Forest School Teaching Assistant

Lift Feversham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 9EG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 November 2026 at 9:53am

• Date listed

  21 October 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £19068 - £19369 per annum

Forest School Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about outdoor learning and helping children thrive in nature? Do you believe that some of the best lessons happen outside the classroom, whatever the weather?

About the role:

We're looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated teaching assistant to join our community-focused and supportive team at Lift Feversham, on a fixed-term basis, with a special focus on supporting our vibrant Forest School provision. We are a friendly and helpful team who are open to applicants with experience within any key stage group. If you love being outdoors, aren't afraid of a bit of mud or rain, and know how to bring nature to life to ignite children's curiosity, we would love to hear from you. This post is also available as a job share where one person supports the Forst School and the other is predominantly based inside the classroom. If you are looking for part-time hours and would either like to be based outdoors or in the classroom, we would welcome an application from you today. This role is initially fixed term until August 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of students' learning needs, including specific SEND needs, in order to support their access to lesson content and achieve the learning objectives.
• Help students to develop independent learning skills and to manage their own learning.
• Work in partnership with teachers to plan and deliver high quality lessons, and assess students' learning.
• Deliver individual and small group targeted interventions within clearly defined parameters, in partnership with teachers.
• Develop positive relationships with students and promote positive behaviours, consistently applying the academy's behaviour policy.
• Support the social, emotional, mental health, wellbeing and personal care of all students in line with the academy's policy and procedures.
• Plan and deliver engaging, inclusive Forest School sessions that promote outdoor learning, creativity, independence and resilience.
• Provide a safe and stimulating environment where children develop confidence, teamwork, problem-solving skills and an appreciation of nature through practical, hands-on experiences.
• Support children's physical, social and emotional development through outdoor learning activities.
• Ensure all Forest School activities comply with safeguarding procedures, appropriate risk assessments and health and safety requirements.

You're someone who has

• Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification as a minimum, alongside GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade 4 or above.
• Experience supporting in a UK school within the last 2 years.
• Genuine passion for outdoor education and the resilience to inspire children outside across all seasons and weather conditions.
• Experience supporting primary-aged children, including familiarity with SEND strategies and early literacy or phonics programmes.
• Strong grasp of child development and the ability to apply positive behaviour management to foster pupil independence and self-esteem.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build warm, positive relationships with children, families, and team members.
• Flexibility and a proactive approach to bringing nature to life and supporting learning across different school settings.
• UK right to work.

About the School

At Lift Feversham, we believe in the power of education to ignite creativity and curiosity, unleashing a passion for life that lasts a lifetime. Academic excellence combined with character development is at the core of our educational philosophy. We champion a holistic approach that celebrates the whole child. Our school is an "oasis of joy and hope" (Ofsted 2025) for children, families and the staff.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Feversham

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 478 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Feversham website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/feversham-primary-academy

Here at Lift Feversham, we are a proud member of the Lift Schools Trust and are judged as an outstanding school by Ofsted (2019).

Our very creative staff have a real love of teaching and we are looking for a future member of our team who can develop that sense of awe and wonder in children. The children at our school are happy, confident, fun-loving and energetic. They are passionate about their learning, be it in the traditional classroom or through drama, music, dance and painting. We are looking for education professionals who can embrace these aspects of the curriculum as well as literacy and numeracy.

We welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself the exceptional work that we do at Lift Feversham which make us the school of choice in our local area.

Thank you for your interest in our school and we look forward to meeting you.

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