Teaching Assistant
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 4QE11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
2 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 31.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC Grade B1, Points 4-6, Salary £25,185 - £25,989 pro rata to hours and weeks worked
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To work as part of a team providing support for literacy, numeracy, complex needs and emotional and mental health support in order to support the needs of the students.
- To provide learning support for students in small groups/one to one and as general support in the classroom.
- To attend to named students’ personal needs and implement related personal care programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene and welfare matters. This can include feeding and toileting.
- To supervise and support students, ensuring their safety and access to learning.
- To establish good relationships with students, acting as a role model; being aware of and responding to individual needs.
- To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students.
- To encourage students to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
- To encourage students to act independently as appropriate.
- To prepare classrooms as directed for lessons and clear away afterwards and to assist with the display of student’s work.
- To be aware of student problems, progress and achievements, reporting to the teacher as agreed.
- To undertake student record keeping as requested.
- To support the school’s Positive Discipline Policy and assist the teacher in managing student behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate.
- To gather and report information from and to parents and carers as directed.
- To assist particular departments with routine administrative tasks.
- To support students in using ICT as directed in each subject.
- To assist students in the use of appropriate equipment and resources as required.
What the school offers its staff
We offer a rewarding and exciting environment where students are keen to learn, and staff are valued and cared for.
Candidates do not need to be practicing Catholics, but a willingness to support the Catholic ethos of the school is essential.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 916 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School website
- Email address
- recruitment@cardinalheenan.com
- Phone number
- 0113 8873240
About Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Leeds, is a mainstream secondary school for girls and boys aged between 11 and 16. It is a voluntary aided establishment and its denomination is Roman Catholic. It is based in the town of Meanwood in Leeds. At present, there are approximately 922 students enrolled at the school.
Headteacher
Dominic Kelly
Values and Vision
The ethos of our school “to inspire excellence by encouraging every individual to be the person that God calls us to be” celebrates every individual within our school community. We encourage all members of the community - staff and students, to try their best in all situations, celebrating their successes as individuals and collectively through the nurture, care, and guidance we provide for them.
By ensuring our focus is on developing every individual, our students make exceptional progress in all aspects of their education. Our students’ outcomes year on year exceed the national average in all measures which we are very proud about – consistently amongst the highest-ranking schools in Leeds. However, we also celebrate the individual success that our students have – be that through extra-curricular participation, their contribution to the Catholic Life of the school, their ability to contribute to the school community through countless leadership roles, their participation in a full range of educational trips and visits… the list is endless.
Our students leave our school with the qualifications, work ethic and resilience to thrive in Post 16 – the majority of our students progress to Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College in Leeds and continue to thrive.
Ofsted report
Cardinal Heenan continues to be a good school. Inspectors recognised that “this is a happy school” in which “the Catholic character and virtues have a strong influence on everything”. Ofsted commented on our “ambitious curriculum for all students”, our “high expectations of all students”, the “range of opportunities for students to learn beyond lessons” and the “high quality programme of careers guidance and advice”. Most importantly, they saw our students as “respectful”, “take pleasure in attending” and “enjoy their learning”.
Arranging a visit to Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@cardinalheenan.com.
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