Teaching Assistant - St Swithun's Catholic Primary School at Portsmouth City Council Enterprise

St Swithun’s is an oversubscribed ‘Good’ school with a friendly, welcoming environment where every child is valued.

We are looking to appoint one motivated and experienced Teaching Assistant with 1:1 experience working with children who have a high level of need. 

It is important to have experience working with children who have challenging behaviour and the knowledge and skills required to coregulate, as well as de-escalate challenging situations.

You will: 

• work as part of a team to primarily provide personal and learning support to an individual
• may also be required to work with groups of pupils to enable them to achieve to the best of their ability.  be an enthusiastic and dynamic individual
• be flexible, reliable and enthusiastic
• be committed to developing effective working relationships with children, parents/carers, staff and other professionals, to enable the very best support for pupils’ learning and development, whilst promoting excellent behaviour and high standards.

We do require all applicants to have English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5 as well as English and Maths GCSE Grade 5 or above. 

Closing Date:                  9 am, 10^th October 2025

Interview Date:             14^th October 2025

Required Start Date:   ASAP

Contract:                         1:1 contract term time only 

Hours:                              Monday – Friday 8.45 am – 3.30 pm, 31.25 hours per week (please note all annual leave to be taken during school holidays)

Salary Details:                Band 3 FTE £24,796 - £25,201 pro-rata £18,163 - £18,460

We can offer:

• A friendly and supportive team with lovely children, teachers, families and Governors
• A belief in team work and building positive relationships across the school
• A focus on care, guidance and support for all staff members
• A commitment to provide high quality professional development
• Local Government Pension Scheme

Application Procedure

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged.  Please telephone the school office on 023 9282 9339 to arrange a visit or email [email protected]. Please apply using the application form and submit by email, or post to School Business Manager, St Swithun’s Catholic Primary School, Taswell Road, Southsea PO5 2RG.

PCC & St Swithun’s Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level, and any other background checks, including overseas checks will be required prior to any offer of employment.

This advert is in no way exhaustive and we welcome queries about this post via email to [email protected] or via the telephone, 023.9282.9339. 

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

As part of any recruitment process, St Swithun’s Catholic Primary School collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. St Swithun’s Catholic Primary School is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Completing and sending an application in for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not used in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process and we will destroy or delete your information. For more detailed information on what we collect, how we use, store, delete data and your rights you can access a privacy statement on our web site.

You will need to demonstrate that you have a Right to Work in the UK.  No post will be offered without it.

We would like to thank you in advance for your application however please note we will only contact those applicants shortlisted for interview.

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