Teaching Assistant Level 3

Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, Prescot, Merseyside, L35 2XG

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,403.00 - £31,022.00 Monthly

Teaching Assistant Level 3 job summary

To work with and supervise individuals and groups of children, under the direction/instruction of teaching and/or senior staff, inclusive of specific individual learning needs, enabling access to learning for all pupils and assistance and support in classroom management and behaviour techniques and providing specialist support in a specific curricula/resource area.

To support high quality teaching and learning within a school environment, enabling all pupils, including those with SEND, to achieve their full academic, social, emotional and spiritual potential.

To lead targeted interventions and provide specialist support within agreed curriculum areas under the direction of the class teacher and SENDCo.

To promote pupil wellbeing, inclusion, independence and positive behaviour in line with the school's values and policies.

To lead foundational knowledge and oversee the school library and all it has to offer our students.

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 Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 730 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saint-edmund-arrowsmith-catholic-academy

At Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, our mission is to become the number one school of choice in the local area. It will be a school characterised first and foremost by our faith and strength of our Catholic community. We will be recognised for having an exceptional curriculum
that provides pupils with powerful academic knowledge and the character development they need to really 'Live life to the full'.

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