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Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term)

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

This job expired on 16 June 2025 – see similar jobs

• 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: Fixed term
• 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 (Fixed Term) job summary

• Fixed Term for one year until 31 August 2026, 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 an enthusiastic and friendly Teaching Assistant 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.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

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

In line with KCSiE 2025, 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.

This job post has expired.

About St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 285 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-robert-s-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy

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