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KS1/KS2 Teaching Assistant

Spring Bank Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 1AD

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible or September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Term-time only. 32.30 hours per week, 8.30 – 3.30, Monday – Friday with additional hours by mutual agreement.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £24413.00 and £25989.00
• Pay scale: Point 2-6
• Hourly rate: Between £12.65 and £13.47 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for candidates who have:

• A passion for supporting children to learn.

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as a team with staff, parents and outside agencies.

• Energy and enthusiasm for this exciting challenge.

• High expectations of children.

• Knowledge and experience of the national curriculum.

• A commitment to continuing professional development.

What the school offers its staff

Spring Bank Primary School can offer:

• A supportive staff team who work well to ensure the best outcomes for pupils.

• Parents who are supportive.

• A commitment to your professional development with a range of opportunities to further your career, including a close working partnership with schools across the trust to further support professional development.

This post will suit candidates who are highly motivated and have the best outcomes for children at heart. The successful candidate will be joining a like-minded and friendly school team.

Successful applicants will undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment and will abide by Owlcotes Multi-Academy Trust’s policies and procedures and Spring Bank Primary School’s safeguarding and child protection policies.

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.

Additional documents

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

SBPS KS1 _ KS2 Teaching Assistant Job Description.pdf - 88.9 KB (opens in new tab)

About Spring Bank Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 185 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Spring Bank Primary School website
• Email address: c.prior@owlcotesmat.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/spring-bank-primary-school-leeds

Spring Bank Primary School is a vibrant, warm and caring school, which sits at the heart of the local community.

Working together as a team, the staff aim to provide a supportive and caring environment, inspirational teaching which concentrates on embedding the basic skills, while engaging and motivating our pupils through enrichment activities, to enable our children be the best they possibly can be. Children who join our school begin a seven-year learning journey which will prepare them for their secondary phase of education and beyond.

At Spring Bank, we believe that working in partnership with parents and families is crucial if we are to ensure all of our children feel safe, happy, valued and achieve their full potential.

Through our Spring Bank curriculum, we aim to develop a love of learning inspired by quality teaching that builds on the strengths and skills of our children, valuing them each as individuals. We embrace imagination and creativity and aim for all children to achieve their potential, developing future passions and talents. Our broad and balanced curriculum provides practical and inspirational ways of teaching which in turn encourages and fosters enthusiasm, perseverance and resilience. We aim for all our children to work collaboratively together and to communicate effectively. By the time our children leave Spring Bank they will have developed the skills to become lifelong learners and to have a love of learning.

We promote the importance of respect and community and children at our school recognise their responsibilities towards each other, our culturally diverse local community and the wider world. This is underpinned by our School Values.

Children, our partnership with their families and our community are at the heart of everything our school does.

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