Senior Teaching Assistant

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0EA

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 October 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: £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary for 30 hours per week and term time + 1 (39) working weeks is £19,856

Senior Teaching Assistant job summary

Senior Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Job Reference Code: STA2

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 to work across KS1 and KS2.

This position is for 30 hours per week.

This is a Fixed Term Role to 31/8/2026 due to being dependent on funding.

Pay Scales: STA PCD7A, Grade 7 Scale point 12 £28598 pa pro-rata

The successful candidate will:

• Be supportive of the Catholic Ethos of the school.

• Have previous experience or knowledge of 1:1 support

• Have a good knowledge of the KS2 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: Friday 31st October
Shortlisting: Monday 3rd November
Interviews: Thursday 6th November

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, Ulverston

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 164 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-catholic-primary-school-ulvertson

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