Teaching Assistant

Required from April 2025.

Teaching Assistant 30.25 hours per week. full time   PCD5 (£25,183 per annum, pro rata, term time only plus 1 week INSET).

This is a temporary position to cover maternity leave until December 2025.

The Governors of Holm Cultram Abbey C of E School are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, well organised and enthusiastic teaching assistant to join our hard working and dedicated staff, supporting teaching across the whole school.  This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, caring and creative individual who is seeking to work in a vibrant and nurturing school which is at the heart of its community.

The successful candidate will:

•    Be a fun and passionate individual with a genuine desire to work with children.
•    Be able to deliver programmes of work to small groups with direction from the teacher.
•    Work well as a member of a team; be a dedicated and flexible team member who is committed to taking part in the whole life of the school.
•    Work well independently.
•    Have good communication and interpersonal skills.
•    Have high expectations of learning and behaviour.
•    Be sympathetic to the Christian ethos of our school and be committed to our aims and values.
The ideal candidate should be a qualified teaching assistant (ideally with both level 3 Early Years qualification and 5-11 qualification) with recent experience with pupils aged 3-5 and 7-11 years, including those with additional needs

Application forms and further details are available on our school website: www.holmcultramabbey.cumbria.sch.uk

Closing date: Monday 10th March 2025 at 12 Noon (Please return completed applications to: vacancy@holmcultramabbey.cumbria.sch.uk

Interview date: Wednesday 19th March 2025

The school is committed to the safeguarding of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful applicant will be appointed on the completion of an enhanced DBS check and receipt of professional references.  Shortlisted candidates will be expected to complete a safeguarding declaration form.