Level 2 Teaching Assitant

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 7PW

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,404.34 Annually (FTE)

Level 2 Teaching Assitant job summary

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary Schools (Dudley) is:

-Voluntary Catholic Academy that is part of Saint Gabriel the Arch Angel Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

-Judged as ‘Outstanding’ in our most recent RE, Collective Worship and Catholic Life Inspection and has a very strong Catholic ethos and excellent Parish links.

-The school is popular and over-subscribed and has a friendly and caring atmosphere.

-The school is a one form entry Catholic school.

-St Joseph’s provides a happy and safe environment where everyone, children and adults alike, is given the chance to flourish.

The successful applicant will be required to respect, preserve and develop the quality and distinctive culture of our Catholic school and will be required to sign a Catholic Education Service contract. A practising Catholic is preferred.

St Joseph’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and pre-employment medical clearance. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), online searches will also be carried out for shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

This post is only suitable for teaching assistants who have a minimum level 2 or equivalent.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 250 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-dy2-7pw

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (Dudley) is:

-A voluntary Catholic academy that is part of the St John Bosco Catholic Academy (Dudley) together with St Chad’s Catholic Primary in Sedgley and Bishop Milner Catholic College in Dudley. This offers excellent opportunities for working alongside our partner schools.

-Judged as ‘Outstanding’ in our most recent RE, Collective Worship and Catholic Life Inspection (September 2018) and is a school with a very strong Catholic ethos and excellent Parish links.
-A school whose progress rates between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for all subjects are either above or significantly above the national averages

-Judged as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas in our most recent Ofsted (April 2015)
- A designated ‘National Support School’ by the National College for Teaching and Leadership, where the headteacher is a National Leader of Education and a number of staff are Specialist Leaders of Education – guaranteeing all staff including NQTs the very highest quality support at all stages in their career

-Popular and over-subscribed and has a friendly and caring atmosphere.

-A one form entry Catholic school that serves the Kates Hill estate and beyond.

-A happy and safe environment where everyone, children and adults alike, is given the chance to flourish.

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