• Fixed Term until 31 August 2025, Term Time Only
• 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm
• Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3 - 6, £24,027 - £25,183 per annum
• Actual Salary £17,709 - £18,561 per annum
• Required as soon as possible
The Governors are looking for an enthusiastic and friendly Teaching Assistant to join our Catholic primary school at Sacred Heart, Ilkley. An element of this role will be to provide support to children with additional needs. Experience is desirable but not essential.
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who has numeracy and literacy skills grade 4 or above (or equivalent level) and who is:
• Caring, patient and intuitive to the needs of the child to enable them to access the curriculum as designated by the teacher
• Able to communicate effectively with pupils and staff
• Flexible in approach and able to adapt to working with both groups and individual pupils
• Willing to help with activities both in the classroom and across the school
• Professional, responsible and aware of the need to maintain confidentiality
• Supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school
We offer:
• A friendly and welcoming school where excellence is valued and celebrated
• Happy, friendly children with a thirst for knowledge and exemplary standards of behaviour
• A strong and supportive leadership team and governing body, committed to developing our staff team
• Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
• A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing
For further information, please contact Helen Robertson, our Office Manager at Sacred Heart, Ilkley on 01943 609578. Visits to the school are encouraged, by appointment through the school office. The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.
Further details including a job description, person specification and how to apply are available via the Trust website https://www.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org/Trust-Academy-Vacancies/. Please note, CVs cannot be accepted.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosure certificate.
In line with KCSiE 2024, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
