Teaching Assistant

St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4AP

24 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3 - 6 (Actual Salary £17,709 - £18,561 per annum)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Permanent (2 posts available), Term Time Only
32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm
Working 1:1 and general TA responsibilities including lunchtime supervisory duties
Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3 - 6, £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
Actual Salary £17,709 - £18,561 per annum
Required from September 2025

The Governors are looking for two enthusiastic and friendly Teaching Assistants to join our Catholic primary school at St. Robert’s Catholic Primary School, Harrogate. We are looking for someone to provide support to children with additional needs. Experience is desirable but not essential.

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who has numeracy and literacy skills grade 4 or above (or equivalent level) and who is:

Caring, patient and intuitive to the needs of the child to enable them to access the curriculum as designated by the teacher
Able to communicate effectively with pupils and staff
Flexible in approach and able to adapt to working with both groups and individual pupils
Willing to help with activities both in the classroom and across the school
Professional, responsible and aware of the need to maintain confidentiality
Supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school

We offer:

A friendly and welcoming school where excellence is valued and celebrated
Children who are enthusiastic, positive and prepared to work hard
A strong and supportive leadership team and governing body, committed to developing our staff team
Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
Generous pension contribution managed by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

Visits to St. Robert’s, Harrogate are warmly welcomed; please contact Joan Gamble, Office Manager on 01423 504730 to make an appointment.

Applications are invited from people who are sympathetic to the Christian ethos and want to work in a supportive and dynamic school community. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity.

Closing Date: Monday 16 June 2025 at 9am
Interviews: Week Commencing 23 June 2025

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

Our school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

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.