We currently have the following vacancy at Thursby Primary School

Senior Teaching Assistant

Fixed Term, Part Time

30 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm, Term Time Only

Salary: £28,598-£29,540 per annum, pro rata

The Governors at Thursby Primary School are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Senior Teaching Assistant (Level 3) to join our friendly and caring school community. The successful candidate will work within our Key Stage 1 class, helping to support pupils’ learning and wellbeing in a positive and nurturing environment.

This position is a fixed term post from Monday 1^st June 2026 until Friday 28^th May 2027. This post is fixed term due to maternity cover.

We are looking for a highly motivated STA with experience of working in KS1 who is;

• Positive and enthusiastic
• Self-motivated and reliable
• Caring, nurturing, patient and have high expectations of themselves and others
• Able to effortlessly build rapport with children
• Knowledgeable about the KS1 curriculum
• Able to demonstrate excellent literacy and numeracy skills
• Able to promote an inclusive whole school ethos
• Able to work closely with experienced teachers to promote pupil progress

Thursby Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, an enhanced DBS check including the barred list will be required for the successful candidate and other procedures and checks will be followed as laid out in our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Application packs and further information can be found below. 

Please email any enquires to admin@thursby.cumbria.sch.uk

Closing date is Monday 13^th April at 9am

Shortlisting of candidates will take place on Monday 13th April

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 22nd April  

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or see here.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

If you have been shortlisted we will:

-contact referees  and this takes place prior to interview

-send you a self disclosure questionnaire which must be returned to the Headteacher at most the day before your interview or we can decline your interview

-complete an online search of yourself as part of our due diligence

Please view our workforce privacy notices using this link 

Please view our Safeguarding page by clicking the link below and for reading about Barring and Disclosure DBS checks