Teaching Assistant

St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 9LE

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Governors of St Bernard’s Catholic High School in Barrow in Furness are looking to appoint 2 Teaching Assistants

Number on Role: 631 pupils

Age Range: 11-16

Contract: Permanent

Two posts available one at 17.5 hours and one at 18.5 hours, please specify on your application what hours you are looking for. (Hours negotiable for right candidate).

Salary: PCD 5, Scale Point 6, £25,989 (Term time only (39 weeks) (Pro rata £10,526 - 17.5 hours, £11127 - 18.5 Hours)

Required start: As soon as possible

School website: www.stbernardsschool.uk

St Bernard’s Catholic School is a high performing Secondary school in a beautiful corner of Cumbria, at a stone’s throw from the Lake District National Park - an incredible place to live and work. We are a school where all are ‘known and loved’. We are proud to be part of the Mater Christi Trust comprising 16 schools (and growing) across Cumbria and Lancashire, providing incredible opportunities for growth and development for our staff.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant to work as part of the Inclusion Department in school. As a Teaching Assistant, you will be supporting pupils’ social, physical and emotional well-being in order to help them realise their full academic potential in a range of curriculum areas. Under the supervision of teaching staff and the school SENCO you will undertake a range of tasks to support teaching and learning of pupils with special educational needs by working with individuals or small groups either in or outside of the classroom.

In return we can offer you:

 A school where “Students describe the school as a loving environment” and “Students behave in a mature and sensible way”, “They respect each other and their teachers and enjoy learning”.

 A professional, enthusiastic and supportive team of staff with the capacity and commitment to raise student achievement.

 Supportive parents, Governors, Diocese and Trust.

 A well-resourced school with good results.

 A strong commitment to developing staff and creating the leaders of tomorrow.

Please apply via this link: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/148702/EDV-2026-SBCHSB-47424

Closing Date: Tuesday 20th October 2026 — 12:00 Noon

Shortlisting: Wednesday 21st October 2026

Interviews: To be confirmed

St Bernard’s Catholic High School is part of the Mater-Christi Trust in the Diocese of Lancaster. The Trust actively promotes diversity, unity and community cohesion and that it supports pupils to become successful, compassionate citizens. The Mater Christi Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Mater Christi Trust will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates, and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

St Bernard’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include completion of satisfactory employment vetting checks to include references, pre-employment health clearance, an approved enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and proof or right to work in the UK.

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.

About St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 624 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-bernards-catholic-high-school-barrow

In September 2021 we were one of the founding members of the Mater Christ Multi Academy Trust. Since then our Trust has grown to include 13 Catholic schools across Cumbria and North Lancashire. The mission of
our Trust and our Local Governing Body is that each school is only as good as the staff that work within them.
That is why we are committed to recruiting the best people to our school, and providing them with the training they need to be successful, both as educators and leaders.

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