7 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    17 July 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 July 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1

Working pattern

Part time: 15h 12.30am-3.30pm Monday - Friday - 15 hours per week - £11.59 per hour (Living Wage)

Contract type

Fixed term - Until 31st April 2026

Hourly rate

£11.59 per hour (Living Wage)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Thank you for your interest in this post.

We are looking to employ a caring individual who is reliable and energetic to join our friendly staff team. The role will involve supporting a child with additional needs, working through the child’s learning jobs set by the Class Teacher.

What the school offers its staff

Middleton St Mary's is a truly special place to learn and work. Our pupils are proud to belong, and we are proud to serve them.

For the successful candidate, we can offer:

  • A supportive and collaborative working environment
  • A level of autonomy in the role, with the capacity to introduce new initiatives and ideas
  • A committed and friendly staff team in a happy and successful school
  • CPD opportunities to suit the successful candidate.
  • Free Breakfast Club place if your child attends Middleton St Mary's.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Middleton St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Organisation type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
Size
419 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01132717206

Middleton St Mary's is a large Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School based in South Leeds. We serve the Middleton Community with close links to St Mary's Church and Leeds Diocese. The school is a larger than average primary school with 440 children on roll including 42 children in nursery. The school has 70 staff. The majority of our children are White British heritage and the proportion of children known to be eligible for pupil premium funding is much higher than average, 48% with 76% of our children living in the top 10% of deprivation areas and 26% in the top 3% of deprivation areas - Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI).

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