Level 3 Teaching Assistant

St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 4HQ

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  10 October 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: BB04 £26,403-£27254 Actual- £22,437 - £23161 per

Level 3 Teaching Assistant job summary

Support assistant Level 3

Salary Grade BB04 £26,403-£27254 per annum pro rata

Actual- £22,437 - £23161 per annum

37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Term Time only – Fixed term until August 2026

3 training days

St Alban’s Catholic Primary is a highly respected Catholic school providing a good education for all our pupils. The opportunity has arisen to appoint A Learning Support Assistant level 2 to our highly successful school for As soon as possible. We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic Level 3 Learning Support Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will support teaching and learning across the school, helping pupils to achieve their full potential. This role involves working with individual pupils, small groups, and supporting in class to promote positive learning experiences and outcomes for all. You will play an important part in helping pupils overcome barriers to learning, both academically and socially.

St Alban’s strives to wrap children in an atmosphere of care, love and fun. We aim to provide for their emotional, moral, social, spiritual and cultural development so that they will have excellent attitudes and relationships. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable and trustworthy; someone who would make a positive contribution to the life of the school following the Catholic ethos.

We are part of the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust, a family of 5 secondary schools and 34 primary schools from across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, in the North of the Diocese of Hexham

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across the school, working closely with teachers and other staff to provide high-quality educational support.

We can offer you:

• a very strong Catholic ethos, where everyone is valued
• a warm welcoming inclusive school with a hard-working and supportive team of staff
• highly motivated, friendly, polite and well-behaved children
• active and supportive governors, parents and parish community
• a strong commitment to continuous professional development and a network of support within the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust

Completed applications and associated documents will be completed electronically. Please click on the ‘Fast Apply’ button to be taken through to the application form.

After shortlisting, successful candidates will be informed of interview arrangements.

Closing date: 17th October

Interview Date: TBC

St Alban’s Catholic Primary School, Governors, BBCET and Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure check via the Disclosure and Barring Service together with other relevant employment checks deemed appropriate. An online search will take place on shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance.

St Alban’s has formally adopted the Diocesan Model Statement on Equal Opportunities to ensure that we assess the best candidate against the criteria provided and do not discriminate on grounds of age, sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.

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 Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 227 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-alban-s-catholic-primary-school-walker

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