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Teaching Assistant Level 3

St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester, Manchester, M13 0BT

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 February 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday (term time only) + 5 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584 (actual salary £22,709)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The governors wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to work in our school in our Nursery.

Your duties will involve supporting pupils in the classroom (under supervision of the class teacher). You may be required to work throughout the school in all three key stages.

All practitioners in our school work as part of a team to support the children.

What the school offers its staff

St. Joseph’s has a team of dedicated staff who all contribute to making sure the children in their care achieve the best that they can be and they work tirelessly for the common good.

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

St. Joseph’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A full Disclosure and Barring check will be carried out along with social media checks

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teaching-Assistant-Level-3-Mainstream-Teaching-Learning (1).doc - 46 KB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment Monitoring Form.doc - 93.5 KB (opens in new tab)

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 Disclosure_Form.doc - 66.5 KB (opens in new tab)

SupportStaffApplicationForm (1) 2018.doc - 208 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 228 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester website
• Email address: admin@st-josephs.manchester.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0161 224 5347
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-rc-primary-school-manchester-manchester

St. Joseph’s is a rich, diverse and vibrant Catholic Primary School serving the parishes of St. Joseph’s and St. Augustine’s. We are situated in the heart of Longsight and offer our children and families a school where they feel welcome, content and secure.
We strive to give all of our children the opportunities so that they will be able to ” live life to the full”. Through providing outstanding teaching, children in our care make outstanding progress both educationally and emotionally and leave equipped with the skills and knowledge to achieve excellence in their chosen pathways.

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