Job Description

Closing on:

Nov 9, 2025

Job Category:

Support Staff

Job Type:

Permanent

Job Location:

Christ Church CE Primary School (Chesterfield)

Contract Type:

Permanent

Salary:

Grade 7 (Full-time equivalent 27,088 - 29,062 per annum)

Hours per week:

18 hours (5 mornings)

Weeks per year:

39 weeks

Start Date:

4th January 2026

Age Range:

KS2

NOR:

196


Job outline


We currently have a vacancy for 18 hours per week for an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant who has experience working specifically in KS2 to cover a Teaching Assistant retiring at the end of the year.

'Learning and Growing in Faith, Hope and Love'

Our School believes in:


Enabling everyone to reach their full potential. Developing a love for learning and a desire to achieve. Encouraging everyone to become independent and confident, with a belief in themselves. Promoting Christian values and respecting diversity.

We would like to hear from you if you:


are creative, experienced and enthusiastic; have high expectations and will use this to deliver engaging learning; have an innovative and exciting approach to learning; have the ability to reflect on and develop your own practice and that of others; are willing to play a key role in the development, delivery and enrichment of our curriculum; are well-organised and will make a positive contribution to our school team.

This is a real opportunity to make your mark and contribute to the development of learning in our school.




Application information


To apply, please submit completed application forms to liz.knapper@christchurch.derbyshire.sch.uk by the closing date.



We will only accept applications made on DDAT application forms. Please note that we will

not

consider CVs as part of the shortlisting.



Please note that all candidates must have a right to work in the UK in order to be able to work at our Trust. Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for international job applicants.

Closing Date: Sunday 9

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November 2025

Provisional Interviews: Wednesday 19

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November 2025

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DDAT welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.



DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.


This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).


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