Level 3 Teaching Assistant Level 3

Springfield Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 7RZ

22 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
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year
• Full-time equivalent salary: £ 25,584 - £ 27,711
• Pay scale: Grade 4 Point 7 - 12

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 very supportive of our work. Springfield has a very inclusive ethos.

The Governors and Headteachers are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant who is able to work in the EYFS and KS1 Please state your strengths and experience. You will join our dedicated and innovative team, but have the ability work independently, support the learning of the whole class, small groups and individuals. You will have experience of working in an inclusive environment. This will include supervising children over lunchtime and some personal care.

The successful candidate will:

• Have NVQ/CACHE Diploma Level 3 or equivalent qualifications /experience.
• Work alongside class teachers to deliver in or out of class support to address the gaps in learning.
• Cover in the short-term absence of the teacher
• Be highly motivated and dedicated to making a significant contribution to school life.
• Develop positive working relationships with children, parents and staff.
• Be enthusiastic, a team player and able to work independently
• Passionate and committed to raising standards
• Flexible in order to achieve the best outcomes for all children
• Have high expectations of children’s leaning and behaviour
• Contribute to the ethos, values and aims of the school
• Comply with policies including those related to safeguarding, health and
• safety and data protection
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
• Be adaptable and prepared to work across the primary phase

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

Further details about the role

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 strongly encourage visits to the school prior to application.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springfield-primary-school-sheffield

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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