Support Assistant Higher level
Salary Grade - BB06: £31,586 to £34,316
Actual £25,052 - £27,216
37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Term Time only – Permanent
3 training days
St Alban’s Catholic Primary is a highly respected Catholic school providing a good education for all our pupils. The opportunity has arisen to appoint two Higher Level Teaching Assistant to our highly successful school for September 2025. These positions will include covering PPA across the school from Nursery to Year 6, delivering interventions and supporting teaching and learning in the classroom.
St Alban’s strives to wrap children in an atmosphere of care, love and fun. We aim to provide for their emotional, moral, social, spiritual and cultural development so that they will have excellent attitudes and relationships. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable and trustworthy; someone who would make a positive contribution to the life of the school following the Catholic ethos.
We are part of the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust, a family of 5 secondary schools and 34 primary schools from across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland, in the North of the Diocese of Hexham
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting teaching and learning across the school, working closely with teachers and other staff to provide high-quality educational support and Newcastle.
We can offer you:
• a very strong Catholic ethos, where everyone is valued
• a warm welcoming inclusive school with a hard-working and supportive team of staff
• highly motivated, friendly, polite and well-behaved children
• active and supportive governors, parents and parish community
• a strong commitment to continuous professional development and a network of support within the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust
Completed applications and associated documents will be completed electronically. Please click on the ‘Fast Apply’ button to be taken through to the application form.
After shortlisting, successful candidates will be informed of interview arrangements.
Closing date: 4th July 2025 Interview Date: TBC
St Alban’s Catholic Primary School, Governors, BBCET and Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure check via the Disclosure and Barring Service together with other relevant employment checks deemed appropriate. An online search will take place on shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 guidance.
St Alban’s has formally adopted the Diocesan Model Statement on Equal Opportunities to ensure that we assess the best candidate against the criteria provided and do not discriminate on grounds of age, sex, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin or disability.
St Alban's Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
In accordance with the safeguarding vulnerable groups’ regime [2006] & the relevant Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) DfE guidance, any offer of employment made will be conditional upon the results of checks from the Disclosure & Barring Service (“the DBS”) and Teacher Services (regarding teacher prohibition/disqualification from working with children and young people).
School roles give privileged access to vulnerable groups, therefore, we require all applicants attending interview to disclose all spent convictions and cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 unless it is a “protected” conviction/caution under the amendments made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 (in 2013) and, therefore, not subject to disclosure.