Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term)

St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5EN

6 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 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 £15,894 - £16,659 per annum )

Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) job summary

Fixed Term Contract until 31 August 2026, Term Time Only
29.17 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3 - 6, £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
Actual Salary £15,894 - £16,659 per annum
Required September 2025

The Governors are looking for an enthusiastic and friendly Teaching Assistant to join our Catholic primary school at St Joseph’s, Barnoldswick. We are looking for someone to provide support to children with additional needs as well as general classroom support. 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
Happy, friendly children with a thirst for knowledge and exemplary standards of behaviour
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)
A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

For further information, please contact the School Office at St Joseph’s, Barnoldswick on 01282 813045. Visits to the school are encouraged, by appointment through the school office.

Closing Date: Friday 4 July 2025 at midday
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

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.