All LocationsAll Locations:
Dorchester
Advertising SalarySalary Details:
£24,027- £25,183 annual salary (pro rata)
What is the vacancy type for this advertVacancy Type:
Fixed Term
Fixed Term End DateFixed Term End Date:
From September 2025 to August 2026
Function:
School Support Staff
Job Working PatternJob Working Pattern:
Term time only

About the role

32.5 hours per week
£24,027- £25,183 annual salary (pro rata c.£17,688 - £18,539)
Monday to Friday 
 
The Governors of St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester are seeking to appoint a positive and inspiring 1:1 Teaching Assistant. They are keen to accommodate the best candidates who will make a positive impact on our school and standards. Applicants with experience are encouraged to apply.

We offer:

A welcoming school with a strong Catholic ethos
Children who are polite, happy and motivated to learn
A supportive staff team who genuinely want the best for our pupils
A commitment to your own professional development

The successful candidate will:

Be happy to support the Catholic ethos of our school
Be committed to creating challenge, excitement, creativity and independence in learning
Be dedicated to raising standards and be a good role model
Have excellent organisational and communication skills
Be dynamic, resilient and hard working with a positive nature
Be able to work as part of a team and establish positive relationships with pupils, parents, governors and staff
Have a reflective and evaluative approach to their practice

Required Date: September 2025

Contract: Fixed Term

Closing Date: Thursday 28th August 2025
Interviews week commencing 1st September 2025

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by email

Please visit our website - https://www.stmarysdorchester.dorset.sch.uk 

Further Information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS Disclosure is required for this post.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

About Us

Our school is a happy, family environment, hardworking and successful. The child is at the centre of everything we do. Our whole school community shares one common goal – to do the very best for all children in our care.
We are a small first school based in Dorchester. We are part of Plymouth Cast Academy.

Our school has a long tradition of academic achievement, and children are encouraged to achieve their best through a broad and challenging curriculum. Our school maintains a very high standard of learning and is family centred enjoying the support of parents/grandparents, many of whom would be past pupils themselves. There is a warm and welcoming atmosphere throughout our school community and our staff team work hard for the benefit of the children.

At St Mary’s we aim to encourage each child to be the best they can be – academically, personally, emotionally and socially. Along with high academic standards, music and sport has always been an integral and important part of life at St Mary’s.  A wide variety of instrumental tuition is open to the children. A range of sporting activities, clubs and teams are provided and nurtured.

With the support of home and the parish, we encourage our pupils to become confident, independent, responsible citizens. We help them to make informed choices and decisions which should continue throughout their lives.

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