General Teaching Assistant

Location: Cowling Community Primary School

Contract: One year, Fixed term

Hours/ Working Pattern: 23 Hours falling within Tues-Fri, 08:45-15:30, Term-time only

Salary/ Hourly Rate: NYC Grade CD

Closing Date: 9.00 am, Friday 14th November 2025

Interview date: W/C Monday 24th November 2025

Start Date: ASAP

Are you a Teaching Assistant with a passion and commitment to help shape the education of pupils, looking for a new opportunity in a friendly, thriving primary school?

About Cowling Primary School

Cowling Community Primary School is an exciting place to learn situated on the edge of the Dales close to the Yorkshire-Lancashire border. Our talented staff team strive to put the fun into learning and encourage all our children to aim high. Cowling Community Primary School serves children from the school year in which they are five years old, up to the age of eleven. The school has a pupil roll of approximately 118 pupils, organised into four classes.

We have strong relationships with our parents, staff, governors and the wider community. It is through these strong links that we make sure that we enrich our children’s lives both academically and socially. We all work hard to provide an environment where our children can flourish.

At Cowling ‘Every child has the chance to shine’. Visitors to our school often comment that it feels a lot like a family, due to its happy and caring feel.

Vision and Values

At Cowling our vision is to ensure we:

• Deliver an exciting, inspiring curriculum providing opportunities and opening children’s eyes to the world.
• Ensure children value difference and show high levels of respect and courtesy.
• Become a centre of primary excellence through school to school led improvement and collaboration.
• Establish positive and successful home school partnerships.
• Ensure our children are happy, safe and successful finding the fun in learning.
• Deliver excellent progress for all our children.
• Are a place where every child has the chance to shine.
• Develop character enabling children to demonstrate resilience.
• Our teaching stimulates motivation, imagination and curiosity.
• Encourage our children to try new things.

We are looking for a candidate who:

– Has high expectations and shares our drive for achieving excellence.

– Is motivated, organised, highly effective and is an inspirational practitioner.

– Champions our children and is passionate in their support of our visions and values.

– Has experience of working with children across the primary phase.

– Has a relevant qualification to at least level 2.

– Has experience of working with children with additional needs.

We can offer you:

– An inclusive school with educational excellence at its core.

– Happy, enthusiastic children who are thriving and have a thirst for learning.

– Varied opportunities to engage in high-quality continuous professional development

When applying please take into account the following:

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. Our school office will send an email to acknowledge receipt of your application. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Supporting Information

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the person specification. The information you provide in this section will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

Safer Recruitment and Disclosures

When completing your application, you are required to provide two employment references. Cowling Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and will ensure that all recruitment and selection practices and procedures reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) along with other relevant employment checks including online searches.

Equality and Diversity

Cowling Community Primary School is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status.

Queries / Visits

Informal chats about the role are welcomed and encouraged. For queries or to arrange a call or visit with the Head, please contact the school office at admin@cowling.n-yorks.sch.uk or on 01535632198.

Application Process

Application forms must be completed in full – CVs are not accepted. Please download the application form

Please contact us if you need an application form in a different format.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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