Early Years Teaching Assistant

St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 3JT

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st of September

• Closing date

  5 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,284.92 Annually (Actual) Full Time Equivalent £25949.00

Early Years Teaching Assistant job summary

We’re looking for a Reception Teaching Assistant who loves working with children across school. Here at St Oswald’s, we are ambitious to deliver the very best for our children and enjoy working together as a team to develop and grow together. If you want to be part of a determined, forward-thinking team at the heart of a school that believes in continuous improvement and staff development, we would love to meet you. If you are a team player, who loves building positive relationships with younger pupils and enjoy helping them make progress, this role is for you. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude and lots of energy and enthusiasm. We can offer excellent career development opportunities, a supportive and friendly team and lots of opportunities to progress as part of a dynamic and forward-looking Academies Trust. St Oswald’s is a welcoming Church of England Primary School where the appreciation of others is encouraged and attitudes of tolerance, care, concern and self-respect are developed in a happy, safe and secure environment. Our children are happy, inquisitive and kind, with a thirst for knowledge and curiosity about the world around them. As part of the BDAT family, we offer a wide range of opportunities to develop your career, and you will receive regular training to enhance and develop your existing skills, as well as comprehensive employee benefits. We are looking for A person with a good command of written and spoken English Someone with a calm and positive manner Confidence to work with a varied range of children and adults, especially in the EYFS age range Flexibility and initiative A Teaching Assistant who loves teamwork and developing their skills. St Oswald’s C of E Primary Academy is an academy within Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust. The successful candidate will be employed by BDAT although their main place of work will be at St Oswald’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.

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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 St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 449 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Oswald's Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-oswald-s-church-of-england-primary-academy

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