Pre-Prep Gap Student
Full Time - 5 days per week
St Michael's term time plus INSET days (total 34 weeks pa)
Are you planning a career working with children or teaching? Or need experience to get your first job or get onto a course? Then look no further. Come and join the fantastic team at St Michael’s as one of four St Michael’s Gap Students. In this dedicated Pre-Prep role, you will have the unique opportunity to work closely with the Pre-Prep PE & Sports teacher, collaborate with our fantastic Prep-based PE & Sports team, assist in our afterschool club and support the wider Pre-Prep team to demonstrate the impact you can have on children’s lives. The “gapper” role is a one-year post which gives you an insight into a range of roles on offer in schools. No two days are the same.
Your working hours will be 10.30 am to 6.30pm. From 10.30am to 3.30pm you will help with PE lessons, administrative work, lunch and catering duties, and assist in the classrooms with children from 2 to 7 years old. Our Pre-school Nursery and Kindergarten are particularly popular so if you can create animals out of playdoh and build sandcastles you may be the Gap Student for us! You will learn to be a reliable team player, and plan, organise, support, progress, nurture and enrich the lives of our youngest children.
Between the hours of 3.30pm and 6.30pm you will assist in our after-school club located in the Pre-Prep building, with children from Reception up to Year 8, helping with administration tasks, managing children and facilitating games and craft projects.
We are on the lookout for individuals with a genuine interest in working with children, a passion for sports, and preferably, have some experience in sports coaching and/or refereeing. You should enjoy working as part of a team and have basic IT skills. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to grow and develop in a vibrant and supportive environment.
The post is a one-year fixed term contract helping you gain valuable insights to working in the teaching profession.
Informal visits welcome; please contact the HR department for further details.
Salary: £15,241.43 based on FTE salary of £20,085
Application deadline: 20th February 2026 at 4.00pm
Interview Date: 17th March 2026
St Michael’s Prep School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service and online digital presence checks if invited to interview.