SEN Teaching Assistant - Level 1

Archdale School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 1PL

15 days remaining to apply

• Earliest start date

  5 January 2026

• Latest start date

  30 January 2026

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

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: Monday to Friday 8.35am to 3.35pm - 33 hours, 39 weeks (term time only)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583 to £25,988

What skills and experience we're looking for

LEVEL 1 TEACHING ASSISTANT POSTS

PERMANENT – January 2025

Monday to Friday 8.35am to 3.35pm

£25,583 to £25,988 pro rata - £13.38 to £13.59 per hour

£19,625 to £20,386

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

What the school offers its staff

• 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
• Part of the local government pension scheme

How to Apply

Thank you for considering joining Archdale School. If you feel you are the person we are looking for, please complete our application form, ensuring that all parts are completed. Please also ensure that you complete your personal statement and why you think you are suitable for this role.

Applications should be received by 9am, Wednesday 3rd December 2025

Interviews will be hold on Monday, 8th December 2025

Applications should be emailed to the school business manager, Rae McGuire – recruitment@archdale.sheffield.sch.uk

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 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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

TA Level 1 - Recruitment Pack.docx - 100 KB (opens in new tab)

!Job Application Form - Schools Support Staff.docx - 90.4 KB (opens in new tab)

About Archdale School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 11
• School size: 96 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Archdale School website
• Email address: recruitment@archdale.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0114 2726165
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/archdale-school

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.

Arranging a visit to Archdale School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@archdale.sheffield.sch.uk.

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