Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term)

Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy, LEEDS, West Yorkshire, LS16 6NF

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3-6 (Actual Salary £16,420 - £17,210 per annum )

Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) job summary

• Fixed Term until 31 August 2026, Term Time Only plus 1 additional day
• Monday to Friday, 30 hours Teaching Assistant including Lunchtime Cover
• Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3-6, £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
• Actual Salary £16,420 - £17,210 per annum
• Required for September 2025

The Governors are looking for a highly motivated and inspirational Teaching Assistant to join our Catholic primary school at Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy. We are looking for someone who is able to motivate and inspire pupils in their learning and behaviour including 1:1 SEND support.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is warm, friendly, and empathetic
• Has excellent English, maths and communication skills
• Understands how individual children learn to ensure rapid progress
• Is committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour
• Works effectively as part of a skilled team including outside agencies
• Someone who may want to develop skills necessary to enter into initial teacher training
• Is a practising Catholic or supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school

What we can offer you:

• A professional team of hardworking and supportive staff and senior leadership team
• Well behaved, caring children
• Strong and effective links with parents/carers and the local community
• Excellent links with Cookridge Children Services
• Support via the BWCAT learning mentor group
• A well set up bank of resources to support workload
• 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 Holy Name are warmly welcomed; please contact Sheila Flynn, Office Manager on 0113 267 7532 to make an appointment. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

• Closing Date: Friday 27 June 2025, 12 noon
• Interviews: It is anticipated that interviews will take place shortly afterwards

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 safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosure certificate.

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

Holy Name is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children and young people and we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

In line with KCSiE 2022, 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.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 204 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holy-name-catholic-voluntary-academy

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