Parent Support Advisor & Teaching Assistant
Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4PE38 days remaining to apply
Job start date
24 February 2026
Closing date
15 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Hours 31.25 per week PSA – 20 hours per week TA – 11.25 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31.08.27
Pay scale
- PSA - G6 £28598-£31,537 Pro Rata TA - G4 £25,583-£25989 Pro Rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
appoint for a new role in school. The dual role will be for someone to work as a compassionate, friendly and committed Parent Support Advisor each morning and as a hands on Teaching Assistant each afternoon to join their team from February 2026 to July 2027. This role has the potential to become permenant for the right candidate.
Founded in hope St. Mary’s CE (VA) Primary School is a place where all can find their voice, grow in wisdom and live well in community and service, this ethos underpins all aspects of school life and the actions of everyone within our school community. There is a strong team commitment to improve the outcomes and aspirations of all in the culturally diverse community it serves.
The purpose of the PSA role is to help parents by signposting to appropriate services, offering advice and support to families to overcome barriers to learning and participation, in order to improve future outcomes and enable all pupils to have full access to educational opportunities. This post will involve working in a variety of settings, including in schools, the community and family homes of young people and their families and will work to support them and their families to make positive and sustainable change. Multi-agency working will be at the core of this work, but the ability to work independently is also essential. Experience of working with children in a school setting is required for the Teaching Assistant role.
The successful candidate will have:
- knowledge of the social and emotional factors that affect a child’s capacity to learn and understanding of children within the family context.
- The ability to engage constructively with adults and children to support progress towards agreed outcomes
- Ability to co-ordinate and lead support for parents dealing with challenging behaviour at home or in the community
- The ability to manage a caseload, prioritise work and organise paperwork to a high standard
- The ability to work with multi-agencies to support children, young people and families
- Be able to demonstrate creativity and flexibility in their approach to engaging families, identifying family strengths, assessing their needs and supporting them to make sustainable, positive change.
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with pupils, their families and supporting professionals.
- Have experience of working with and engaging children and young people with complex needs.
- Be able to identify unmet needs and risks surrounding pupils and respond to them appropriately, in accordance with local area safeguarding policies and guidance.
- have experience of working with and supporting vulnerable families and children.
- Be Sensitive and empathetic with patience, flexibility, a sense of humour and be resiliant
- Understand the challenges our families face
- Able to lead training and workshops for families
- Have a clean driving license and be prepared to drive your own vehicle
- have high expectations of pupils' achievement and behaviour
- have strong communication and excellent interpersonal skills
- have a good standard of English and numeracy, GCSE grade A to C or equivalent in both subject areas
- play a role in the wider life of the school
- have experience of working within a school environment.
What the school offers its staff
At our school the successful candidate will benefit from:
- a school with a Christian ethos with close links with the local church
- friendly and well-behaved children
- a dedicated and supportive Staff Team and Governors who care passionately about our school and the local community
- a strong community ethos
- a high-quality learning environment with excellent resources and facilities
- a strong commitment to CPD
Further information about the job
The best way to get a feel for St Mary’s is to come and visit us. To arrange to look round our wonderful school please telephone the School Business Manager on 01924 303625 or email office@stmaryswakefield.co.uk Closing date is Thursday 15th January 2026 at 12 noon. Completed application forms should be returned to the school via post or emailed to office@stmaryswakefield.co.uk
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 242 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- j.chambers@stmaryswakefield.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01924303625
St. Mary’s is a church school, in the heart of our community, with a strong Christian ethos which is woven throughout all aspects of school life. We hold is a strong belief that all members of our school community are unique and have diverse gifts and talents which deserve to be nurtured and celebrated. Collectively, we work to ensure all feel valued, develop a positive sense of self-worth and a realisation that all can aspire to fulfil their dreams and ambitions. We believe that it is important that children are encouraged to widen their vision and expectations and so, out of classroom visits and experiences play a key role in our school, helping to ensure that the children leave school with happy memories of every school day.
St Mary’s Primary School is situated within walking distance of the centre of the City of Wakefield in a socially deprived area. The school is a Church Aided Primary School with a strong Christian ethos. It has close links to the parish of East Wakefield. Many of the children are from Muslim families, Eastern European and African backgrounds. The school is well regarded and parents speak warmly of its provision.
The school caters for children from 2 - 11 years. There are currently 245 pupils on the school roll including part-time pupils in Lower Foundation Stage. Many of our children speak English as an Additional Language. We work closely with various groups to enhance provision for children. We have developed stronger partnerships with other EAL schools in the district and other CE (VA) Primary Schools. Through these partnerships we work together to address specific issues for our schools.
St Mary’s is actively involved with the local community and we encourage parental engagement and interaction
Arranging a visit to Wakefield St Marys Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.chambers@stmaryswakefield.co.uk.
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