Teaching Assistant Level 3
Tinsley Meadows Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 1SG13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 34 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 4 £24,394 - £26,431
What skills and experience we're looking for
Tinsley Meadows Primary Academy are seeking to appoint a highly motivated teaching assistant to join our busy teaching team working with children with complex special needs and their families in our Alternative Provision, which will be open from September 2025. We are seeking someone who can support a high quality, safe learning experience underpinned by high expectations for our children.
Tinsley Meadows Primary Academy is part of Five Rivers Multi Academy Trust which has outcomes for children at the forefront of its vision. We have a vast amount of experience in supporting all children to make good progress and develop an interest in learning which lays a solid foundation for a happy, safe and successful future as well-rounded individuals.
Five Rivers Multi Academy Trust is committed to investing heavily in its staff. Our workforce is the jewel in our crown and the reason our children succeed. Our Workforce Charter has been carefully crafted in consultation with unions to ensure staff are equipped with both the professional development and personal support needed to excel in their role and develop their career. We are committed to improving well-being through the reduction of workload, well-being initiatives and creating a professional development offer that focuses much more on investment and support as opposed to the monitoring and management of performance.
As an employer of choice, the Trust offers a competitive pay structure in line with national pay recommendations.
You will:
- Have a passion for supporting pupils with complex SEMH needs who may demonstrate behaviour that challenges adults
- Be resilient, caring and compassionate, treating children and colleagues with respect as individuals, whilst working in an environment which can be physically and emotionally demanding
- Be an excellent organiser and communicator with a proactive and friendly attitude
- Have a commitment to on-going personal and professional development, including (as appropriate) Unconditional Positive Regard training and Trauma Informed training
- Value diversity, equity and inclusion and have high expectations for every child
- Be innovative and creative with a flexible, solution-focussed approach
Be an effective team player and contribute to the whole school community
What the school offers its staff
As an employer of choice, we offer:
- We care about you as a person.
- Family friendly policies and a supportive workplace.
- Friendly and helpful colleagues who work well together as a team
- Training and development to help you make progress in your career
- We are committed to improving well-being through the reduction of workload, well-being initiatives
- A professional development offer that focuses much more on investment and support than the monitoring and management of performance
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to applications@tinsleymeadows.sheffield.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tinsley Meadows Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 659 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tinsley Meadows Primary School website
- Email address
- applications@tinsleymeadows.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01142441842
Tinsley Meadows Primary Academy is part of Five Rivers Multi Academy Trust, and is a leading Sheffield school for children aged 2-11 years. We are a school that invests heavily in staff to ensure that they are equipped with the tools and techniques to excel in this significantly rewarding environment. We know great talent when we see it and we do not underestimate the power of professional and personal development. We provide high quality CPD, coaching opportunities, networking and team teaching so as to create strong, effective, and inspirational leaders of the future. We also support trainee teachers through Teach First and School Direct routes and have a successful record of contributing towards quality training packages to develop outstanding practice. We invest in our staff and understand the importance of creating a strong work/life balance.
Arranging a visit to Tinsley Meadows Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@tinsleymeadows.sheffield.sch.uk.
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