Teaching Assistant

Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 6HU

35 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, 32.5 hours a week, term time plus 5 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Band D, SCP 7-11. Actual Salary Range: £19,576 - £20,866

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and excellent individual to join our team of Teaching Assistants. The ideal candidate will support the class teacher with the overall delivery of the Curriculum by undertaking work/care/support programmes in order to enable access to learning for all pupils.

You will be involved in delivering engaging learning experiences that encourage pupils to think for themselves, whilst ensuring they see a purpose to their work. A wide range of learning styles are used to ensure personalised learning is at the heart of what we do.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have Maths and English to GCSE Grade C or equivalent;
• Have previous experience of working with children/young people;
• Love encouraging, motivating and inspiring young children through the support they give in order to encourage their learning;
• Be committed to our ethos that all pupils can achieve at our SHARE Primary Academies;
• Have experience of working with children who have SEN/EAL;
• Have an understanding of behaviour management;
• Have great references demonstrating they are a suitable candidate, safe to work with children.

What the school offers its staff

Rated Good by Ofsted in 2021, Millbridge Academy, a SHARE Primary Academy, continually strives to provide its pupils with the very best education possible. It does this by having high expectations, and children always giving their best.

Millbridge is one of nine academies within the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust. The academy is situated within a close-knit, diverse community, and is in good commuting distance from Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wakefield.

The academy is proud to offer:

• A supportive and ambitious environment where all pupils are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives
• A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in pupils’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
• Supportive leadership, encouraging health work-life balance.
• A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
• A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
  

Further details about the role

Overall purpose of the role:

Assisting the teacher in the overall delivery of the Curriculum, undertaking work/care/ support programmes to enable access to learning for all pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils in the classroom.

Key Outputs:

1. To undertake duties in accordance with school practices and procedures, ensuring the post holder actively upholds and promotes the philosophies of the school.

2. Under the guidance of the teacher, supervise activities and assist with the general management and control of pupils across all key stages as required and during the school day including lunchtime.

3. Under the guidance of the teacher, support within a key stage, to deliver either one to one work or to small groups, preparing resources and feeding back to teaching personnel.

4. To participate in and assist in supervision of educational visits, in conjunction with the teacher/line manager.

5. To promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conduct and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility of their own behaviour.

6. To undertake relevant training and development as required from time to time by the Headteacher or Governors, and be involved in ongoing development reviews of skills and competencies.

7. To attend and contribute towards the daily departmental briefing and other meetings as required.

8. To actively encourage the inclusion of all pupils to participate in the life and activities of the school and access the national curriculum to the best of their ability.

9. To provide individual assistance or assistance within groups through Pastoral Support, EHC plans, SEN support and teaching strategies etc, to maximise their achievements.

10. To provide information via CPOM’s of incidents or occurrences to teachers & senior staff.

11. To work flexibly across key stages as required alongside the teacher to monitor and assess pupil progress towards achievement of SEN targets as identified in MSP or ANP.

12. To act as a key person with an overview of the care needs of specific pupils. This would include acting under the direction of the SENDCo to coordinate the medical and personal care needs of the pupil.

13. Under the direction of the teacher, assist in the delivery of the structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes.

14. Carry out your duties with due regard to current and future school policies, procedures and relevant legislation.

15. Have an understanding of the importance of lesson planning, contribute to lesson planning and learning objectives to develop learning.

16. Contribute to and uphold the vision and ethos of the academy.

17. Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others.

18. Promote team work within the team, working in partnership to ensure effective working relations.

19. Treat all users of the academy with courtesy and consideration.

20. Be aware and comply with all academy policies at all times. As part of your wider duties and responsibilities you are required to promote and actively support the school’s responsibilities towards safeguarding.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Maths and English to GCSE Grade C or equivalent.
• Experience of working with children/young people in a school.
• Experience of working with children who have SEN.
• Ability to engage and influence others.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good relationships with parents/carers and other outside agencies.
• Excellent behaviour management skills.
• Commitment to the safeguarding of young people.
• Ability to deal with the personal care and comfort, and necessary treatments with pupils, i.e. toileting and intimate care issues.
• Ability to assist the teacher in planning class activities.
• Ability to prepare differentiated materials and teaching aids suitable for learning activities.

• Ability to use ICT to support learning.
  
  

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

• NVQ 3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience.
• Experience of working across departments and with external organisations.
• Ability to monitor and evaluate impact of interventions and strategies.

• Is willing to work flexibly within scope of overall hours.
  

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Additional documents

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

TA - Share MAT Application pack_Millbridge April 25.pdf - 1.51 MB (opens in new tab)

About Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 294 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy website
• Email address: julie.snellgrove@sharemat.co.uk
• Phone number: 01924668836
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/millbridge-a-share-primary-academy

Arranging a visit to Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email julie.snellgrove@sharemat.co.uk.

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