Teaching Assistant Level 2

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Job Title - Teaching Assistant Level 2

Location - St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School

Responsible To - Head of School

Salary Grade - Band D, spine point 6-7 £25,183 - £25,584 FTE (£18,211 - £18,500 Actual)

Contract - This is a part-time contract, 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only plus INSET days). Annual leave to be taken during non-term time.

This post is a fixed-term contract initially until 31st August 2026.

Closing Date - 21st July 2025 at 12:00pm

Start Date - 1st September 2025

Starting in September 2025, the governors and school community of St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working individual who will promote students' development in a safe and secure environment. Your role will be to support students across the school by developing an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible, whilst ensuring their safety and well-being.

St Peter & St Paul Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary Aided Catholic School. We are part of the Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust.

If you’d like to visit the school, please contact the school office - 0151 639 2991 to arrange an appointment.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• To promote students' development in a safe, secure, challenging environment.
• To meet the physical/medical needs of the student according to a student’s individual care plan whilst encouraging independence wherever possible. Medical needs include the administration of medicines by mouth or other medical procedures provided appropriate training has been given by an appropriate person.
• To develop an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible.
• To encourage inclusion within the classroom.
• To display students' work to reflect their achievement.
• To encourage good personal hygiene and assist with necessary self-help skills (feeding, toileting, dressing etc.)
• To facilitate small group interventions as directed by the SENDCO (homework club, social skills etc.

We offer:

• A unique opportunity to work for a MAT which is one of 87 national teaching school hubs and includes the lead school for Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub.
• Mentoring and high level training.
• A stable and well established SEND team with opportunities to work in both mainstream and specialist settings.
• Encouragement to develop your career with excellent promotion opportunities and opportunities.
• A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core. Inclusion in whole school and MAT teams - working together to achieve ambitious outcomes whilst valuing every individual’s contribution.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Holy Family Multi Academy Trust will undertake general online searches for all shortlisted candidates, this may include social media and video platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Online searches will only examine data that is publicly available, and the aim is to identify any incidents or issues. Any areas of concern will be discussed during the interview process. To assist in this part of the process we would appreciate it if you would complete the attached Social Media form and return it with your application.

The successful applicant will be subject to relevant clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To apply for this position, please send a completed Catholic Education Service application form for the attention of Mr Tom Wallace, Headteacher at headteacher@stpeter-stpauls.wirral.sch.uk and recruitment@hfcmat.com.

For further information please visit the ‘Vacancies’ section on our website www.hfcmat.com.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised closing date, so please apply as soon as you can.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of sex, race or disability