Teaching Assistant

St Martha's Catholic Primary School, KING'S LYNN, Norfolk, PE30 4AY

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As close to 1st September 2025

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 August 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: £12.65 Hourly 31.25 hours per week

Teaching Assistant job summary

Job details

Job title: Teaching assistant (TA)

Salary: £17, 649 (£12.65 per hour/31.25 hours a week)

Contract type: Term Time/Fixed Term for a year with the vision of extending for the right candidate.

Reporting to: Class Teacher

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed person to undertake the role of Teaching Assistant. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information.

Main purpose

The TA will:

• Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils
• Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
• Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning, and experience a sense of achievement

What we can offer you:

• A strong and supportive leadership team
• Training provided
• A Trust-wide and school-level wellbeing charter.
• Cycles of professional learning that are designed to improve pedagogy through the use of deliberate practice and peer coaching.
• A collaborative and positive environment which fosters personal and professional growth.
• Opportunities to lead and support across the Trust and within the local authority.
• A visible and approachable SLT, LGB and Trust who all hold the same values and see staff wellbeing and happiness as vital ingredients to working at St Martha's.
• Performance development with a clear focus development of practice to improve teaching and learning
• A dedicated pastoral team to support both staff and children.

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 Martha's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 401 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Martha's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-martha-s-catholic-primary-school

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