4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    5 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    28 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: 18 hours per week, 3 days per week.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade D Points 6 to 8 (£25,183 to £25,992 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £10,584.16

What skills and experience we're looking for

Montagu Academy are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant Level 2 to join our academy in September 2025 a permanent, part time basis.

Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.

As a Teaching Assistant Level 2, you will work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. You may carry out work in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.

Salary: Grade D Points 6 to 8 (£25,183 to £25,992 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £10,584.16

Hours: 18 hours per week / Term Time only plus 5 days (39 weeks)

Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

Montagu is a large 2 form primary school situated in the town of Mexborough. We take great pride in creating a warm and friendly environment and a positive culture for learning so that our children are given the best opportunities to excel, both academically and socially. We feel passionate about providing our young people with the best experiences, the best outcomes and the best opportunities. We place our learners’ individual needs at the heart of what we do and pride ourselves in our adaptability and willingness to engage fully with our pupils, their parents and the communities they live in.

It is an exciting time to be joining Montagu in its journey of development; as an academy who have recently joined Delta Academies Trust you will benefit from working within an organisation with established and successful structures, in addition to being able to play a key role in shaping the future of Montagu. Montagu also work in collaboration with a cluster of primary schools in Doncaster who are also part of Delta Academies Trust. Together we have a culture of professional learning, reflection and collaboration to provide training and development opportunities for staff to bring about sustainable improvements for all our children.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Financial Wellbeing:

  • Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
  • Access to an extensive discounts platform

Physical Wellbeing:

  • 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
  • Gym & fitness discounts
  • Cycle to Work scheme*
  • Free annual flu jab

Mental Wellbeing:

  • Access to an industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme
  • Menopause Support Service
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained

Holiday Entitlement: minimum 35 days (subject to pro rata if working part-time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.

For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/

Further details about the role

In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences.

Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.

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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

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About Montagu Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
352 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01709 302246

Montagu is a large 2 form primary school situated in the town of Mexborough. We take great pride in creating a warm and friendly environment and a positive culture for learning so that our children are given the best opportunities to excel, both academically and socially. We feel passionate about providing our young people with the best experiences, the best outcomes and the best opportunities. We place our learners’ individual needs at the heart of what we do and pride ourselves in our adaptability and willingness to engage fully with our pupils, their parents and the communities they live in.

It is an exciting time to be joining Montagu in its journey of development; as an academy who have recently joined Delta Academies Trust you will benefit from working within an organisation with established and successful structures, in addition to being able to play a key role in shaping the future of Montagu.

Montagu also work in collaboration with a cluster of primary schools in Doncaster who are also part of Delta Academies Trust. Together we have a culture of professional learning, reflection and collaboration to provide training and development opportunities for staff to bring about sustainable improvements for all our children.

Staff at Montagu Academy are a committed and hardworking team who are relentless in their drive to make a genuine difference to, and lasting impact on, our young people, staff, families and the wider community. We value kindness and seek to create an academy where staff feel supported and pupils feel safe.

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