LEVEL 1 TEACHING ASSISTANT POST
Archdale School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 1PL20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
21 October 2026
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: 33 hrs a week - 39 weeks a year Monday,Tuesdy,Thursday Friday 8.35am to 3.35pm Wednesday 8.35am to 4.05pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- £13.70 to £13.92
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you keen to take on a new challenge, and have a ‘positive can do attitude’ which will enhance our happy team? Archdale School is a school which educates and cares for primary aged pupils who have a range of learning difficulties and disabilities including Autism. We are looking for teaching assistants who are up for working in a challenging, forward thinking school.
- Are you calm and patient?
- Are you passionate about working with children who have learning difficulties and autism?
- Are you committed to supporting children’s needs when their behaviour challenges us?
- Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of children and their families?
- Do you want to work in a school where ‘pupils come first’ and are taught and cared for as the individuals they are?
- Do you have high standards and expectations?
If you answered yes to the above questions, then you might be the teaching assistant we are looking for and we might be the right school for you.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- Wonderful children who we learn from every day
- Supportive parents who have a strong sense of community
- A professional, committed and friendly staff team
- A strong positive ethos and a school where everyone is valued and treated with respect
- The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities
- An employee assistance programme and wellbeing committee
- A committed and dedicated leadership team and Governing Body
Further information about the job
Archdale School
Application information
LEVEL 1 TEACHING ASSISTANT POSTS
PERMANENT – To start asap
Monday,Tuesdy,Thursday Friday 8.35am to 3.35pm
Wednesday 8.35am to 4.05pm
£26,427 to £26,847 pro rata - £13.70 to £13.92 per hour
£20,273 to £21,059
Are you keen to take on a new challenge, and have a ‘positive can do attitude’ which will enhance our happy team? Archdale School is a school which educates and cares for primary aged pupils who have a range of learning difficulties and disabilities including Autism. We are looking for teaching assistants who are up for working in a challenging, forward thinking school.
- Are you calm and patient?
- Are you passionate about working with children who have learning difficulties and autism?
- Are you committed to supporting children’s needs when their behaviour challenges us?
- Do you want to make a real difference to the lives of children and their families?
- Do you want to work in a school where ‘pupils come first’ and are taught and cared for as the individuals they are?
- Do you have high standards and expectations?
If you answered yes to the above questions, then you might be the teaching assistant we are looking for and we might be the right school for you.
We can offer:
- Wonderful children who we learn from every day
- Supportive parents who have a strong sense of community
- A professional, committed and friendly staff team
- A strong positive ethos and a school where everyone is valued and treated with respect
- The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities
- An employee assistance programme and wellbeing committee
- A committed and dedicated leadership team and Governing Body
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.
About Archdale School
- Organisation type
- Special school, ages 3 to 11
- Size
- 99 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Archdale School website
- Email address
- recruitment@archdale.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01142726165
Situated in the east of Sheffield but serving a city-wide catchment, Archdale is a designated school for children with special educational needs. We deliver a broad and bespoke curriculum for children between the ages of three and eleven with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, complex medical needs and autism.
The right candidate will not only have previous experience of working with SEND children (whether in a special or mainstream setting), but ambitious aspirations for all our pupils and the ability to motivate and inspire every child to reach their full potential.
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