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Teaching Assistant

Canklow Woods Primary School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2XJ

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 Hours per week Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 8.15am to 3.30pm, Wednesday 8.15 to 12.15
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31st August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583 to £25,989
• Actual salary: £18,030.39 to £18,316.53
• Pay scale: Band D, 5-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant who shares our values and can bring expertise, energy and commitment to our team at Canklow Woods Primary School. The successful candidate will:

• will be committed to our school and Trust vision and values.
• will be driven, proactive and positive with a commitment to continuously improving their own standards.
• are an excellent practitioner who is competent in literacy and numeracy.
• have a knowledge and understanding of phonics and early reading.
• can motivate and inspire children as active learners.
• hold children and adults with unconditional positive regard at all times.
• can build positive professional relationships with all pupils and staff.
• are able to work independently and as a part of a team with initiative.
• are punctual, energetic, well-motivated and flexible.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to workplace and wellbeing support services.
• A genuine sense of belonging in a family of schools rooted in strong values.
• A comprehensive induction and support programme.
• A culture where curiosity, collaboration, joy and challenge drive professional growth.
• A real commitment to work–life balance: your wellbeing matters to us. We want you to thrive, both at work and beyond it.

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

Canklow Woods Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Teaching Assistant - Job Description & Person Specification.pdf - 231 KB (opens in new tab)

CWP Job Advert-Teaching Assistant-201025.pdf - 358 KB (opens in new tab)

About Canklow Woods Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 258 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Canklow Woods Primary School website
• Email address: j.warren@cwp.wwpat.org
• Phone number: 01709 828405
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/canklow-woods-primary-school

Our School
At Canklow Woods Primary School and in the White Woods Primary Academy Trust we believe that to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for learners, we must support and develop professional curiosity in all those who work in the organisation. We are proud to offer excellent professional development and career progression opportunities to all colleagues within the school and Trust. By prioritising professional curiosity and providing excellent support and training from colleagues within, and expertise beyond the Trust we are proud to develop highly effective practitioners who have a profoundly positive impact on the children they teach.
Canklow Woods Primary School is rated a Good School by Ofsted. We are committed to providing outstanding learning opportunities to all learners and adults. We are a school which has creative and curious staff, who are committed to providing the highest quality education for all our pupils, and as such we support opportunities for their professional growth.

Our Trust
Our Trust, White Woods Primary Academy Trust, was founded on, and is guided by, a strong ethos centred on improving the life chances of all children regardless of background or ability. At the very forefront of our drive for improved educational standards is developing highly effective teaching and learning through the lens of inclusive practice, to develop a culture of high challenge, strong collaboration and unrelenting curiosity.

We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate that they:
● Have knowledge and experience of working with children with varied needs.
● Can contribute to the development of school-wide inclusive culture and practice.
● Are able to work collaboratively with colleagues, families and external agencies.

Arranging a visit to Canklow Woods Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.warren@cwp.wwpat.org.

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