Enhanced Learning Support Assistant - Level 3

St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7PE

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  16 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26403 – £27254 per annum pro rata

Enhanced Learning Support Assistant - Level 3 job summary

ST MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Newcastle upon Tyne

Headteacher: E Patterson. NOR c.1445

Enhanced Learning Support Assistant - Level 3

BB04

£26403 – £27254 per annum pro rata

37 hours per week, term time plus 11 additional days as confirmed by the school (8.30am-4.30pm Mon, 8.00am-4.00pm Tues -Thurs, Fri 8.00-3.30pm)

Required From September 2026

The Governors wish to appoint an Enhanced Learning Support Assistant to join our existing team and to support students, especially those with SEND, throughout the school. The successful applicant will be hard working, flexible, and have excellent communication skills. The successful applicant will have a key responsibility in leading our new language and communication support programme. It is essential that any applicant enjoys working with and supporting young people, as this is an essential part of the role, however we encourage you to apply, even if you do not already have direct experience of working with children or young people, as full training and unstinting support will be given. We are looking for an individual who can engage with students and support them in overcoming a range of learning difficulties. The successful candidate would also need to be prepared to support the Catholic/Christian ethos at St Mary’s in this role. English to GCSE or equivalent is required.

St Mary’s is a very popular and happy school, rated Outstanding by the Diocese and Ofsted. We became an academy in 2013 and enjoy outstanding facilities in a new building, which opened in 2011. We joined the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust in June 2020. We are also very popular with parents and are one of the most over-subscribed schools in the North-East. The roll has grown from around 1100 five years ago to over 1540 by September 2024, with 5 main school year groups of around 245 and a Sixth Form of approximately 280 students. We expect the Sixth Form to continue to grow in the next couple of years, as strongly academic year groups continue to move into Sixth Form.

As an Outstanding school, St Mary’s plays a leading role within the Trust and more widely, leading significant school improvement, training and leadership development across other schools, as well as sharing good practice in academic achievement and teaching and learning across many other schools in the north-east. We also play a leading role in teacher training across the region.

To apply, please complete the CES online application form via Eteach. Please complete the application in full including the ‘Supporting Statement’ section which should be around 1 side of A4 in length. Please address the supporting statement to Miss Emma Patterson, Headteacher, outlining the qualifications, experience, skills and attributes, which you will bring to the post.

Could I ask all applicants to include in the qualifications section of the form, details of their degree class and division, as well as A Level grades.

Your completed application form, letter and reference consent form should be completed electronically via Eteach, by 9.00am on Tuesday 16th June 2026. Interviews will be held shortly after the deadline. If you would like to discuss this post further, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Danielle Largue, Deputy Headteacher.

The school is fully committed to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and an online search for shortlisted candidates, as part of our due diligence.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

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

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Mary's Catholic School

• School type: Academies, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1459 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-school-newcastle-upon-tyne

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