Level 2 Teaching Assistant
Coit Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 1WH15 days remaining to apply
Closing date
1 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 June 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 (Can be done as a job share): 30 hours a week Monday to Friday 8.30 am - 3.00 pm
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- between £25583-£25989 pro rata (pending pay rise)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The children, staff and Governors of Coit Primary School are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic, experienced, committed and caring teaching assistant to work co-operatively in a specialist role in the school working with pupils across EYFS and KS1 with a variety of needs.
Coit Primary works with Ecclesfield Primary School in a federation structure and thus there are many opportunities to work alongside staff at both schools. Both schools are committed to nurturing staff to support the development of the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to be an outstanding classroom practitioner.
You must
- Have gained an NVQ Level 2 qualification for classroom assistants or equivalent as a minimum requirement or working towards this an equivalent qualification
- Have good communication skills both written and verbal
- Be expected to work closely with external multi-disciplinary teams
- Have previous experience of working within an inclusive team
- Have a passion for working with pupils with a variety of needs
- Have knowledge or experience of following SEN assessments and differentiated plans
- Be able to undertake specialist teaching duties on a 1:1 and small group working with children across F2 and KS1
- Be a motivational communicator for children of all abilities ensuring learning is engaging and inclusive
- Have an enthusiastic commitment to an integrated, therapeutic approach and ethos
- Be an innovative classroom support with a commitment to promoting the inclusion agenda
- Be very flexible and adapt quickly to change
- Have a willingness to undertake training
- Have a sense of humour
Closing date for applications is 1/7/26
Interviews to be held on 8/7/26.
Please do not hesitate to ring to ask more questions about the post.
Further details are available from the school; Please contact
Mrs Sarah Short 01142468710
Coit Primary School Park Avenue S35 1WH
or email sshort@coit.sheffield.sch.uk
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
- Enthusiastic and well-motivated pupils
- Supportive parents
- A professional, committed and friendly team of staff
- An opportunity to play a significant role in the future development of the school
- The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities
Further information about the job
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 Coit Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Coit Primary School website
- Email address
- sshort@coit.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 2468710
The children, staff and governors of Coit Primary School are looking to appoint a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCO) with responsibility for the 12-place Locality Hub This would be a significant opportunity to become part of our one-form entry primary school for the right candidate. Coit is an outward-facing school, with senior leaders supporting children across the locality in a range of ways. Coit Primary School is federated with Ecclesfield Primary School, and there are many opportunities to work alongside staff at both schools. Both schools are committed to nurturing staff to support the development of the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to be an outstanding practitioner.
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