Room Leader (Level 3) with SEND responsibility

Springwood Primary Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S26 2AL

19 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,480.00 - £21,486.00 Annually (Actual) Band E point 8-11, Pro rata salary £20,480 - £21,486, (actual salary based on FTE of £26,824 - £28,142)

Room Leader (Level 3) with SEND responsibility job summary

Springwood Primary Academy are committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people and will provide outstanding learning and enrichment opportunities for them throughout their time with us. To be able to achieve this, we need to have a team of dedicated and outstanding staff, who will contribute to our exceptional learning community.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and enthusiastic Level 3 TA to take on the role of EYFS Room Leader, who will work with colleagues to support the teaching, learning and development of children in the Early Years (F@S). The post-holder will initially be based in FS0 (children aged 2-3) however deployment is flexible across EYFS. The successful candidate will also be responsible for advising, supporting and managing SEND across F@S, alongside the manager. They will support access to learning for pupils, including the management and preparation of resources, implementing agreed work programmes both within and outside of the classroom, assisting with the whole planning cycle, and providing general support in the classroom. They will also work with external agencies to access advise and support plus complete SEND paperwork and referrals as part of the graduated response.

This role may be attractive to those who have attained the Level 3 standard, either through achieving the relevant qualification or by having equivalent experience.

Under the guidance of others, the EYFS Room Leader will:

• Lead, organise, prepare and manage an age-appropriate learning environment and resources to support high quality teaching and learning

• Set up high-quality provision on a daily basis

• Plan, prepare and resource learning across the week

• Teach whole classes and groups across EYFS

• Facilitate learning through play

• Model and coach staff, where required, to ensure consistent high-quality practice across the room

• Lead on learning displays within the classroom and across school where needed

• Assess the need of pupils and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support pupils’ learning

• Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model, setting high expectations and modelling the core values of the academy

• Promote the inclusion and celebration of all pupils within the classroom

• Promote independence and develop age-appropriate skills

• Create an engaging and immersive environment which pupils are excited to learn and develop in

• Maintain pupils’ intimate care following the Academy’s Intimate Care Policy

The role is based at Springwood Primary Academy but may, on occasion, involve working at other academies within the trust.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

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.

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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 Springwood Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 239 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Springwood Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springwood-junior-academy

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