Teaching Assistant Level 2
Woodthorpe Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 8DA38 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Start date: January 2026
Closing date
19 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,796 to £25,185
What skills and experience we're looking for
-Ability to relate well to children and adults and to build positive relationships
-Ability to use a range of strategies to support positive behaviour and self-regulation
-Ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
-Ability to deliver pre-planned programmes of work to children using personalised strategies to support reluctant learners to engage and achieve learning goals/objectives
-Ability to respond calmly and use initiative, responding effectively to unexpected or unplanned situations or reactions throughout the school day
-Ability to use correct English in spoken and written communication
-Ability in the use of IT
-Efficiency with the administration and maintenance of pupil records
-Flexible and able to adapt to change. Ability to support colleagues as and when required.
-A pleasant disposition and ability to stay calm under pressure
-Demonstrate a positive team approach to work
-To have a willingness to participate in the whole school approach to mentoring students and play an active role as directed by line manager
What the school offers its staff
Dear Candidate,
Thanks for your interest in the post of Teaching Assistant at Woodthorpe Primary.
We are proud to be part of the Minerva Learning Trust, and proud of all our amazing children. Working together we aim for the highest possible standards and support each other to ensure they are achieved.
At the heart of our offer is a commitment to staff development. We believe that through investing in our staff, we can support all our children in excelling across the curriculum.
At Woodthorpe Primary it is our mission to provide a curriculum which is engaging, exciting, relevant and fun for all learners in the 21st century. We teach a curriculum based on the knowledge and skills that children need to acquire in order to be successful in each subject. Alongside this children are given opportunities to develop learning attributes that will support them throughout their lives.
If you believe you have the commitment, determination and drive to contribute to our vision, achieving the very best for all our pupils, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Dave Smith
Woodthorpe Primary School Headteacher
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
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About Woodthorpe Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Woodthorpe Primary School website
- Email address
- enquiries@woodthorpe-mlt.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 239 9167
Woodthorpe joined Minerva in September 2021 and is the first primary school in the trust. Working collaboratively with our secondary colleagues the school has already benefited from their expertise. Exciting times lie ahead as the Trust continues to grow, partnerships are strengthened and the offer for all our children is enhanced.
Arranging a visit to Woodthorpe Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@woodthorpe-mlt.co.uk.
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