Teaching Assistant

Sheffield Inclusion Centre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2JQ

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only - 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Fixed term - ending 31 August 2027
• Full time equivalent salary: Actual salary £25,824 pro rata
• Pay scale: Grade 5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation

Working knowledge of national/foundation stage curriculum and other relevant learning programmes/strategies

Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes

Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities

Ability to relate well to children and adults

Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these

Can use ICT effectively to support learning

Use of other equipment technology – video, photocopier

Has sound speaking and listening skills to extend language in discussion

Can plan, implement and evaluate learning activities

Has experience of pupil assessment

Can assist the school in forming a partnership with parents

Has sufficient practical and organisational skills to contribute to the preparation and management of educational resources

Can complete and maintain pupils records

Experience, qualifications, and training (if any)

Appropriate qualification for Nursery setting (if working with early years)

NVQ3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience. Training will be available for the right candidate.

Training in the relevant strategies e.g. literacy and/or in particular curriculum or learning area e.g. bi-lingual, sign language, dyslexia, ICT, maths, English, CACHE etc.

Appropriate first aid training

Be willing to undertake essential training including Team Teach

Experience working with children of relevant age

Be willing to undertake essential training, including Team Teach

Work related circumstances

Can allocate some contractual time to after school staff meetings when appropriate

Can allocate some contractual time to the whole of, or part of, staff training days when appropriate

Can maintain personal presentation that sets high standards for the pupils

To carry out home visits, as required, liaising with PRU staff, pupils and their families/carers

What the school offers its staff

We offer a full professional development package to further develop skills, for example in enhanced behaviour management techniques through Team Teach

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.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Teaching Assistant with the flexibility to work across all phases of the centre if required and we would welcome applicants from all educational sectors: primary, secondary, specialist or PRU/alternative provisions. This position presents a genuine opportunity for a Teaching Assistant with a proven track record in a particular phase to expand their skills and experience across wider fields of education. .

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Sheffield Inclusion Centre

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 16
• Size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sheffield Inclusion Centre website
• Email address: tmarshall@inclusion.sheffield.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sheffield-inclusion-centre

All our children have been permanently excluded from mainstream school. Some children are reintegrated back to mainstream. Young people come to us with unmet Special Educational Needs and in some cases a full assessment of need is carried out resulting in an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

We feel we are the most important school in Sheffield with some of the most vulnerable and at the same time vibrant children in the city. Many of our children have unsettled home lives and mental health difficulties. Therefore, it is important to role model behaviour and always show children unconditional positive regard.

Everything we do is based on relationships and building trust.

Our children have not had the best start to their young lives in education so we need to help them become ready to learn and then to accelerate their learning so we provide a brighter future with improved life chances.

Arranging a visit to Sheffield Inclusion Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email tmarshall@inclusion.sheffield.sch.uk.

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