Job Description

Job description
St. James CE Primary School



Off Stopes Brow

Lower Darwen



Blackburn



BB3 0QP

Job Title:

Teaching Assistant Level 2

Grade/Salary:

Grade C, SCP 3-5

Contract Type:

Fixed Term until 31/08/2026

Contract Terms:

30 hpw, Part Time, Term Time

Closing Date:

Thursday, 4th December 2025

Interview Date:

Wednesday, 10th December 2025

Required From:

Monday, 5th January 2026

TO APPLY FOR THIS VACANCY PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW

The Governors of St. James' CofE Primary School are seeking to appoint a Level 2 Teaching & Learning Assistant. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and self-motivated and has recent experience of working in a classroom environment and in delivering group and one-to-one interventions. You will be expected to establish positive relationships with both children and staff and be part of a highly motivated team who aim to provide their pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum set within a caring and supportive Christian community.

We can offer:

a supportive, experienced and knowledgeable Governing Body a dedicated staff team well behaved children who are keen to learn a strong, nurturing Christian ethos good relationships with St. James' Church and Parish a school which is well respected in the local community support for your continuous professional development


Our school is situated in Lower Darwen, on the outskirts of Blackburn within a community which contains significant areas of deprivation. The school benefits from good transport links via the motorway system, giving easy access to the West Pennine Moors as well as the large cities of the North West.





Visits to the school are encouraged and may be arranged by mutually convenient appointment - please telephone the school to arrange your visit.

Application packs are available to download from this page. Please return completed application forms to Ms Warwick in person or via

joanne.warwick@stjld.blackburn.sch.uk

.

Closing date: Thursday, 4th December 2025 at 3.30pm



Shortlisting: Friday, 5th December 2025 at 9am



Interview Date: Wednesday, 10th December 2025, time TBC




This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ04463
Date posted
20/11/2025
Application closing date
04/12/2025
Location
St James (Lwr Darwen) CE Primary School
Salary
Grade C, SCP 3-5
Package
Blank
Contractual hours
30
Basis
Part time - Term time
Job category/type
Schools