7 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    2 September 2025

  • Closing date

    3 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    25 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,496.00 - £27,852.00 Annually (Actual) Actual salary will be pro-rata for 20 hours per week, 38 Term Time Weeks + 1 Week INSET plus holiday entitlement

Senior Teaching Assistant/ HLTA job summary

Senior Teaching Assistant / HLTA

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School – Permanent

Required for September 2025


Part Time (STA 14 hours per week, HLTA 6 hours per week)

Working hours Monday to Friday 8.30am to 12pm with one afternoon per week 1pm - 3.30pm, term time only plus training days.

Pay Scales: STA PCD7A , Scale point 12 £24496 pa pro-rata , HLTA PCD8i Scale point 19 £27852 pa pro-rata.

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is part of Our Lady of Furness Catholic Federation. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and conscientious Senior Teaching Assistant / HLTA to work in our Year 1 and 2 Class.


The successful candidate will:

Be supportive of the Catholic Ethos of the school.

Have previous experience of whole class teaching.

Have a good knowledge of KS1 curriculum.

Hold relevant qualifications.

Have high expectations and demonstrate commitment.

Be an excellent communicator.

Be a committed team member.

We will offer you:

An outstanding school.

Well-behaved, engaged pupils, who achieve high standards.

A forward- thinking school, which is constantly striving for improvement.

Friendly and experienced staff and governors.

Supportive, continuing professional development.

Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Federation to develop practice and widen experience.

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is part of the Mater Christi Academy Trust.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.

Closing date: 12 noon Friday 27th June 2025
Shortlisting date: week commencing 30th June 2025
Interviews: Thursday 7th July 2025

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
147 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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