Teaching Assistant (Based in Nursery)
Kirk Sandall Infant School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN3 1JT12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
9 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
25 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,185.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Pro-rata Salary:
Teaching Assistant (Based in Nursery) job summary
TEACHING ASSISTANT (EYFS) FOR BRIGHTER FUTURES LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST
SALARY - £25,185 TO £25,989
GRADE - 5 (SCP 4 - 6)
HOURS - 30 HOURS PER WEEK
CONTRACT TYPE - TEMPORARY UNTIL 17TH JULY 2026
START DATE - 13TH APRIL 2026
BENEFITS - We offer a comprehensive benefits package featuring a substantial government pension scheme for everyone. You will be joining a trust which provides a generous annual leave allocation, eye tests in line with DSE (Display Screen Equipment) regulations, and supports its employees with professional development through CPD, apprenticeships and professional reviews.
Brighter Futures Learning Partnership is an ambitious trust with high expectations for all our students. Our aspirations and caring approach within and beyond the classroom, contributes towards making our trust a special place for both staff and students.
We are looking for a special person to join our hardworking, happy and dedicated team at Kirk Sandall Infant School.
Kirk Sandall Infant School is a happy, safe and nurturing school where outstanding teaching and support aims to inspire each individual to achieve their full potential. We keep moving forward, opening new doors and learning new things, because we are curious, and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths and teaching us new things. We are safe, we care, we are happy and our future is bright!
“A school at the heart of its community”
- Where all people are respected, valued and nurtured.
- Where everyone take responsibility for their own learning, making informed choices and solve problems.
- Where there is an ethos of challenge and high expectation.
- Where everyone aspires to be the best they can be.
- Where children, staff and parents work actively in partnership
We can offer you:
An opportunity to be part of a highly motivated team, committed to the very best outcomes for children
A supportive local governing board and trust
Happy children who are keen to do well and learn
A supportive community and families
Professional development for all
We are looking for some who:
- Has recent experience of working with children in EYFS
- Is hardworking, patient, calm and has a good sense of humour
- Can work effectively as part of a wider team
- Can deliver small group phonics, reading and maths interventions under the guidance of a teacher
- Will be fully committed to the role, our values, our team and the Trust
Message from the CEOs:
Thank you for considering joining our trust. We are privileged to be the CEOs of the Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust (BFLPT) and to be working with like‐minded headteachers, leaders, staff and board members who understand how important education is to life chances and social mobility. The BFLPT Board is determined to see a high‐performing multi‐academy Trust which delivers exceptional and enriching learning experiences for all its children, young people and staff. We believe that by working collaboratively, we will create an educational platform on which to build the strong foundations needed for educational success.
There could not be a better time to join our Trust, which includes a diverse and successful range of schools; four Doncaster primary schools, an infant school, an 11-16 secondary school (Hungerhill) and Doncaster University Technical College. Hungerhill School benefitted from being a Teaching and National Support school for many years; its legacy of strong collaboration is still recognised today both locally and nationally with strong student outcomes above national averages. Doncaster UTC opened in 2020 in a state-of-the-art building which supports the strong employer led curriculum designed to create the engineers and technologists of the future. The school has already won several national and local awards and is recognised by Baker Dearing Trust as being one of its flagship schools. More recently we have been awarded a second Free School Bid and the Trust will open a second Doncaster UTC specialising in Green Technologies and Health Care Sciences. We are excited about the future and the many expanding professional development opportunities for our staff.
In September 2021 we implemented a new Primary Knowledge Curriculum in all primary and infant schools and all our schools are heavily invested in the development of a mathematics mastery curriculum and lead on a number of projects supported by the South Yorkshire Maths Hubs.
We are extremely proud that our Ofsted reports have acknowledged that all our schools are good or better. The reports demonstrate that our schools are delivering better student/pupil outcomes by working together, sharing leadership and teacher knowledge and resources. All of this, of course, could not be achieved without our strong body of exceptionally hard-working and committed support staff. This has been testament to the strong investment in staff and pupils; our standards are high, but we take the investment in our staff very seriously.
We are also part of a network of national schools who are reshaping their curriculum, drawing on research and cognitive based science which will ensure all our children make accelerated progress. We employ a number of Ofsted trained consultants across the Trust who are supporting our subject leaders to design and shape the best learning experiences for our young people and in doing so, we are providing very bespoke support and training for teaching staff who want to invest in themselves. We are very proud of our story so far.
Our robust teacher development programmes and associate staff performance management systems allow for internal recognition and support to help encourage colleagues to thrive and develop within role. We are also very clear about reasonable, professional expectations, so that colleagues understand what is required of them, and are confident in their ability to deliver.
We also have many associate staff who are being supported to develop themselves through additional professional courses as we believe this is the hallmark of an outstanding Trust.
The successful candidate will be based at (add school) but may be required to work elsewhere within the Trust, as may reasonably be required by the Headteacher/Principal, CEO for the discharge of their duties.
If you are unable to complete the application form electronically, please make contact with the school office for further information.
Closing date for applications is 9th March 2026.
Interviews will be held on 13th March 2026.
If invited to interview, where modifications/reasonable adjustments are required for a disability, it is the candidate’s responsibility to notify the school/Trust in advance.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
As BFLPT we promote diversity and applications are welcome from all, irrespective of sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with previous employers.
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 are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. The school/UTC will carry out on-line searches as part of their due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates who will also be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, 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. Shortlisted candidates will be emailed a self-disclosure form together with a flow chart detailing what is ‘protected’ under the Act and should not be disclosed. This MUST be returned before interview.
With our very best wishes,
Helen Redford Hernandez & Garath Rawson
CEOs of Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust
Further information about the job
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 and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Kirk Sandall Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Kirk Sandall Infant School website
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