Teaching Assistant
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 4LT20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 January 2027
Closing date
23 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
28 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £19,405.00 - £20,021.00 Annually (Actual)
Teaching Assistant job summary
You will have a talent for engaging children and will be required to work flexibly across all age groups and abilities.
You will support the work of our teachers in this varied role and duties include working in 1:1 situations, leading small groups and providing general classroom support.
Working with children who have varying needs, from SEN to behavioural and emotional needs, you will encourage the acceptance and inclusion of all children.
There will be opportunities to develop your career within the school which allows you to make a valued contribution to our children's learning.
This is a permanent role starting from 4 January 2027. You will be working for 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time only. There are 2 x posts available.
About us
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary is a Primary school and is located in Woodthorpe, Nottingham. We are an Ofsted-rated 'Outstanding'school. We are a great place to work because our school is proud of its strong community. We value our partnership with parents and carers, the parish we serve and the wider community. We acknowledge the crucial role played by our parents and carers as an integral part of our school community and appreciate their involvement in the life and work of the school.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together the 35 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
You will:
- Be caring and supportive, and committed to achieving excellent results.
- Support the Teachers to enthuse our students, inspiring their learning and progress.
- Assist with the planning, differentiation and preparation of intervention strategies.
- Promote the well-being of our student’s providing guidance and support
- Establish supportive relationships with pupils, allowing them to feel valued and listened to and encouraging questions and ideas.
- Provide support for leaning activities and monitor their effectiveness.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary: £19,405 - £20,021 per annum (OLOL Band 2, NJC Points 3 - 5).
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Term time only working.
Visits are warmly welcomed and we encourage you to talk to us to learn more about the role. Please contact Celine Toneron CToner@goodshepherd.notts.sch.uk or call 0115 9262983to arrange a visit or to discuss the role further.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for our Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants in line with Safer Recruitment Practices.
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 The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 454 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
The Good Shepherd Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy opened in 1951. Located in Woodthorpe, Nottingham, it is a larger than average primary school, serving more than 400 children in the area.
The school was judged ‘outstanding’ in its latest Diocesan Canonical inspection and is currently rated ‘good’ by Ofsted.
The Gospel message is the focus of school life, not only in prayer and celebration, but through actions, relationships, learning opportunities and play.
The school believes in the Whole Child Approach to learning and strives to create an environment where every member of its community feels safe, loved, valued, respected and challenged and can therefore go on to experience success.
The school sets high standards and expectations for its pupils and instils in everyone a desire to fulfil their potential and achieve their life goals.
A broad and balanced curriculum is offered, enriched with visitors, school trips, events and activities to inspire each child in the joy of learning. The school nurtures and develops unique and individual talents and provides memories that sustain children beyond their time at school and helps equip them for later life.
The school is proud of its strong community, with supportive staff, governors and parents and values its close links with its parish and priests of The Good Shepherd Church, Woodthorpe.
The Good Shepherd Primary Catholic Academy is a lively, thriving and nurturing environment in which children can enjoy learning and growing enriched by the presence of God.
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