Teaching Assistant

Contract Type:

Contract

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

03/04/2026

St.

Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Position Title:

Teaching Assistant
Profile: 1.2 Learning Support Temporary until August 31st 2026 Part Time

• Weekly hours: 27.5
  Grade: 01
  SCP Range: 02-04
  Salary Range: pro rata
  Employment
  
  Start Date:
  
  20.04.2026

We are looking for a team player; someone who is willing to work alongside others and under the guidance of class teachers and the headteacher.

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate in a positive, encouraging manner are essential qualities.

The successful candidate will play a key part in assisting in the delivery of an exciting curriculum for 27.5 hours per week.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience of being a teaching assistant within a primary setting
• Have worked with children with specific learning, physical and social needs
• Be a good team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Have high expectations of pupil behaviour
• Contribute to the ethos of a friendly, happy school, in which the personal development and well‑being of the children is given the highest priority

Interview Date: 25. 3.2026

As this post will result in you having substantial contact with children, and/or vulnerable adults, the successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services check.

With effect from 1 April 2016 it is a legal requirement for some categories of support staff to be registered with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.

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