Teaching Assistant at Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy

Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous pension contribution

Job summary

Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy in Leeds is inviting applications for a part-time role: 30 hours per week term time plus one additional day. Salary ranges £25,614–£26,846 per annum, with actual salary around £17k–£18k depending on structure. Start date ASAP.

The post requires warmth, strong communication, and a commitment to high achievement in a Catholic school context. We offer a supportive staff team, good links with parents and community, and opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Is warm, friendly, and empathetic.
• Has excellent English, maths and communication skills.
• Understands how individual children learn to ensure rapid progress.
• Is committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour.
• Works effectively as part of a skilled team including outside agencies.
• Someone who may want to develop skills necessary to enter into initial teacher training.
• Is a practicing Catholic or supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school.

Skills

Empathy

English Proficiency

Maths Proficiency

Communication

Teamwork

Development Potential

Catholic Ethos Alignment

Job description

About this Role

30 hours per week, term time only plus 1 additional day, Monday to Friday

Salary NJC Grade A1/B1, Scale Points 3-6, £25,614 - £26,846 per annum

Actual Salary: £.17,505 - £18,347 per annum

Start date: ASAP

We are looking for someone who:

• Is warm, friendly, and empathetic
• Has excellent English, maths and communication skills
• Understands how individual children learn to ensure rapid progress
• Is committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour
• Works effectively as part of a skilled team including outside agencies
• Someone who may want to develop skills necessary to enter into initial teacher training
• Is a practicing Catholic or supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school

What we can offer you:

• A professional team of hardworking and supportive staff and senior leadership team
• Well behaved, caring children
• Strong and effective links with parents/ carers, and the local community
• Excellent links with Cookridge Children Services
• Support via the BWCAT learning mentor group
• A well set up bank of resources to support workload
• Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK's favourite high‑street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
• Generous pension contribution managed by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

• Closing Date: Monday 14th September 12 noon
• Interview Date: Expected to be shortly after closing date

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS enhanced disclosure certificate.

In line with KCSiE 2025 we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK-either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

We value diversity and seek a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.