Teaching Assistant Level 2

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 4LT

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  24 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Monthly

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

Our Lady of Lourdes is looking to appoint a teaching assistant to join our existing highly professional team. You will be required to work in our ASD Provision, working with pupils with complex special needs and offering support for the teacher. Applicants should be appropriately qualified or have relevant skills and expertise. Good attendance and punctuality, along with significant versatility and enthusiasm are essential. You will be expected to be supportive of the Catholic ethos of our school.

You will be required to work with and supervise individuals and groups of pupils under the direction of teaching and senior staff, supporting access to learning and promoting inclusion for all learners.

You will provide targeted support for pupils within a school environment, including those with additional learning needs, helping them to achieve their full academic, social, emotional and personal potential.

You will contribute to a safe, stimulating and inclusive learning environment that promotes high expectations, pupil wellbeing and positive behaviour.

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 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 447 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/our-lady-of-lourdes-catholic-primary-school-pr8-4lt

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