About Us

39 weeks 
21 hours a week (8:00am – 3:45pm Monday and Friday, and 8:45 to 3:45 on a third day)
Permanent contract
Required: 1st September 2025 

St. Anselm’s School requires a Teaching Assistant who has the skills to support the children in our school. The candidate will be expected to work well within a team and closely alongside the class teacher, to support the learning in class. 

The successful candidate will also be expected to undertake a lunch duty each day and support breakfast club two days a week. There are also opportunities to run after-school clubs. 

Candidates should have very good verbal and written communication skills and be sympathetic to the aims and ethos of our Catholic school. 

‘Staff are proud to work at the school and appreciate the support they receive from leaders, including for their well-being and workload’. (OFSTED 2023)

We offer

• A small, friendly Catholic school with children who are keen to learn and who achieve very high standards
• A thorough induction and commitment to continuing professional development
• A school that is committed to ensuring that every child succeeds 
• A Catholic ethos, with good links with the parish and a strong and supportive community

An Application Form, Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below.

Alternatively, an information pack, including an application form, Job Description and Person Specification can be obtained from Hattie Elwes at head@stanselms.wandsworth.sch.uk 

Completed application should be returned to the headteacher by email: head@stanselms.wandsworth.sch.uk 

Closing date: 23 June 2025 (at noon)
Interviews: 25 June 2025

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. 

CVs are not accepted.

St. Anselm’s Catholic Primary School
Louisville Road
London SW17 8RW
Telephone:  020 8672 9227
Email: admin@stanselms.wandsworth.sch.uk
Headteacher: Hattie Elwes

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils