Teaching Assistant Level 1

St Luke's Primary School, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1BN

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 November 2026

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

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: 33 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term until 31st August 2027
• Actual salary: Grade 2, £19,563 per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

At St Luke’s we are looking to appoint Level 1 Teaching Assistants who will have the opportunity to participate in a fixed term Development Programme to acquire the knowledge and skills to become a successful Teaching Assistant.

This is fixed term contract until 31st August 2027. During your contract you will work and be paid for your contracted hours in a class and have specific development tasks to help support and expand your understanding of children with Special Educational Needs and how to best support them in a classroom environment.

What the school offers its staff

The areas of development that you will learn about include:

• Understanding the different needs of the children (including autism, physical needs and speech and language development)
• Understanding and supporting children with challenging behaviour – at St Luke’s we follow a therapeutic approach to support children, which focusses on understanding the children’s needs and putting strategies in place to reduce potential incidents
• Moving and Handling Training
• How to best support a teacher within a busy classroom environment
• Developing your understanding of communication skills, including Makaton signing
• Understanding child development

Alongside specific training sessions you will also be assigned a mentor who will support your development. Over the year you will produce a portfolio of work to demonstrate what you have learnt. Your portfolio will include certificates of training, completed assignments and a personal reflective journal. Please note this development programme does not provide you with a recognised official Teaching Assistant Qualification.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates. As a comprehensive training package will be given no experience of working in schools is required for this role.

At the end of the contract and successful completion of the development programme, you will be able to apply for any vacancies available at St Luke’s or take your development portfolio to apply for other posts.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Job Description & Person Specification.pdf - 303 KB (opens in new tab)

Candidate Letter.pdf - 253 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Luke's Primary School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 3 to 11
• Size: 199 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Luke's Primary School website
• Email address: head@stlukesprimary.com
• Phone number: 01724 844560
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-luke-s-primary-school-scunthorpe

Arranging a visit to St Luke's Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@stlukesprimary.com.

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