Advanced Teaching Assistant

Green Meadows Academy, Leeds, LS20 8LS

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  2 September 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  12 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,191.97 Annually (Actual) C3, SCP 19 £32,061 FTE / £24,191.97 Actual - Term Time Only plus 5 days

Advanced Teaching Assistant job summary

Advanced Teaching Assistant (ATA) - Green Meadows Academy

Are you an experienced, empathetic and resilient educator skilled at building connections with pupils facing complex barriers to learning?

Green Meadows Academy is seeking a dedicated Advanced Teaching Assistant to join our personalised and therapeutic provision.

This role focuses directly on working with our pupils on a 1:1 (and occasionally 2:1) basis, largely outside of the standard classroom setting. You will deliver tailored, bespoke support to distressed or disengaged learners, de-escalating difficulties and delivering key learning activities.

Green Meadows Academy, part of the Wellspring Academy Trust, is a generic special school based on two sites and 4 partnerships - Green Meadows Primary and Green Meadows Secondary are both based in Guiseley, Leeds.

Key Responsibilities

• 1:1 Support: Deliver tailored sessions outside the classroom to help students manage distress, build self esteem and stay engaged.

• Behaviour & De-escalation: Apply positive behaviour strategies, manage challenging situations safely and help resolve conflict.

• Learning & Progress: Help deliver tailored individual plans and specific subjects (like PSHE), while tracking and reporting pupil progress.

• Classroom Integration: Work with teachers to prepare resources, cover classes during short absences and guide students back into main lessons.

What We Are Looking For

• NVQ Level 2 in Supporting Teaching & Learning (or equivalent, or achievable)

• Willingness to undertake training to meet the requirements of the role e.g. manual handling, first aid training

• Experience working with children and young people

• An awareness of the needs of children and young people with learning, sensory and physical difficulties

• Experience delivering 1:1 or small group interventions for pupils with complex behavioural, emotional or educational needs.

• Good literacy, numeracy, communication and ICT skills.

What We Offer

• Salary: Pay Grade C3 (SCP 19) £32,061 FTE

• Actual Salary: £24,191.97

• Hours of work: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only (+5 days). Perfect for work-life balance!

• Training: Specialised SEND training

• Growth: A genuine commitment to your professional development

• The Reward: A career filled with memories and milestones that you helped our pupils achieve.

There is no doubt that this job can be challenging at times, however the rewards are significant. If you want to make a difference to some of the most vulnerable learners in the community, please complete our application form.

• Closing Date 4pm, Wednesday 2 September 2026

• Interviews expected to be held on Tuesday 8 September 2026

• Interview Assessment will include a classroom observation

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.

Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

All applicants need to complete the Equal Opportunities form. Please complete the attached link when submitting your application http://bit.ly/WATEqualOpportunities

If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Green Meadows Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• Size: 225 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Green Meadows Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/green-meadows-academy

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