Speech and Language Teaching Assistant

Chapel Allerton Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 3PD

28 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.69 - £14.59 Hourly Salary band B3 of the NJC scale

Speech and Language Teaching Assistant job summary

Chapel Allerton is a vibrant and diverse area in North Leeds. Our school is central to the local community and we relish the challenge of supporting all children and families to achieve their full potential. Chapel Allerton Primary School was graded Good by Ofsted and pupils make excellent progress to achieve high standards. If you would like to learn more about our school, please visit our fantastic Facebook page or website.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and satisfactory references.

Safeguarding responsibilities:

• To understand and adhere to the school's safeguarding policy as well as wider safeguarding guidance, notably Keeping Children Safe in Education, Children Missing in Education Guidance and Safer working practices (GWSP).
• To promote a culture of safeguarding in our school

We are keen to recruit a talented, energetic and positive person to compliment our existing SEN support team.

At Chapel Allerton Primary school we believe in relational practice and get to know the characteristics and needs of all children in order to provide them with the best possible care, guidance and education.

The successful candidate will manage a caseload of pupils with wide ranging speech, language and communication needs, they will develop personalised programs and liaise with external speech and language specialist support. The successful candidate will work closely with the SEND leader, evaluate the impact of their programs and liaise with the wider staff team.

The entirety of the role will be spent working directly with children.

Candidates will be welcome to visit the school on the 3rd June at 2:30pm for an open session. Please notify Molly Walter via email if you are likely to attend but no formal registration is necessary.

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 Chapel Allerton Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 468 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chapel Allerton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chapel-allerton-primary-school

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