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Teaching Assistant

Ecclesfield Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S35 9UD

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• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  20 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 June 2025

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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: 32.83 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25584 - £27711
• Actual salary: £16978 - £18390
• Pay scale: Grade 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

The children, staff and Governors of Ecclesfield Primary School are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic, experienced, committed and caring teaching assistant to work co-operatively in a specialist Teaching Assistant role in the school, working with pupils across F2, KS1 and KS2 with a variety of needs.

Ecclesfield Primary works with Coit Primary School in a federation structure and thus there are many opportunities to work alongside staff at both schools. Both schools are committed to nurturing staff to support the development of the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to be an outstanding classroom practitioner.

You must

• Have gained an NVQ Level 3 qualification for classroom assistants or equivalent as a minimum requirement
• Have good communication skills both written and verbal
• Be expected to work closely with external multi-disciplinary teams
• Have previous experience of working within an inclusive team
• Have a passion for working with pupils with a variety of needs
• Have knowledge or experience of following SEN assessments and differentiated plans
• Be able to undertake specialist teaching on a 1:1, small group working with children across F2/KS1 and KS2
• Be a motivational communicator for children of all abilities ensuring learning is engaging and inclusive
• Have an enthusiastic commitment to an integrated, therapeutic approach and ethos
• Be an innovative classroom support with a commitment to promoting the inclusion agenda
• Be very flexible and adapt quickly to change
• Have a willingness to undertake training
• Have a sense of humour

What the school offers its staff

In return, we offer:

• Enthusiastic and well-motivated pupils
• Supportive parents
• A professional, committed and friendly team of staff
• An opportunity to play a significant role in the future development of the school
• The opportunity to undertake a range of professional development opportunities

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Ecclesfield Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 408 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ecclesfield Primary School website
• Email address: t.lilley@ecclesfield-pri.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01142467396
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ecclesfield-primary-school

The children, staff and governors of Ecclesfield Primary School are looking to appoint an outstanding teacher to work in Y5. This would be a significant opportunity to become part of our two form entry primary school for the right candidate.

Ecclesfield Primary is an outward-facing school, with senior leaders supporting children across the locality in a range of ways. Ecclesfield Primary School is federated with Coit Primary and thus there are many opportunities to work alongside staff at both schools.

Both schools are committed to nurturing staff to support the development of the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to be an outstanding classroom practitioner.

Arranging a visit to Ecclesfield Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email t.lilley@ecclesfield-pri.sheffield.sch.uk.

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