Teaching Assistant with Primary/SEND Experience

Teaching Assistant – Level 3 – required from 7th January 2025

Term: Permanent

Hours: 8.50am to 3.20pm Monday to Friday Term Time Only

Salary: Grade 3 Point 4 £24,403 FTE 

A vacancy for a Teaching Assistant has arisen, starting in January 2025. The position will Initially be based within the Early Years team and experience of working with children in a primary setting with SEND needs is essential.

St Louis Catholic Academy is part of Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic MAT; it is a thriving Catholic School situated near to the centre of Newmarket in Suffolk. Our Catholic Gospel Values are central to how we teach and learn together. We have strong bonds with Our Lady Immaculate & St Etheldreda Parish and the wider community. Children learn independence and care for others from a young age and families work supportively alongside us. 

Our reputation as a good school is strong and visitors remark upon our pupil's excellent behaviour. We work together as a community to provide a happy, secure and stimulating environment where children are motivated to learn, are valued as individuals and encouraged to meet their full potential while delivering a quality caring education to our children. Children in our school enjoy a great range of extracurricular opportunities, from forest school and sport to choir and cooking clubs. 

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work as a class-based Teaching Assistant and to take small intervention groups. This is an opportunity to work with and learn from a team of experienced and accomplished teachers and to develop professionally. If you are interested in working in a school and passionate about allowing children to reach their full potential this may be the opportunity for you. If you think you could make a difference to children’s lives and believe that every child should have the chance to be the very best they can be you might be the right person for us. 

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Check is required for all successful applicants, together with two referees. 

If you have the desire and drive to ensure our friendly, eager children achieve their best, we would be delighted to hear from you.  

For an application pack or to discuss the position, please contact Antoinette Jones, Senior Admin Assistant, St Louis Catholic Academy, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA, tel. 01638 662718, email antoinettejones@stlouisacademy.co.uk or visit our website at www.stlouisacademy.co.uk

Closing Date: 14th December 2024

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing deadline, so early applications are encouraged.   

Interviews: Week commencing 16th December 2024