Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Windmill Hill Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 1ZD

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Actual £19,328 - £19,365

Level 2 Teaching Assistant job summary

The Trustees of Steel City Schools Partnership are looking to recruit a skilled and inspirational practitioner to complement our existing educational support team at Windmill Hill Primary.

For further information about the role and / or to arrange a visit please contact the school office on 0114 2468550.

Thank you for your interest in a career at Steel City Schools Partnership.

SCSP has a proven track record of securing transformational change and sustainable school improvement. Our vision is to provide high quality education and deliver the best outcomes for young people within an ethos based on our vision and underpinning aims:

To provide an excellent education for all.

Achieving Excellence Sustaining Excellence Sharing Excellence

Our success is due to our biggest and most valuable asset - our staff team. We have a number of positions available across our academies and we are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to work with us. SCSP can offer you:

• Guidance of a supportive and experienced leadership team who invest in the development of their teams and the Trust
• Free on-site parking
• Access to healthcare and wellbeing services
• Encouragement of further and continued professional development
• Local Government Pension Scheme
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Role Expectations

To work with an existing team of Teaching Assistants led by the Inclusion Lead / Leadership Team, to implement work programmes with individuals / groups, in or out of the classroom.

Relevant Qualifications:

Good literacy/numeracy skills

NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience

The successful applicant must have the ability to work as an effective team member, be well organised, and have the ability to communicate with children and adults in a constructive and effective way.

We are looking for individuals who are lively and enthusiastic and who have the following philosophy:

Committed to excellence within their work in school and across the partnership

Committed to child centered education

We expect the successful candidate to work within our collaborative spirit and ethos, by building on the successes of the individual schools by working in conjunction with others to raise standards and enhance the outcomes for the pupils, families and communities we serve.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone.

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Windmill Hill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 278 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Windmill Hill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/windmill-hill-primary-school-sheffield

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