TEACHING ASSISTANT

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 7JZ

19 days remaining to apply

Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 Annually (FTE) Salary: Grade D3 (FTE - £24,027)

TEACHING ASSISTANT job summary

Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust is a large Catholic Multi Academy Trust situated in the northern half of the Catholic Diocese of Northampton. It was formed by the merger of three former Catholic Trusts in February 2020. The Trust currently leads and manages ten Catholic primary schools located across the geographical area of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire and, two Catholic secondary schools.

St Thomas More Catholic Primary School is a one form entry school, educating 218 children from Kettering and the surrounding areas. We provide our pupils with an engaging, bespoke and broad Curriculum, where all subjects are valued.

Our Curriculum is designed around our four Core Aims: Learn, Love, Pray and Play. We aim to enable our children to become:

successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve

Loving individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives

Team players who make a positive contribution to society

Prayerful individuals who are able to recognise God’s love and support to drive them forward.

The school is looking to appoint a child centered, highly committed, creative and inspiring Teaching Assistant to join our very special school family. The successful candidate will work within, and contribute towards, our strong Catholic ethos and strive to enable every child to reach their own unique, God given potential. In return, we will provide a supportive team, investment into your professional development, wonderful relationships and truly incredible children.

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.