Teaching Assistant
The Queen Katherine School, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6PJ5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,211.00 Annually (Actual) £25,183 FTE (£19,211 pa actual/pro-rata)
Teaching Assistant job summary
Part of Cumbria Education Trust, The Queen Katherine School is seeking a Teaching Assistant/Learning Support Assistant to join our friendly, experienced team.
The successful candidate will:
- Give individual support to named students
- Have the skills to work with students who have complex needs
- Work with Learning Support Teachers to deliver planned programmes
GCSE English and Maths (grade c/4 or above- or equivalent) are essential. The successful candidate should hold a relevant professional qualification to at least NVQ level 2, or be able to demonstrate competency through proven experience in a similar role
If you feel you have the right skills and experience and would like the opportunity to undertake this rewarding role in an innovative school, we would be delighted to receive an application from you.
Hours of work: 33 per week
Working pattern: 08.30 – 15.30 Monday to Friday (Plus a 30 minute team meeting each Thursday from 15:30-16:00)
Term weeks: 38 plus Inset (39 working weeks)
As part of the Cumbria Education Trust, The Queen Katherine School is led with shared vision, honesty and purpose. CET is a growing multi academy trust based in Cumbria; it is committed to creating outstanding, innovative and inspiring learning environments for our schools and their communities. The successful candidate will be joining CET at an exciting time, as we continue to build of our successes and move forward on our journey to establish ourselves as one of the highest performing MATs in the North of England.
Cumbria Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post. You should not apply if you are on the Children’s Barred List.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches are carried out on successful candidates.
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 The Queen Katherine School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 936 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Queen Katherine School website
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