Learning Support Assistant Level 2
St Mary's Catholic School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7PE11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
29 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25583 per annum pro rata (Actual salary £22,646)
Learning Support Assistant Level 2 job summary
ST MARY’S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Newcastle upon Tyne
Headteacher: E Patterson. NOR c.1445
Support Assistant Level 2
BB03. £25583 per annum pro rata (Actual salary £22,646 per annum)
Permanent
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)
*This post attracts a Living Wage supplement. In addition to the hourly rate, this post will receive the Living Wage supplement to bring the hourly rate up to a minimum of £12.00 an hour*
Required from September 2026
The Governors wish to appoint a passionate, energetic, and motivating Learning Support Assistant to join our existing staff team to support students throughout the school. We welcome applications from those who have experience or those who would be new to the role. Our Learning Support Assistant position presents a fantastic opportunity for candidates who are potentially looking to gain experience to progress into teaching, or for those who aspire to work within the areas of Social and Emotional Mental Health or SEND. There could also be opportunities for the successful candidate to be linked to subject areas of their interest. The development of our staff and students is of paramount importance to us and as such there will be further opportunities for the successful candidate. This would be an ideal position for someone looking to develop valuable skills towards a possible teaching career or other profession linked to education in the future.
As part of this role, you would support vulnerable learners in lessons across all school subject areas and would be involved in intervention and support these students. The successful applicant will be hard working, flexible, and have excellent communication skills. It is essential that any applicant enjoys working with and supporting young people, as this is an essential part of the role. Full training and unstinting support will be available, to allow the successful candidate to flourish in the post. 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 1440 by September 2024, with 5 main school year groups of around 235 and a Sixth Form of approximately 270 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. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a highly successful and forward-thinking school.
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. Many opportunities for professional development and further training would be available.
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 me, 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 Friday 10th July 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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Mary's Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, 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
St Mary's Catholic School
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