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Teaching Assistant L3 with Lunchtime Supervisor Duties

Job details
Posting date: 26 June 2025
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 07 July 2025
Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO31 7PB
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: aa756851-72ec-4446-bd64-870be0a18fc9

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and caring Teaching Assistant. We are looking for someone who can support the teaching and learning of our pupils in their class learning, with the expertise to support individual pupils, including those with an Education, Health and Care Plan, as required.

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is situated just outside the city walls of York. This historic city provides a wealth of opportunities and experiences for our pupils which truly brings our curriculum alive. We are rich in diversity and culture and many of our pupils are multilingual. Our mission as a Catholic school permeates everything we do.

The ideal candidate would have:

• Experience of working with Primary children
• The ability to establish excellent relationships with children and promote aspirational achievement and progress for all groups of learners, including children with Special Educational Needs
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
• A good standard of education including maths and English
• A teaching assistant qualification or equivalent
• IT skills

• Supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school and the care that the school provides

What the school offers its staff

Catholic schools are welcoming places to pupils and members of staff from all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and almost half of teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic Faith.

St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 32 primary schools, and 6 secondary schools. With more than 12,300 pupils and 1,500 staff, the Trust is now one of the largest Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the UK.

We offer you:

• Enthusiastic children who are curious, independent learners
• A warm, welcoming school and parish community
• A commitment to your continuing professional development
• A supportive local governing body and Trust team
• A well-resourced and engaging learning environment
• An experienced, talented and supportive staff team

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.

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