on the south of the Thames in the heart of central London.    

Evelina School is committed to providing outstanding personalised education where every child feels valued, nurtured and respected within our hospital school. We teach children from 2-19 with the full spectrum of abilities and special educational and medical needs, so we are looking for an excellent Teaching Assistant for a maternity cover in the primary classroom. Interested applicants must have good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills, with a minimum NVQ3 or relevant experience.  

How to apply: Please download the application pack from the school website and complete the application form. Please ensure that your answers relate directly to the skills listed in person specification and please give examples. All applications must be submitted on the Southwark application form by the closing date and the school is not able to accept CVs for this job. We do not accept applications from agencies.  

Completed application form should be sent by email to office@evelina.southwark.sch.uk  

Closing date:  09:00 hours Monday 5th December 2016 

Interview Date:  Thursday 8th December 2016. 

If you have not heard from us by the 8th December please assume that you have been unsuccessful. 

We warmly welcome and encourage visits from prospective applicants. Please contact the school office on 020 7188 2267 to arrange a visit.  

Please note references will be sought before interview.     

All Southwark schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.