Key Role Information

Salary
£11682.62 - 12289.21
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Fixed Term
Closing
03/10/2025 09:00
Interview
TBC
Start
1 January 2026
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
STM Pay Scales
Department
Pre-Prep
Hours per week
24.00
Weeks per year
52.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

SEND Teaching Assistant – Fixed Term until 31st August 2026

24 hours per week – St Michael's Term time plus INSET days (total 34 weeks pa)

 

We have an exciting opportunity to take on the role of SEND Teaching Assistant in a part-time capacity to support our Learning Development Coordinator. This unique role works alongside the Learning Development Coordinator to support small group and 1:1 interventions in class and also in our SEND classroom. Experience in working with children with SEND is desired as you will be bouncing ideas around and thinking outside the box daily! You will need to be an excellent team member, prepared to do what is needed for our children to feel seen, heard and able and have a natural affinity with children, especially those with SEND.


Ideally, the successful candidate will have a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification in Early Years.

 

The post is fixed term until 31st August 2026, 3 days per week, current working pattern is 8.00-4.00pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, however, we are open to suggestions of a preferred working pattern.


Salary circa £11,682.82 per annum pro-rata (FTE £25,397 per annum).

 

Informal visits welcome; please contact the HR department for further details.

 

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.

Benefits

Parking
Free onsite staff parking
Sick pay scheme
Staff sick pay scheme
Pension
Support staff pension scheme with employer contribution (subject to qualifying criteria)

Qualifications

desirable
Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification ideally in Early Years
desirable
Food Handling Level 2 certificate
First Aid Certificatedesirable
First Aid/Paediatric First Aid

Skills

Experience

Previous experience working in a schoolessential
Current first aid certificate

Experience/Knowledge

Understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) and safeguarding in schoolsessential

Personal Attributes

Sympathetic with the Christian ethos and values of the schoolessential
Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive and confidential information.essential

St Michael's Prep School

HR Department

recruitment@stmichaels.kent.sch.uk

Otford Court
Row Dow
Otford
Kent
TN14 5RY

Safeguarding Information

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.

Please ensure that all mandatory fields are completed otherwise you will not be able to progress with your application, and any changes may be lost.