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Teaching Assistant (1 to 1)

Scholes (Elmet) Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 4BJ

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 August 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: Part time (Can be done as a job share): 31.5 hours per week, term time only. 8.30am to 3.15pm, Monday to Friday. Part time applications will also be considered.
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months
• Pay scale: B1, points 04 to 06

What skills and experience we're looking for

Scholes (Elmet) Primary School is a happy and healthy place to learn. It’s also a happy and healthy place to work.

We have a vacancy for a 1 to 1 teaching assistant to join our friendly team.

We want someone who demonstrates personal qualities of dedication, patience, flexibility and humour. They will be able to work collaboratively as part of a team as well as respond quickly to the changing needs of the school and individual children.

This post is mainly to support individual children who need additional input to support their social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) or academic learning needs. It may involve working with children with a range of behavioural conditions. Some general TA work may also be required to support the teacher, and so a good working knowledge of ICT, literacy and numeracy is essential.

All applicants who can demonstrate strong skills and experience will be welcomed.

What the school offers its staff

For children and staff alike, Sphere Federation has:

• A perfect balance of care and support with high expectations
• A leadership team dedicated to attainment, achievement and enjoyment
• Friendly, welcoming staff
• A great atmosphere and ethos which promotes inclusion and co-operation
• A commitment to diversity and a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare and safety (thorough checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks)

For further information, please visit:

https://www.scholeselmet.leeds.sch.uk

The post is term time only and will be for around 31.5 hours per week. It’s temporary in the first instance (depending on funding) and there will be a 6-month ​probationary period. Part time applications will also be considered.

Closing date – 01 September 2025 at 9am

For our children, we’re a happy and healthy place to learn. For our staff, we’re a happy and healthy place to work.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding information, along with a link to our Child Protection Policy, can be found here.

We may carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, that might compromise your professional role.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.Guidance and criteria from the Ministry of Justice on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found here.Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those thatare notfiltered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.Further information about filtering offences can be found in theDBS filtering guidance.

Please note, underSection 7(1)(a) of the SVGA 2006 (Legislation.gov.uk), it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred in engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

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 school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Applying for the job

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About Scholes (Elmet) Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 334 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Scholes (Elmet) Primary School website
• Email address: suequirk@spherefederation.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/scholes-elmet-primary-school

Scholes (Elmet) Primary School is proud to be a central part of the village community. It's a modern, well equipped, spacious community school which has been a part of Scholes for over a century. Ofsted (2019) judge us to be a good school: 'Across the school, including in the early years, teaching is good. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong. The staff team who, with governors, have high aspirations for the school, have created a happy and harmonious school community. The very caring and nurturing culture is underpinned by positive and respectful relationships.'

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