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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    20 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Part time: 25 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£27,711 - £28,624

Pay scale

G7

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • passionate about supporting pupils to gain an inspirational education to achieve their potential
  • highly organised and able to prioritise workload, with the ability to work flexibly in a fast-moving environment
  • an outstanding practitioner with high expectations of pupil’s achievement and behaviour, who is committed to providing high quality teacher and classroom support.
  • an excellent communicator who can work inclusively with pupils, staff and parents
  • Calm and compassionate while upholding professional standards

What the school offers its staff

  • An exciting, engaging curriculum underpinned by excellent teaching
  • Committed and caring staff
  • Continual Professional Development
  • Governor support

Further details about the role

St John Henry Newman Catholic School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity for a committed professional who is passionate about supporting pupil’s learning and development in our popular oversubscribed school.

You will be part of a team who work collaboratively in class and provide support to a number of pupils with special educational needs. You will work under the direct instruction of teaching staff and the SENDCo, usually in the classroom with the teacher to support access to learning for pupils, as well as planning and delivering focused interventions.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@newman.cumbria.sch.uk

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About St John Henry Newman Catholic School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
693 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01228 404942

Newman Catholic School has a distinctive caring and Christian ethos with the emphasis on the individual and supporting pupils in fulfilling their potential.
Newman Catholic School places strong emphasis on staff development and applications are welcome from experienced or newly qualified teachers. Newman School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS clearance and health checks.

Arranging a visit to St John Henry Newman Catholic School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@newman.cumbria.sch.uk.

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