Teaching Assistant

Castleford Park Junior Academy, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4BB

42 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  19 December 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: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) 27.5 hours Monday to Friday 08:50 – 15:05 Grade 4 SCP 5-6, Actual Salary £16,621.80 - £16,885.59. Fixed Term Contract end date 17th July 2026.

Teaching Assistant job summary

You will be:

Educated to GCSE standard with a minimum of grades A*-C or Grade 4 or above in Maths and English or equivalent. i.e. NVQ level 2 or similar

Able to demonstrate excellent numeracy and literacy skills and standards

Able to work as part of a team and on own initiative measuring the impact of your actions and how to develop this further to support individuals, or small groups of children

A competent user of ICT

Willing to partake in regular after school continued professional development.

Able to demonstrate relevant experience of working with SEND pupils in a classroom setting

Able to make learning fun and engaging in a range of creative ways

Able to demonstrate an understanding of how to effectively support the most disadvantaged pupils

Able to demonstrate experience of working with pupils who need a modified learning environment and firm boundaries to be able to reintegrate them into the classroom

You will:

Work as part of a classroom and year group team in order to ensure its smooth running and accelerate the progress of the pupil, or pupils, you are assigned to

Become familiar with and utilise a range of classroom strategies and diagnostic assessments to aid learning

Support pupil learning, attend to pupils’ personal needs and provide general support in managing pupils in the classroom

Provide feedback to teachers after planned activities that reflect on the achievement of the children you have worked with

Work in small groups, or 1-1 with specific children in order to help them progress in their learning

Work with a wider inclusion team in order to support the children you work with to increasingly access mainstream curriculum

Report any potential child protection issues through to the child protection officer without delay

Support the Academy in ensuring the safety and welfare of all pupils

Be given opportunities to build on your own skills though in house and external professional development opportunities

Be listened to and your ideas will be valued by the team

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive Academy Trust and therefore welcome applications from all sectors, including those who do not have an education background.

Visits to our Academy are warmly welcomed, please contact Laura Steele, School Business Manager on 01977 518959 to arrange a time.

Castleford Park Junior Academy is committed to safeguarding the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to DBS checks and satisfactory references.

Applicant requirements: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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 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.

About Castleford Park Junior Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 414 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Castleford Park Junior Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castleford-park-junior-academy

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