Teaching Assistant Level 1

SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields, South Shields, NE33 4RH

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 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: £26,016.00 Annually (FTE) £4472 Actual salary. Pending outcome of job evaluation

Teaching Assistant Level 1 job summary

Key Tasks of the Post:

1. You will provide support to pupils. You will:

• Attend to the pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
• Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to lunches and playground play.
• Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others.
• Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate.
• Initiate games and activities on the school yard.
• Check that all children have washed their hands before entering the dining hall and, where necessary, help younger children to do so.
• Support children to use the cutlery correctly and to observe table manners e.g. the use of indoor voices.
• Promote positive behaviour and follow behaviour management routines in line with the school Behaviour Policy. Be responsible for the general standard of behaviour when working with or supervising the children in the dining hall, yard and corridors.
• Help children to clear trays or who have eating difficulties.
• Ensure that all used equipment is stored safely and correctly.
• Ensure that the dining hall is set up ready for lunch.

2. You will provide support for the school. You will:

• Follow school Safeguarding policy and procedures.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
• Give immediate attention to accidents and report them as soon as possible to the Head Teacher or senior person on duty.
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required

Ensure that all spillages of food or liquid both on the table and on the floor are cleaned up immediately in order to maintain a safe and hygienic environment.

Deal immediately with any hazards which could cause an accident in the dining hall.

Supervise the children at play after they have left the dining hall and organise games for children.

For enquiries regarding this role, please contact Mrs Lee on 0191 4552862 or email office@sspeterpaul.co.uk. Completed application forms should be submitted by 12.00 noon on Thursday 12th November 2026. CV’s will not be accepted. Interviews will be held on Friday 20th November 2026. Electronic signatures will be accepted but candidates will be required to add a written signature to their application when circumstances allow. The position we are filling is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. An online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and we expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust is the employer.

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

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

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 SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 230 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, South Shields website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ss-peter-and-paul-catholic-primary-school-south-shields

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