Teaching Assistant (EYFS experience/qualification desirable)

Canon Popham CofE Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN3 2PP

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,532.00 - £19,842.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant (EYFS experience/qualification desirable) job summary

Canon Popham C of E Primary Academy are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and hardworking L3 Teaching Assistant.

The role will be working under the guidance of the teaching staff to support access to learning for pupils. Assisting the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom, including support for individual Education Health Care Plans (EHCP’s). This will include the preparation of resources / equipment. Working with pupils, supporting their learning and leading interventions which will be carried out in or out of the classroom.

Canon Popham C of E Primary Academy is a friendly and welcoming school, with supportive parents and enthusiastic pupils encouraged to ‘let their light shine’. Ofsted rating ‘Good’ October 2022 and SIAMS Inspection July 2025.

We seek to appoint a committed and motivated Teaching Assistant to support our teaching team. The successful candidate will support the children and the school’s mission and vision.

They will:

• Be supportive of the Christian Ethos
• Have excellent communication and inter-personal skills and be able to form positive relationships with children and adults
• Have experience of working with children across the Foundation and primary age range
• Have excellent early literacy and numeracy skills
• Be highly motivated and hard-working and be flexible and adaptable to children’s needs
• Have the ability to support pupil learning and be committed to achieving the early learning goals
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Have the ability to recognise and identify children’s needs, including barriers to learning, and be able to provide appropriate learning experiences.
• Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification is desirable

We will be committed to your professional development and offer a friendly, supportive working environment.

The post requires the successful candidate to work Monday to Friday from 8.30-3.30pm and will include a 30 mins unpaid lunch break.

Further information is available in the job description and person specification.

Visits to the school are actively encouraged. Please contact the school office via email enquiries@cpa.dsat.education or by phone, 01302 884465.

Please visit the school website to find out more about life at Canon Popham: www.canonpopham.co.uk

Canon Popham C of E Primary Academy and the Diocese of Sheffield Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level, along with other standard pre-employment checks.

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 Canon Popham CofE Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 237 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Canon Popham CofE Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/canon-popham-cofe-primary-academy

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Doncaster