SEND Teaching Assistant

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

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  2 September 2025

• Closing date

  16 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 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: £24,027.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3-6 (Actual Salary £16,346 - £17,133 per annum)

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

• Fixed Term until 31 August 2026, Part Time, Term Time Only
• Monday to Friday, 27.5 hours per week (classroom based and play/lunch time support)
• Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3-6, £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
• Actual Salary £16,346 - £17,133 per annum
• Required 2 September 2025

The Governors are looking for an inspirational and creative Teaching Assistant to join our outstanding Catholic primary school at St. Mary’s Horsforth Catholic Voluntary Academy. We are looking for someone who is a highly motivated, enthusiastic and flexible individual, to take on the role of Teaching Assistant and has high expectations in terms of children’s achievement and behaviour, to support children with SEND.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is warm, friendly, and empathetic
• Has excellent English, maths and communication skills
• 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 practising Catholic or supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school

What we can offer you:

• A professional team of hardworking and supportive staff and senior leadership team
• Well behaved, caring children
• Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
• Generous pension contribution managed by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

Visits to St. Mary’s, Horsforth are warmly welcomed; please contact Helen Tye, Office Manager on 0113 258 4593 to make an appointment. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

• Closing Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 4pm
• Interviews: It is anticipated that interviews will take place shortly afterwards

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosure certificate.

In line with KCSiE 2024, 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.

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 Mary's Catholic Primary School, Horsforth

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• 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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