Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) - Term Time

St Mary of Charity CEP School, Faversham

• Ref:KCC886-2051-92S
• Posted:15/09/2025
• Pay:£24796 pro rota (approx. £15582 per annum)
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:26/09/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:1st October 2025

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The children, staff and governors of St Mary of Charity Primary School are looking for a passionate, creative and ambitious TA to join our hard working team in Year 6. 

The job role will involve supporting whole class learning in the core subjects and providing focused group and individual support in line with class provision maps. This is a full time post so the right person will work 27.5 hours a week, term time only. The contract will run until August 2026 initially.

The right person will be keen to learn and embrace the Christian ethos, vision and values of the school to ensure that they can be the best that they can possibly be. They will have a desire to be well trained and highly skilled in their role as well as someone who can build good relationships and "champion" children's learning.

We can offer: motivated children with positive attitudes to school and learning, an established and committed staff team, opportunities for training and career progression and a chance to be part of an amazing school which really puts children at the heart of everything it does. 

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. You will find a wealth of information about our school on our website Home | St Mary of Charity Primary School

Offers of employment will be made subject to full DBS checks and supporting references. St Mary of Charity is a safer recruitment school and passionately committed to the safety and well being of children.

We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

Applications should be submitted using the Kent-Teach website as no CV only applications will be accepted. 

Information about the school

St. Mary of Charity C of E Primary School is a 1 form entry Church of England Primary School in Faversham, with a mixed catchment area. The school became part of Aquila, The Diocese of Canterbury Multi Academy Trust (www.aquilatrust.co.uk) in August 2015. The school has a hard working, friendly and committed staff team and an active Governing Body. We share our building with a Childrens Centre and are lucky enough to have a large school building offering lots of space. The school has been judged as outstanding in SIAMS 2017 and good in Ofsted 2025 and we continue to strive to provide the best possible education for the children in our community.

St Mary of Charity C of E Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, online recruitment checks and overseas criminal background checks, where applicable. All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Louise Rowley-Jones
• Address:Orchard Place, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8AP
• Telephone: (01795) 532496
• Email: office@smcs.aquilatrust.co.uk

Fax: 01795 591052

Documents

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• Teaching Assistant job description