Teaching Assistant with additional Lunch Time Supervisor duties
St Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 8JY13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
24 March 2025
Closing date
17 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13,005.00 Annually (Actual)
Teaching Assistant with additional Lunch Time Supervisor duties job summary
Contract Type Fixed Term for 1 year
Contract Term Part Time for 1 year
Salary Scale 2 SCP 4: Annual Salary£13005 (Actual)
The role is from 8.45 to 1pm - 4.25 hours a day Mon-Fri, term-time only. This includes one hour of lunch time duties per day.
The Academy Council of St. Malachy’s Catholic Primary Academy wish to appoint a caring, reliable, calm, positive and skilled person to work as part of our team. In this role, you will use a creative and impactful approach, follow the specific direction of the class teacher and work effectively within the team to improve access to learning for pupils, whilst enhancing their educational progress, personal experience and character development.
St. Malachy’s is a wonderful Catholic school enjoying a good reputation in our community, where we have created a happy, successful and well-resourced school. Our children are very well behaved and highly motivated and we love spending our days with them!
About this Role
Assist teaching staff to prepare classrooms for lessons and activities.
Assist with trips, events and activities.
Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by teaching staff.
Supervise pupils’ work and provide support where necessary.
Work with and support a designated child 1-1 as needed
Provide administrative and clerical support to teaching staff and other TAs regarding lesson planning and resources.
Monitor the needs and behaviour of pupils, and deal with these in line with the school’s behaviour policy and/or report these to teaching staff where appropriate.
Undertake pupil record keeping as requested, e.g. taking registers.
Assist teaching staff and other TAs with creating and maintaining displays throughout the school.
Establish and maintain constructive relationships with pupils’ parents and deliver pastoral support as required.
Be a good role model to pupils in terms of behaviour and attitude, upholding the school’s Code of Conduct at all times.
Work as a member of the lunchtime team (12noon - 1pm each day)
The successful candidate must:
Be supportive of the ethos of the school
Be prepared to undertake any training deemed relevant by the Leadership team
Additional Information:
While not essential, training or experience in working with children in a school environment
would be advantageous, as would recent classroom teaching assistant experience
NVQ2 or above would be an advantage, but not essential.
Grade C or above at GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths would be desirable.
St Malachy’s Catholic Primary Academy, Halifax is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and all relevant pre-employment and online checks.
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 Malachy's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 162 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Our mission is to provide an enriching, high-quality education, where we learn, love and grow with Christ at the centre, so that each individual feels nurtured and can achieve their full potential. We strive to be an oasis of educational excellence where our children feel well-supported, happy and safe, therefore enjoying school. They benefit greatly from the creative, skills-based curriculum they receive, and love the exciting school trips and interesting visitors who enhance their learning.
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