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St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Source: UK Teaching Vacancies API · original listing ↗
Source date: 11/5/2026
About this role
We are recruiting someone who understands children and their needs and believes in developing the whole child, enabling them to thrive both academically and personally. The successful candidate will have a caring, flexible and inclusive approach to supporting children. Experience in education, care or other people-focused roles would be advantageous but is not essential. We are looking for people who are kind, willing to learn and are able to build supportive relationships with adults and children in our community. We are an inclusive, Catholic school, built on the belief that every child is made unique and in God’s image. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and none who will uphold our religious ethos and respect every child’s unique talents, treating every member of our community with dignity. Our school can offer you: An opportunity for you to play a significant role in the children’s educational journey A welcoming and supportive environment An understanding leadership team to help you thrive and develop your own strengths The successful candidate will need to: have compassion and be an empathetic practitioner skilled at building effective and supportive relationships with children and adults be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support other staff through this. Have high expectations and dedication to achieve the best for the children they teach and support. Have the positive attitude needed to support class teachers in delivering planned activities as well as in managing groups of children. Be confident to support children in their literacy and numeracy skills Work collaboratively with all members of the community. Visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Please phone the school office to arrange a tour of our wonderful school. Visit dates: Wednesday 11th November 2pm Tuesday 17th November 9:30am If you believe you could add to our school community then please submit an application form, found on our website, or on MyNewTerm.