Specialist Teaching Assistant (Level 1)

Saint Paulinus Catholic Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Guisborough, North Yorkshire, TS14 8DN

48 days remaining to apply

Closing date
2 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 July 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 15 hours per week, Term Time Only
Contract type: Fixed term - 31st August 2026
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404 pro-rata
Actual salary: £8,328

What skills and experience we're looking for

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking teaching assistant to join our friendly, inclusive school, to work on a 1:1 basis with a child with specific learning needs.

We are looking for a teaching assistant who will:

Promote our friendly Catholic ethos, and will work as part of a committed team
Be an excellent practitioner with high expectations for children in their learning and behaviour

Support children with Special Educational Needs with their learning activities and helping with their social and emotional development.

To work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher, to support access to learning for pupils and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

The job is carried out using specialist skills, knowledge and equipment within a special context, working with children with substantial additional challenges which may be learning, physical, emotional or behavioural.

What the school offers its staff

St Paulinus is part of the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 38 schools, and a vibrant Sixth Form College. With more than 12,300 pupils and 1,500 staff, NPCAT is now one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the UK.

We can offer:

A strong Catholic ethos.
Happy and enthusiastic pupils, who are eager to learn and to benefit from anenriched, extended curriculum.
Hard working and dedicated colleagues.
Good professional development opportunities.
Supportive governors and parents who want the very best for our school.

Additional benefits include access to:

Vivup - Lifestyle savings - store discounts
Vivup - Discounted gym membership
Vivup - Cycle scheme
Full wellbeing package

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.