Teaching Assistant

St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8QJ

21 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  18 May 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  27 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you a caring, enthusiastic and dedicated practitioner with a passion for supporting young children to thrive? Do you want to make a real difference in a nurturing and supportive school community?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Reception Teaching Assistant to join our Early Years team on a part-time, term-time only basis. The role is for 27.5 hours per week (8:45am - 3:15pm daily, including a 1-hour lunch break) and may include lunchtime supervision.

We are a small school with a big heart, where every child is known, valued and supported. Our Early Years environment is warm, engaging and focused on developing confident, happy learners. You will be working alongside a dedicated and supportive team who are passionate about providing the very best start for our children.

The successful candidate will:

• Ideally hold a Level 3 Early Years qualification (or be willing to work towards this)
• Have experience of working with young children, preferably within an EYFS setting
• Be nurturing, patient and enthusiastic
• Have a good understanding of how young children learn and develop
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team
• Be committed to supporting the wellbeing and development of all pupils

The staff and children are at the heart of everything we do. If being part of a caring, family-friendly community is important to you, we warmly encourage you to visit us and see our school in action.

We are a Catholic school and, whilst applicants do not need to be Catholic, they must be supportive of and committed to the Catholic ethos of the school.

Visits are warmly welcomed by prior arrangement. Please contact Carmela Puccio (Headteacher) to find out more.

St Margaret Clitherow School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance, satisfactory references and online checks. The school reserves the right to close this advert early and appoint should a suitable candidate be found.

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 Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-margaret-clitherow-roman-catholic-primary-school

In striving for excellence and enjoyment, we encourage our children to be independent and resilient lifelong learners and confident to reach their full potential. We believe that every one of our children, made in God’s image and likeness, is valued as unique with extraordinary gifts and talents which we aim to discover and develop through an effective partnership between home, school and Church.

Our mission is to do all we can to bring signs of God’s mercy, compassion and justice into the world. This is the mission Jesus has entrusted us to do. If we have faith in Him, we will witness how he can help us to help others. We live what we believe and our school mission statement is:

Jesus lives in us, our families, our school, our church, our world. Jesus is our guide, let us follow Him.

We are all incredibly proud of our school and it is a very special place to be. A vibrant place where minds and hearts are nurtured and a place where lifetime friendships are made. It is a place where children are at the heart of every decision we make and are loved for who they are.

Find out more about our school by looking at www.clitherowspeaks.wordpress.com which includes the use of our fantastic grounds. Alternatively, for a flavour of daily school life, simply follow @StMClitherow or make an appointment to come and see our school in action. We hope that you enjoy finding out about us.

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