12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    25 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant
  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: 30 hours per week Term Time Only

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,183 - £25,584 + £24,027

Actual salary

£14,323 - £14,551 + £2,733

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and caring Teaching Assistant. We are looking for someone who can support the teaching and learning of our pupils in their class learning, with the expertise to support individual pupils, including those with an Education, Health and Care Plan, as required.

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is situated just outside the city walls of York. This historic city provides a wealth of opportunities and experiences for our pupils which truly brings our curriculum alive. We are rich in diversity and culture and many of our pupils are multilingual. Our mission as a Catholic school permeates everything we do.

The ideal candidate would have:

  • Experience of working with Primary children

  • The ability to establish excellent relationships with children and promote aspirational achievement and progress for all groups of learners, including children with Special Educational Needs

  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team

  • A good standard of education including maths and English

  • A teaching assistant qualification or equivalent

  • IT skills

  • Supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school and the care that the school provides


What the school offers its staff

Catholic schools are welcoming places to pupils and members of staff from all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and almost half of teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic Faith.

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 32 primary schools, and 6 secondary schools. With more than 12,300 pupils and 1,500 staff, the Trust is now one of the largest Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the UK.

We offer you:

  • Enthusiastic children who are curious, independent learners

  • A warm, welcoming school and parish community

  • A commitment to your continuing professional development

  • A supportive local governing body and Trust team

  • A well-resourced and engaging learning environment

  • An experienced, talented and supportive staff team


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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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About St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
245 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01904 659726

Arranging a visit to St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email macdonald.k@npcat.org.uk.

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