Teaching Assistant
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0EA29 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
31 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 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
- £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary will be pro-rata for 12.5 hours per week, 38 Term Time Weeks + 1 Week INSET plus holiday entitlement
Teaching Assistant job summary
Teaching Assistant
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School - Fixed Term
Required ASAP
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and conscientious Teaching Assistant to work across our school supporting teachers in both our KS1 and KS2 classes.
Working hours are 12.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday 1pm - 3.30pm, term time only plus training days.
Pay Scales: Grade 5 Scale Point 6 £25,183 pa pro-rata.
This is a Fixed Term Role to 31/8/2026 due to being dependent on funding.
The successful candidate will:
Be supportive of the Catholic Ethos of the school.
Have previous experience or knowledge of classroom support.
Have a good knowledge of KS1 and KS2 curriculum.
Hold relevant qualifications.
Have high expectations and demonstrate commitment.
Be an excellent communicator.
Be a committed team member.
We will offer you:
An outstanding school.
Well-behaved, engaged pupils, who achieve high standards.
A forward- thinking school, which is constantly striving for improvement.
Friendly and experienced staff and governors.
Supportive, continuing professional development.
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the trust to develop practice and widen experience.
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is part of the Mater Christi Academy Trust.
We are 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 checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.
Closing date: Friday 31st October
Shortlisting: Monday 3rd November
Interviews: Thursday 6th November
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston website
School location
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