Teaching Assistants

St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 7BP

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be agreed with succesfull applicants

• Closing date

  1 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £17,684.00 - £19,475.00 Annually (Actual) DHSF3 NJC GRADE 4

Teaching Assistants job summary

About the Role

To work under the guidance of teaching/senior staff and within an agreed system of supervision, to implement agreed work programmes with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom. This could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas and will involve assisting the teacher in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources. The primary focus will be to maintain good order and to keep pupils on task.

The successful candidate will:

• Be supportive of the Catholic Ethos
• Have excellent communication and inter-personal skills and be able to form positive relationships with children and adults
• Have experience of working with children across the Foundation age range
• Have excellent early literacy and numeracy skills
• Be highly motivated and hard-working and be flexible and adaptable to children’s needs
• Have the ability to support pupil learning and be committed to achieving the early learning goals
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Have the ability to recognise and identify children’s needs, including barriers to learning, and be able to provide appropriate learning experience

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.

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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. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 224 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-retford

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