Teaching Assistant
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3EZ13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
5 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
8 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £24,796.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary will be pro rata based on term time only weeks
Teaching Assistant job summary
As a Teaching Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting our students on their journey to success. You’ll work closely with teachers to deliver engaging lessons, provide tailored support for individual students, and foster a positive and inclusive classroom environment.
There will be opportunities to develop within the school and make a valued contribution to our children's learning.
This is a permanent part time role available now. You will be working 32.5 hours per week, term time only.
About us
The Trinity Catholic School a Voluntary Academy is a secondary and sixth-form school located in Nottingham. We are an Ofsted-rated Good school. Our school is a great place to work because we are a high-achieving, values-driven community that nurtures students’ academic, musical and personal growth, making it an inspiring and rewarding place to work.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together the 35 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
As a Teaching Assistant, you’ll:
- Support children in reaching their academic and personal goals.
- Collaborate with teachers to create engaging and inclusive learning experiences.
- Provide one-on-one or small group assistance to students needing additional support.
- Play an active role in maintaining a positive and inspiring classroom environment.
What we’re looking for:
- Enthusiasm for working with children and helping them achieve their best.
- A proactive, adaptable approach to supporting both staff and students.
- A willingness to embrace and promote our Catholic ethos (you don’t need to be Catholic but must respect our values).
What’s in it for you?
- An actual salary of £19,405 - £20.021 per annum (OLOL Band 2; Scale Points 3 - 5)
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Term time only working.
Closing Date: Monday 5 October 2026 at 9.00am
Visits are warmly welcomed so you can see for yourself what a warm and welcoming place our school is. We encourage you to contact Mrs Hay on l.hay@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk or call 0115 929 6251 to arrange a visit or to discuss the role further.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for our Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1182 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
The Trinity Catholic School serves the children and families of the City of Nottingham and its surrounding areas. Situated in Aspley on a split site in the East of the city, we work with the parishes of St Teresas of Lisieux in Aspley, St Augustine’s in St Anns, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Bulwell and St Mary’s in Hyson Green. Renowned for consistently high academic outcomes, the school prides itself on excellent pastoral care and standards of behaviour whilst working to meet the school mission statement:
“This Catholic School will seek to educate the whole person, academically, morally, socially and spiritually through the example of Jesus Christ and the witness of committed capable teachers”.
Trinity has 1129 pupils including 230 in the Sixth Form. The school holds a number of awards including; Leading Edge Partnership School, Heathy Schools, International School Award, Arts Mark Gold, Sims Partner School, Sports Mark and Career Mark highlighting the breadth of quality within the school and areas of expertise. The school was inspected in October 2008 by OFSTED and judged to be Outstanding. On our last Diocesan Canonical Inspection we were judged as Outstanding (November 2014).
The school promotes involvement in a broad range of extra-curricular activities and celebrates the successes of our children and young people via the school website as well as in school. We promote opportunities both within and outside of the classroom to ensure that all children experience an excellent, rich and varied education to ensure that they are prepared for life after school in further education, employment or training.
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