Casual Assistant at Rathfern Primary School

Rathfern Primary School 

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working Casual Assistant to join our dedicated Premises’ Staff Team as soon as possible.

This post is a temporary contract until 27th March 2026

Working hours: 7am and 10am, Mon- Fri (15 hours/week)

Salary scale 2: range point 3(£30,225 -£30,654) all year round 

 

The successful candidate will need to:

Be willing and able to take on a diverse range of tasks

Be experienced in the maintenance of a public building 

Honest, reliable and hard-working

Able to use initiative

 

We offer:

A brilliant, supportive and dedicated staff team.

A school that is committed to helping staff develop, e.g. through in-house coaching and excellent CPD.

Closing Date: 12pm Friday 21st November 2025.   

Interviews will be held on 25th &26th Nov 2025

 

Further Information

If you feel you meet the short-listing criteria on the person specification and you have the qualities we are looking for, we look forward to hearing from you. 

Rathfern Primary School in committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Our recruitment processes follow the guidance in the Department for Children, Schools and Families document Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education. All staff will be required to undertake a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and you will need to provide two employer references. A satisfactory DBS must be received before employees can start work in our school.

Original evidence of right to work within the United Kingdom will be required prior to commencement of employment i.e. National Insurance Number, Work Permits or Indefinite Leave to Remain. If the applicant has lived/worked overseas for 12 months or more since the age of 18, they will also be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct from the country (ies) they lived/work in at their own expense and provide these for our records.

Please note that the online checks will only be carried out on shortlisted candidates and further explored at the interview.

Please download the job description and person specification, and complete the attached job application form. Please email your complete application form to:-

hr@rathfern.lewisham.sch.uk

Please note CVs are not accepted.

We regret we are only able to contact short-listed applicants.

To apply:

Click Here for Application Form

Click Here for Job Description and Person Specification

Click Here for Equal Opportunities Policy

Click Here for Safeguarding Form

Click Here for Recruitment Guidelines