About this role
Job overview
St Christopher’s International School is seeking to appoint an outstanding Key Stage 1&2 Teaching Assistant to join our thriving school community from September 2026.
SCIS is a values-driven day and boarding school, educating pupils from Kindergarten to Year 13. Grounded in a Christian ethos that is pupil-centred and values-led, we challenge each learner to strive for excellence within a caring community. We are proud of our holistic approach, balancing academic rigour with strong pastoral care, character education and wellbeing.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled teaching assistant to contribute to a dynamic Preparatory School within a genuinely all-through setting. The successful candidate will assist in teaching across Key Stages 1&2, with a particular focus on Cambridge. We are looking for a teaching assistant who is passionate about teaching, committed to excellent classroom practice, and eager to inspire pupils to think logically, solve problems confidently and develop strong analytical and scientific understanding.
At SCIS, we believe that excellent teaching sits within a broader commitment to the flourishing of every child. We therefore welcome applications from teaching assistant who are keen to contribute fully to school life, including the pastoral and co-curricular life of the Preparatory School, and who will embrace our ethos of one connected school community through positive collaboration across the wider SCIS community.
The role
The successful candidate will:
Assist in teaching across Key Stages 1&2, including delivering a broad and balanced curriculum in line with the British or Cambridge framework.
Assist in planning and deliver engaging, inclusive and academically ambitious lessons that support excellent pupil progress.
Foster curiosity, resilience, precision and confidence in in young learners.
Contribute to the continued development of Key Stage 1&2 curriculum, assessment and teaching practice
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