Teaching Assistant

The Skipton Academy, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UQ

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  8 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,096.29 Annually (Actual) Pay review pending

Teaching Assistant job summary

TEACHING ASSISTANT

(Working with SEND students and those with a diagnosis of Autism)

Scale Pay Point 5 (Range 5-6)

Pattern of hours: Monday - Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm with half an hour
unpaid lunch break each day and an early finish of 4.00pm one afternoon each week

Term time only, plus 3 days

Actual salary £21,096.29

Thank you for requesting details for the post of Teaching Assistant at The Skipton Academy (TSA). 

The successful candidate will work as directed in meeting the additional educational needs of students and support them in all areas of school life, where necessary. The post holder will report progress of students’ performance to the Assistant Principal/SENCO and will carry out other duties as required. In addition, they will encourage students to become independent learners and at all times respect confidentiality of information relating to the academy trust and its students.

As a comprehensive academy, our overriding aim at TSA is to ensure that our students achieve everything that they are capable of. We recognise every student as an individual, with different needs and talents, and we work hard together to make sure we support and nurture successful, happy and confident learners who achieve in the widest sense of the word, and not just academically.

At Moorlands Learning Trust (MLT) we are aspirational for every student within our Trust and are committed to achieving success for all and inspiring others to do so too. We believe in investing in the professional and career development of our staff to keep ourselves at the cutting edge of educational developments, where staff wellbeing is also a key priority for us and our schools.

If you are inspired by this opportunity and have the qualities to contribute to our high-quality provision, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

How to Apply

As part of your online application in the Personal Statement section (no more than 2 sides of A4) please explain:

How your skills, qualities and experiences make you a suitable candidate for this post.

The closing date for this post is: 9am Monday, 15 September 2025

Provisional interview date is: Friday, 19 September 2025 (morning)

If you do not receive an invite to interview by Wednesday, 17 September 2025 we regret your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your future career.

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

Moorlands Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.

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 The Skipton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 658 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Skipton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-skipton-academy

The Skipton Academy is a vibrant 11-16 comprehensive school which is rapidly growing and expanding in size; pupil numbers have increased recently to such a degree that we now need to expand our staffing across a range of subject areas.

We are committed to our ethos of “Belong Challenge Inspire” and this has been key to the improvements in every aspect of the school. Our dedicated staff are fully committed to this ethos and have bought into a common goal and support each other to make The Skipton Academy a vibrant and positive place to work.

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