Teaching Assistant

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9HZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) pro rata

Teaching Assistant job summary

This is a fixed term post until 17th July 2026 due to funding

32.5 hours per week, term time only

We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant, to work one to one with a child with special educational needs and disabilities.

Skills and qualifications required:

• NVQ 3 or equivalent in Education or Children & Young People
• Experience of of working with children with SEND
• A commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
• Good communication skills
• The ability to contribute to planning, monitoring and assessment of pupils; assisting the class teacher
• The ability to work together with and support team members and children
• Be resilient, flexible, patient and the ability to work under pressure

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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School is part of the Mater Christi Academy Trust.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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 St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 125 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-cuthbert-s-catholic-primary-school-ca7-9hz

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