L2 Teaching Assistant
Springfield Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 7RZ22 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
15 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £ 24,404 - £ 24,790
Pay scale
- Grade 3 Point 5-6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Springfield Primary School serves a richly diverse community. Our children are happy, keen to learn and enjoy coming to school and their parents are supportive of our work. Springfield has a very inclusive ethos.
The Governors and Headteachers are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant with knowledge of Special Educational Needs as a significant aspect of the role will be to support children with additional needs. You will join our dedicated and innovative team. You will work under the supervision and direction of a qualified teacher, but have the ability to work independently. The post holder will work alongside teachers to support the teaching and learning of the whole class, small groups and individuals. Part of your role will involve supervising children over lunchtime and may include some personal care.
The successful candidate will:
- Have NVQ/CACHE Diploma Level 2 or equivalent qualifications /experience.
- Work alongside class teachers to deliver in or out of class support to address the gaps in learning.
- Be capable of working with small groups of children
- Be committed and highly motivated
- Develop positive working relationships with children, parents and staff.
- Support the school’s ethos
- Be enthusiastic, a team player and able to work independently using their own initiative
- Have a commitment to raise achievement and standards
- Be adaptable and prepared to work across the whole school
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer
- Access to professional development
- A supportive Governing Board
- The opportunity to work with an experienced and committed team
- An inclusive, creative and stimulating environment
- A strong leadership team with a clear vision for the future
This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the learning and lives of children and will be a very rewarding for the right person.
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone.
Applicants are welcome to view the school via the virtual tours on the school website http://springfieldschool.org.uk/ .
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to enquiries@springfield.sheffield.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Springfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 202 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Springfield Primary School website
- Email address
- enquiries@springfield.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01142723455
Springfield Primary school has a positive, nurturing, inclusive ethos where our pupils are valued and listened to.
Springfield is an average sized inner-city primary school. At Springfield, we are a Trauma informed school where we strongly promote pupils’ physical and emotional well-being and work closely with parents in order to enable our pupils to be the best they can be.
Arranging a visit to Springfield Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@springfield.sheffield.sch.uk.
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