SEND Teaching Assistant

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS18 5AB

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  13 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,869.00 - £17,681.00 Annually (Actual) Salary Grade A1/B1 Scale Points 3-6 £24,796 - £25,989 FTE

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who:

• Is supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school
• Is warm, friendly and empathetic
• Has excellent English, maths and communication skills
• Has a good understanding of ADHD and autism
• Is proactive in improving their practice to support children with SEND
• Understands how individual children learn to ensure rapid progress
• Is committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour
• Works effectively as part of a skilled team including outside agencies
• Is a dedicated, enthusiastic and flexible teaching assistant.

St Mary’s can offer you:

• Well-behaved, enthusiastic, and motivated children
• CPD to continue to improve best practice for children with SEND
• A professional team of dedicated and supportive staff
• Strong and effective partnerships with parents/carers and the local community
• A supportive and experienced senior leadership team
• A committed, supportive, and engaged team of governors

This position is 30 hours per week term time only, 27.5 hours in the classroom and 2.5 hours lunchtime duty.

The post is offered as fixed term until 31 August 2026 in the first instance.

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 school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

In line with KCSiE 2025, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

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 Primary School, Horsforth

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-primary-school-horsforth-leeds

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