Support Assistant Higher level
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 4HQ9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
23 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- BB06: Actual £25,052 - £27,216
Support Assistant Higher level job summary
Support Assistant Higher level
Salary Grade - BB06: £31,586 to £34,316
Actual £25,052 - £27,216
37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Term Time only – Permanent
3 training days
2 positions available
St Alban’s Catholic Primary is a highly respected Catholic school providing a good education for all our pupils. The opportunity has arisen to appoint two Higher Level Teaching Assistant to our highly successful school for September 2025. These positions will include covering PPA across the school from Nursery to Year 6, delivering interventions and supporting teaching and learning in the classroom.
St Alban’s strives to wrap children in an atmosphere of care, love and fun. We aim to provide for their emotional, moral, social, spiritual and cultural development so that they will have excellent attitudes and relationships. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable and trustworthy; someone who would make a positive contribution to the life of the school following the Catholic ethos.
We are part of the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust, a family of 5 secondary schools and 34 primary schools from across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, in the North of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
The successful candidate will have good interpersonal skills, working as part of our school team and taking the lead on all site-related maintenance.
We can offer you:
- a very strong Catholic ethos, where everyone is valued
- a warm welcoming inclusive school with a hard-working and supportive team of staff
- highly motivated, friendly, polite and well-behaved children
- active and supportive governors, parents and parish community
- a strong commitment to continuous professional development and a network of support within the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Completed applications and associated documents will be completed electronically. Please click on the ‘Fast Apply’ button to be taken through to the application form.
After shortlisting, successful candidates will be informed of interview arrangements.
Closing date: 23 June 2025
Interview Date: TBC
St Alban’s Catholic Primary School, Governors, BBCET and Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure check via the Disclosure and Barring Service together with other relevant employment checks deemed appropriate. An online search will take place on shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance.
St Alban’s has formally adopted the Diocesan Model Statement on Equal Opportunities to ensure that we assess the best candidate against the criteria provided and do not discriminate on grounds of age, sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.
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.
About St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 238 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Alban's Catholic Primary School, Walker website
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