Senior Teaching Assistant

We are looking for a passionate and creative Senior Teaching Assistant to join our happy and inclusive school community.  

This post is being offered on a permanent basis for 18.75 hours a week Mon-Fri (8.45am– 12.30pm), from the 1st September 2026

Permanent, term-time + 1 week

Salary: £28598 - £29540 pro rata

We offer: 
•    Well-motivated, well-behaved children who have a thirst for knowledge. 
•    A friendly and hard-working staff team who support each other. 
•    A supportive Governing Body and Headteacher, committed to reducing workload to enable everyone to focus fully on delivering wonderful opportunities for children. 
•    A commitment to your professional development. 
•    A focus on the happiness of every child and every member of staff. 
•    A well-resourced, forward-looking school where staff are given the professional freedom to innovate with teaching and learning. 
•    An inclusive school with an ethos which puts the children at the very heart of all our decisions.

We are looking for:
•    Someone with high expectations of themselves and the children they teach. 
•    Someone who is self-motivated, acts on initiative and with the ability to motivate, inspire and challenge children. 
•    Someone who will go the extra-mile for our children and our school. 
•    Someone who is a great team player, cares about children and has a great sense of humour.
•    Someone with a track-record of supporting children to succeed through highly effective SEND adaptive practice.

We’d welcome applications from people with experience in one or more of the following areas: 
•    Working in upper KS2 and supporting SATS boosters
•    Experience of supporting pupils to take on leadership roles (like school council) 
•    Delivering lunchtime clubs, particularly with a focus on creativity and wellbeing 
•    Running social/nurture groups

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and we expect all staff to uphold this commitment. Appointments will be subject to satisfactory checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service and suitable references.

Further information about the role and and application form are available from the school website https://www.holmeschool.cumbria.sch.uk/about-us/vacancies.  Please include a covering letter on one side of A4 which highlights the impact of your work.

Application closing date: Monday 29th June 2026 at noon.

Interviews will take place on Friday 3rd July 2026.  

Visits to the school are encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange a convenient time.