Teaching Assistant Level 2

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

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 June 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: Permanent
• Actual salary: Grade 4 £19,539 to £20,815 per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Due to a continued significant increase in pupil numbers St Luke’s Primary School requires a dynamic and enthusiastic member of staff to help support the learning of children at our school. St Luke’s has grown considerably over the past three years and we are expecting this increase to continue.

Working at St Luke’s can be rewarding and challenging, but most of all never dull. At St Luke’s we have a belief that we are champions for every child. If you share this vision then St Luke’s is the place for you.

You will be required to assist in the delivery of the school curriculum to individual pupils and small groups.

You must be prepared to work with pupils with a wide range of needs and with different age groups. Although mainly class-based, you will be deployed according to the organisational needs of the school.

You must be prepared to participate in moving and handling children with physical disabilities and positive handling of a minority of children who present challenging behaviours, including using restrictive physical interventions where needed.

What the school offers its staff

We have a Professional Development lead who will organise all of your training, whilst you are at St Luke's. We understand that most people who start at St Luke's may not have worked in a special school before and therefore we offer a comprehensive induction package.We have training or Team Time every Tuesday Night (4:00 to 4:50pm) and we have three training days and 4 twilight training sessions each academic year. We use these to support training and development.Our training includes the following areas:

• Communication (Speech and Language) Training
• Trauma Informed Practice
• Meeting Sensory Needs
• Understanding Child Development
• Meeting the needs of the children
• Level 1 Team Teach
• Moving and Handling Training
• Safeguarding Training

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.

Letter.TA2.May 33hours.perm.pdf - 250 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description and Employee Specification.pdf - 236 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Luke's Primary School

• School type: Special schools, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
• School size: 191 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Luke's Primary School website
• Email address: admin.stlukes@northlincs.gov.uk
• 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 admin.stlukes@northlincs.gov.uk.

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