L3 Teaching Assistant

Southey Green Nursery & Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7QG

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week for 39 weeks per year Monday to Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: 30,024 to 33,673

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Skills

• Supporting teaching and learning across the curriculum.
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with children, staff, and parents.
• Ability to plan and deliver small-group interventions.
• Experience of supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
• Behaviour management skills and promoting positive behaviour.
• Ability to assess, monitor, and record pupil progress.
• Good organisational and time-management skills.
• Competence in using ICT and educational software.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative.

Relevant Experience

• Supporting pupils in a primary or secondary school setting.
• Delivering targeted interventions in reading, writing, phonics, maths, or social and emotional development.
• Working with children with additional needs such as ASD, ADHD, speech and language difficulties, or SEMH needs.
• Assisting teachers with lesson preparation and classroom management.
• Supervising groups of pupils independently.
• Contributing to Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and pupil reviews.
• Building positive relationships with pupils to support learning and wellbeing.

What the school offers its staff

Access to a comprehensive professional development programme.

Employee wellbeing support and assistance services.

Term-time working pattern.

Opportunities for career progression within the Trust.

Access to staff benefits and discount schemes.

A supportive and collaborative working environment.

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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

INOVA Recruitment Pack Teaching Assistant (TA3).pdf - 560 KB (opens in new tab)

About Southey Green Nursery & Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 701 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Southey Green Nursery & Primary School website
• Email address: sshaw@southeygreen.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0114 2326879
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/southey-green-primary-school-and-nurseries

Southey Green is a large three form entry primary school with two nurseries in north Sheffield (Group Size 4, NOR: 736). Following the OFSTED inspection in March 2016 Southey Green is proud to say that it is a ‘GOOD’ school.

We are a Member of Tapton School Academy Trust. The Trust have a shared vision to ‘realise the life chances and dreams of every child’. Our mission is to provide a safe place to be, provide great teaching and learning and create an environment where all opportunities are within reach. Membership provides a range of opportunities for collaborative working and continuing professional development with a network of secondary and primary schools within the locality.

Arranging a visit to Southey Green Nursery & Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sshaw@southeygreen.sheffield.sch.uk.

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