Teaching Assistant

Lift Feversham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 9EG

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  21 September 2026 at 1:23pm

• Date listed

  14 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £19369 - £19677 per annum

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about education and looking for a fulfilling career?

We're looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated teaching assistant to join our community focused and supportive team at Lift Feversham, on a permanent basis. We are a friendly and helpful team who are open to applicants with experience within any key stage group.

You're someone who'll be able to:

• Improve the learning and attainment of students while also promoting their independence, self-esteem and social inclusionSupervise classroom activities and play
• Support speech and language interventions
• Support students so that they can; access the curriculum, participate in learning and experience a sense of achievement
• Be a warm and friendly face to children and parents
• Be flexible to work across any area of the school as required

You're someone who has

• Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification - advantageous if you have level 3.
• GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade 4 or above)
• Experience supporting children in any Key Stage including EYFS
• Knowledge of strategies to support pupils with SEND
• Familiarity with phonics programmes such as Read Write Inc
• Understanding of child development and how children learn
• Positive behaviour management experience
• UK right to work - we are unable offer sponsorship for this position

We value the skills and dedication of our teaching assistants. To support the best outcomes for our students, we require a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent). If you don't yet hold this qualification, don't worry! We'll invest in your development by enrolling you in our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Programme, helping you gain the behaviours, skills and experience you need to thrive in the role.

About the School

At Lift Feversham, we believe in the power of education to ignite creativity and curiosity, unleashing a passion for life that lasts a lifetime. Academic excellence combined with character development is at the core of our educational philosophy. We champion a holistic approach that celebrates the whole child. Our school is an "oasis of joy and hope" (Ofsted 2025) for children, families and the staff.

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Feversham

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 478 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Feversham website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/feversham-primary-academy

Here at Lift Feversham, we are a proud member of the Lift Schools Trust and are judged as an outstanding school by Ofsted (2019).

Our very creative staff have a real love of teaching and we are looking for a future member of our team who can develop that sense of awe and wonder in children. The children at our school are happy, confident, fun-loving and energetic. They are passionate about their learning, be it in the traditional classroom or through drama, music, dance and painting. We are looking for education professionals who can embrace these aspects of the curriculum as well as literacy and numeracy.

We welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself the exceptional work that we do at Lift Feversham which make us the school of choice in our local area.

Thank you for your interest in our school and we look forward to meeting you.

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