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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    8 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Subjects

Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata £16028.15

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Governors of St Bernard’s Catholic High School in Barrow in Furness are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant

Number on Role: 667 pupils

Age Range: 11-16

Contract: Permanent

27.5 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks)

Salary: PCD 5, Scale Point 6, £25,183 (£16028.15 pro-rata)

Required start: September 2025

School website: www.stbernardsschool.uk


Bernard’s Catholic School is a high performing Secondary school in a beautiful corner of Cumbria, at stone’s throw from the Lake District National Park.– an incredible place to live and work. We are a school where all are ‘known and loved’. We are proud to be part of the Mater Christi Trust comprising 16 schools (and growing) across Cumbria and Lancashire, providing incredible opportunities for growth and development for our staff.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant to work as part of the Inclusion Department in school. As a Teaching Assistant, you will be supporting pupils’ social, physical and emotional well-being in order to help them realise their full academic potential in a range of curriculum areas. Under the supervision of teaching staff and the school SENCO you will undertake a range of tasks to support teaching and learning of pupils with special educational needs by working with individuals or small groups either in or outside of the classroom.

In return we can offer you:

A school where “Students describe the school as a loving environment” and “Students behave in a mature and sensible way”, “They respect each other and their teachers and enjoy learning”.

A professional, enthusiastic and supportive team of staff with the capacity and commitment to raise

student achievement.

Supportive parents, Governors, Diocese and Trust.

A well-resourced school with good results.

A strong commitment to developing staff and creating the leaders of tomorrow.

Closing Date: Tuesday 8th July

Shortlisting: Wednesday 9th July
Interviews: Monday 14th July

Commitment to safeguarding

St Bernard’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students. All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines. This will include completion of satisfactory employment vetting checks to include references, pre-employment health clearance, an approved enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and proof or right to work in the UK.

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About St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
663 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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In September 2021 we were one of the founding members of the Mater Christ Multi Academy Trust. Since then our Trust has grown to include 13 Catholic schools across Cumbria and North Lancashire. The mission of
our Trust and our Local Governing Body is that each school is only as good as the staff that work within them.
That is why we are committed to recruiting the best people to our school, and providing them with the training they need to be successful, both as educators and leaders.

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