General Teaching Assistant (SEN)

North Rigton Church of England Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 0DW

39 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,656.00 - £25,186.00 Annually (FTE) with SEN allowance

General Teaching Assistant (SEN) job summary

This GTA (SEN) role is for 2 days per week. The successful candidate will be motivated, caring and able to use their initiative. You will be committed to supporting a learning environment that promotes excellence and the individual learning needs of all pupils and able to inspire and motivate children’s learning.

North Rigton is a welcoming school where children are at the heart of what we do. Our children are enthusiastic, friendly and keen to learn.

Hours of work: Thursday & Friday8.45am – 3.30pm

North Rigton CE Primary School and All Saints CE Primary School in Kirkby Overblow work collaboratively within ‘The Fellowship’, under the Headship of Mrs Andrews. Both schools are part of Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust and maintain close relationships with parents and the local community.

North Rigton CE Primary School is ecumenical in outlook and welcome children from other Christian traditions. They serve the local community of North Rigton and aim to teach Christian values and standards of behaviour and to demonstrate these qualities in everyday life.

North Rigton’s most recent Ofsted in May 2022 judged the school as good overall with the behaviour and safety of pupils ranked as outstanding. The SIAMS inspection in January 2023 judged the school as good.

Further details and to book a school visit, please contact our office on 01423 734540 or email admin@northrigton.ycway.uk

Recruitment Safeguarding Information

The Fellowship of All Saints and North Rigton CE Primary Schools and YCST takes safeguarding very seriously and are committed to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of all children and the prevention of extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Online searches on shortlisted candidates will be undertaken prior to interview.

Successful applicants will be required to provide references, undertake an enhanced check through the Disclosure and Barring Service and comply with the Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Practices of The Fellowship and YCST. Checks are also undertaken to verify identity, address, qualifications required for the post, right to work in the UK, previous employment history.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About North Rigton Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 97 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Rigton Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-rigton-church-of-england-primary-school

North Rigton C of E Primary School is situated in North Rigton, which is an attractive village 5 miles south of Harrogate and 12 miles north of Leeds.

North Rigton School is joined with the neighbouring school of All Saints Kirkby Overblow, under the headship of Mrs Amber Andrews. Both schools are part of Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust and maintain close relationships with parents and the local community.

The school is ecumenical in outlook and welcomes children from other Christian traditions. It serves the local community and aims to teach Christian values and standards of behaviour and to demonstrate these qualities in everyday life.

Our most recent Ofsted in May 2022 judged the school as ‘good’ overall with the behaviour and safety of pupils ranked as ‘outstanding’.

In our SIAMS inspection in November 2022 the school was judged as ‘good’.

North Rigton Primary is a very caring Christian community where all can truly ‘grow, blossom, flourish’. - SIAMS

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