Teaching Assistant

Burley Oaks Primary School, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 7EJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  12 January 2026

• Closing date

  9 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: SCP 5-6
• Additional allowances:

  SCP 5-6

Teaching Assistant job summary

This post presents a fabulous opportunity for a teaching assistant to become part of our highly successful school team. The post is 8.30-3.30pm, Mon-Fri, term time only.

You will:
- be a positive, dynamic, cheerful and caring role model
- be passionate about engaging children with high quality learning
- be pro-active, organised and able to work well in a team
- have high standards of literacy and numeracy

In return, we can offer:
- confident and happy children who are keen to learn
- a creative and dynamic school with an enriching & wide ranging curriculum
- a motivated, professional and lively staff team
- commitment to professional development at all levels
- extensive facilities and grounds

Please see the attached Job Specification for more details about the role.

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 organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers, governors and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process strictly adheres to 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

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 Burley Oaks Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 394 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Burley Oaks Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/burley-oaks-primary-school-ilkley

Two form entry Primary School, part of The Moorlands Learning Trust

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